Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Aurora had thought she might see her mother here, but to her surprise, it wasn't her mother who came. Instead, it was someone named Mio Walsh, who was likely a relative.

But if he was a relative, why had he looked at her with such an expression? Aurora's sharp instincts told her that his gaze was far from friendly.

"What are you looking at?" Asher noticed Aurora was zoning out, her face cold and distant. His voice broke her thoughts.

"Nothing." Aurora had already heard bits and pieces about the R family from Denis. There was a good chance this Mio Walsh was one of the people opposing her mother.

"Little Bunny, I'm sorry. The car broke down on the way and delayed me. I made you wait." Julian rushed over, his tone apologetic.

"It's fine." Aurora smiled softly and took Julian's arm. "Let's go in."

"Alright."

Asher and Gore followed them into the hotel.

"Julian, don't you have any interest in this project?" Aurora asked.

"If it were before, I might have. But I'm swamped right now. The projects I'm handling are already overwhelming, and I don't have the bandwidth to consider anything new.

If the projects I'm working on succeed, the investment required is enormous. Almost all my liquid funds will be tied up. This Nordic project is also a major investment, so I can't take it on right now."

Smaller projects weren't an issue, but the key was that both of Julian's current projects were massive investments. He still had many ongoing projects in Clothville that required capital.

To fund his current projects, Julian even had to take out loans. If he were to add another major project, even if he secured it, he wouldn't be able to manage it.

Besides, the competition for this project was intense. Julian didn't want to expend time and effort fighting for something he wasn't likely to get.

Honestly, if Aurora hadn't been here today, Julian wouldn't have bothered to come at all.

project is pretty attractive. Even people like

much room for growth there, so it's natural to want to expand

can win it. But seeing the people here today, it's clear their companies have

at the crowd, she could tell this project was going to be

opinions of the collaborators.

much attention to this project. But after learning that Asher was here, she began to feel

would bring in money much faster than starting a cosmetics business from scratch. It would also bring her closer to her ultimate goal. Aurora pulled out her phone and carefully read Michael Bardem's profile. Know your enemy,

you planning to get involved?" Julian asked, noticing Michael Bardem's name on

here, so why not give

Julian never doubted

awards ceremony. The room was filled with upper-class elites, each

unfamiliar with the atmosphere. Julian, noticing her hunger, guided her to the

to eat. You must

Aurora hadn't eaten dinner earlier when she came over with

to a proper meal later tonight," Julian said, handing her a slice of tiramisu, her

took a tray and

host of the evening was surrounded by a

attendees knew this wasn't the time to approach

was hard to make an impression in a crowd. Second, trying to engage in conversation amid so many others would only end up being superficial. After a long exchange of pleasantries, the

Asher,

was more focused on keeping Irene entertained, clearly using

to Michael Bardem's

had always been highly ambitious. He had prepared extensively for this project, but tonight,

her legs are unreal!"

Secret model. Long legs were to be expected, but he'd seen

the Montgomerys or the Simmons. Emily, with her carefree personality,

Emily likely didn't even know where she'd been at the time. This was her first trip abroad, and she couldn't help but get excited seeing the

"Oh."

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