Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Justin quickly wiped away Aurora's tears. "Why are you crying?" he asked gently.

Aurora held the bottle of perfume in her hands, her thoughts drifting to many people and moments from the past. She had been gone for so long-what had happened to her company? Could Heather and the others handle things without her?

The sales clerk looked at Aurora curiously and muttered, "Miss, you look familiar, like I've seen you somewhere before."

"I'll take this perfume," Aurora said quietly.

"Of course, Miss. I'll wrap it up for you," the clerk responded with a smile.

Justin rushed to pay for the perfume, but Aurora's expression weighed on his heart. It was just a bottle of perfume-why had she suddenly started crying?

The silence lingered as they left the mall and returned to the hotel. Aurora held the perfume bottle tightly, and neither Justin nor Mrs. Woolf dared to ask why she had broken down.

Aurora took a long bath and went to bed early. Since she didn't explain, they refrained from pressing her. But Justin couldn't help his curiosity. He searched for the perfume brand online, knowing that the internet could reveal almost anything these days.

What he found immediately shocked him. One particular article stood out-a profile of the brand's founder.

"Mrs. Woolf, come here! Look at this!" Justin called out, his voice full of urgency.

Mrs. Woolf hurried over. "What's the matter?" she asked. But the moment she saw the screen, her eyes widened.

"This... this is Aurora! A perfume launch? Isn't this the same perfume she bought today? So she-she created it?"

They read the article carefully. Not only was the perfume from her brand, but Aurora had personally been involved in its creation.

and stumbled upon Aurora's Wikipedia page. Her background was laid

CEO of her own company," Justin murmured, utterly astonished.

Mrs. Woolf added. "She doesn't need it! She wasn't lying

believe how famous Aurora was. Intrigued, he continued digging online. If Aurora was this well-known, surely

Julian.

the video, Julian wore a perfectly tailored black suit, his hair meticulously

an icy, aristocratic aura.

his distinguished upbringing. He answered

his personal life, Julian didn't shy away. While many men avoided discussing their love lives in public, Julian spoke openly.

Aurora was evident. At that moment, his expression softened ever so slightly, a rare trace of warmth

surfaced online as well. In most of them, he was either holding her hand or wrapping an arm around her waist, unreservedly declaring

every candid shot, Julian's gaze toward Aurora was tender and full of

remarked, they were a perfect match. Whenever they appeared together, they seemed destined for each other. Aurora,

handsome than I imagined," Justin said softly. "I always wondered what kind of man could be worthy of Aurora. Now that I've seen him, I

swirling as he continued to scour the internet for details about Aurora. He

about Aurora's relationship with Ivy. Thankfully, he

mistreated Aurora. It was clear that Aurora's recent fall into the water had been Ivy's doing. Despite everything, Aurora had shown remarkable kindness by tolerating Ivy for so

been Justin, he thought bitterly, he would've thrown Ivy into the ocean to feed the sharks. Letting her off with cleaning duties was far too lenient. The more he read about what Ivy had done to Aurora, the

up all night. He read

accomplishments, her resilience-everything about her was extraordinary. She seemed like a masterpiece carefully crafted by

who had been by his side all this time was far more remarkable than he'd ever imagined. If not for the

yet already the CEO of her own company, achieving everything without relying

her. "We'll be heading to Kestrel soon. It's