Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 467: I Missed You

Julian met her earnest gaze. "Haven't you already learned everything about my past?" His eyes flickered with hesitation, as if unwilling to revisit those memories.

"No, I don't know. Not at all. For instance, this Daria." Aurora turned his face to meet hers directly.

A sudden fear gripped her. She was terrified that there might have been another woman before her-perhaps someone he had deeply loved. What if the romantic love she believed in was nothing more than a carefully constructed lie? What if she wasn't truly his one and only?

Back when their relationship wasn't as deep, Aurora never thought about such things. She used to tell herself not to trust men.

No matter how kind a man appeared to be, there was always a motive, always conditions attached. No one would be good to her without reason.

Aurora repeated this mantra to herself time and again, but those words lost all power the moment Julian appeared in her life.

She began to open her heart, allowing herself to believe in love again. She dared to trust this man in front of her.

In just a few months, she had given him feelings a thousand times more intense than what she had ever felt for Hayden.

Back then, being with Hayden had been like children playing house. She hadn't understood what love or passion truly meant.

It wasn't until Hayden's betrayal that she realized love could be synonymous with pain. But after meeting Julian, those scars disappeared completely.

Love wasn't about pain. Love was about cherishing one another, about treasuring the relationship above all else.

She had placed love on a sacred pedestal. If someone were to destroy that love now, how could she possibly cope?

Julian's lips curved into a smile. He reached out and gently tugged at

gesture made Aurora

jealous. For a woman to be willing to die for him, the feelings she must have

with jealousy, Julian's smile widened.

try to change the subject. Tell me, what exactly is your relationship with her?" Aurora swatted his

Aurora to pause. She wasn't that strong, was she? It wasn't like

to it, but now she realized the scarf wasn't its original color-it had been dyed a deep

to discover that it had stuck to the

a call earlier, changed his clothes, and left in a rush, wrapping the

the

sleep, his heart consumed by thoughts of

eagerly waiting for you! "You call this nothing?" Aurora's voice was both angry and filled with concern. "You were clearly hurt before you even left home, and you didn't even bother to properly bandage

Surely he knew how to care

hurt, she always treated it as a trivial matter.

for someone else, even if you neglected yourself. Sadly, over time, many people lost sight

chin with his uninjured hand. His fingers brushed against

couldn't even take care of yourself? What if something happened to you? No, I'll call a nurse to bandage your hand right now. I-" Aurora started to rise,

the two of them inside,

his chest, trying to stop him. "Julian,

hers, his eyes filled

words shattered all of Aurora's defenses. During her most excruciating moments, the only person she had thought of was