Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

The phone was swiftly snatched away by Julian. "Little Bunny, don't misunderstand," his anxious voice came through on the other end.

Aurora thought about the man who was sometimes gentle, sometimes wickedly charming, and other times downright shameless when he was with her. But she had never seen him flustered like this.

She pictured his current expression in her mind and chuckled softly. "I won't misunderstand. I believe Julian would never do anything to betray me."

"Good, Little Bunny, you're so sweet. Where are you?" Julian asked, catching the sound

of music playing in the background on her end.

"I'm attending an auction."

"An auction?"

"Mm. I promised Candy a reward before. I've had my eye on a ruby that's up for auction tonight, so I came to take a look. By the way, why didn't you answer my call earlier?"

Aurora had tried calling Julian earlier that afternoon. His tone carried a hint of apology. "Little Bunny, I was in meetings all morning with my phone on silent. I got so busy I forgot to call you back."

"Alright, I get it. You're busy. But you'd better keep yourself in check-there are people out there with bad intentions," Aurora said, offering a subtle reminder without naming

names.

She wasn't naive. Mira had deliberately answered Julian's phone earlier, claiming he was in the shower, clearly trying to create a misunderstanding.

Aurora wasn't the type to make careless jokes like that. There was only one possible explanation: Mira was interested in Julian and had resorted to playing games to sow doubt.

undone by such petty tricks. Besides, while others

herself be fooled by someone else's childish ploys. No relationship should crumble over an outsider's

to the heavens, this heart beats only for my

your business-I'm about to get started here,"

phone away, his icy gaze sweeping over

her smile. "You weren't around, and I was worried your Little Bunny might get

women had tried to approach him. Even before he'd experienced what it was like to be with Little

he wasn't going to

their business-it had nothing to do with him. Julian had always been clear on

no matter what Mira thought, he wasn't interested. He was here for one reason

her is none

Let's grab lunch. I know a

was indeed hungry. He took the lead, walking ahead. Mira

a man like Julian wouldn't work. Over the past

for you! What she hadn't expected was that the little girl, Aurora, could remain so unwavering even after hearing her provocative words. It seemed their relationship was stronger than she had anticipated, and Aurora was smarter than

Julian would be no exception. Even if he didn't fall for someone else, slipping

The man

purse. Though she hadn't confronted Julian or questioned him, she knew in her heart that while Julian had no interest in Mira, the same couldn't

Just the thought of Mira lingering around him

him was one thing. Disliking Mira was another. Women's hearts were naturally

left until she could see him again, Aurora felt the wait unbearable. She wished she could sprout wings and fly to Julian's side

ruined. She couldn't be bothered to return to the main hall, let

she stood alone by a large floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the moon in the night sky. It was already dark here, but

mess as she stared out at