Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 465: Her Man Arrived

Aurora's stomach condition was serious, requiring her to stay in the hospital for observation before being discharged. Asher had cleared his schedule for the day to stay by her side.

Seeing how much he had run around, Aurora urged him to rest on the nearby attendant bed. She, on the other hand, rarely had such free time and picked up a book to pass the hours. However, something strange nagged at her-she had called Julian several times that day, but his phone was always off.

She assumed he was in an important meeting and didn't dwell too much on it. After all, she was nervous about the possibility of a video call. She dreaded him noticing her pale face and finding out she was in the hospital. She could only imagine how worried he would become.

Aurora was a thoughtful and independent woman. If she could avoid troubling others, she always would.

The day passed pleasantly with Asher by her side. They ate together, talked, and the familiarity between them made it feel like old times.

At around 8 p. m., Denis Vukic arrived, carrying several boxes of exquisite pastries. His slightly fatigued expression suggested a long day of work before coming here.

"Does it still hurt?" Denis asked as he set the pastries down and took a seat nearby.

Aurora, however, had grown more distant toward him since that morning's incident. "Mr. Vukic, I'm feeling much better now. Thanks to your timely help bringing me to the hospital last night, I'll only need to stay for one more day of observation. You're such a busy man with so much to handle-there's no need for you to visit me anymore."

Denis noticed the coldness in her tone. Though she still called him "Mr. Vukic" respectfully, her demeanor had completely changed. He glanced at Asher, who was peeling an apple for Aurora and didn't seem to notice Denis's presence.

"Mr. Vukic, would you like some apple?" Asher asked casually. "No, thank you."

Aurora kept her focus on her book, completely ignoring Denis, as though he didn't exist.

ever attentive, sliced the apple into bite-sized pieces and added some salad dressing that Aurora liked.

piece without looking at

hadn't even realized Eric's interest in her until it nearly caused a conflict between her and Julian. While Denis was not Eric, she couldn't help but wonder if he felt something for her too. It was better to be

silence. Clearly, he wasn't used to dealing with

decided that if Asher didn't like her learning

It's a privilege for her to learn

two of them, confused. What game were they playing? Asher had been openly hostile toward him earlier that morning, but now

equally puzzled, looked at Asher. Wasn't he against her interacting with

a delivery package?" she teased, finding his words oddly reminiscent of someone discussing a

experience all for free. The next chapter is eagerly waiting for you! Men's minds were as unpredictable as the sea, she thought. While people often said women were hard to understand, Aurora felt it was men who

that help had called to confirm the location he had sent. And

learn perfumery, and Mr. Vukic has agreed to

promised earlier in the day to support all of Aurora's decisions. Hearing her sincere words had reassured him. If she were the kind of person who wavered easily, he would've had his chance long ago-there'd be no

well-regarded in the business world. Asher didn't believe he would overstep boundaries. And even

the future. If Asher tried to block every single

earlier but felt drawn to Aurora. There was something about her-a warmth that seemed

he didn't fully understand his feelings. He only

to learn the best perfumery techniques so she could compete with NE back