Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

The room fell silent, and the entire world seemed to pause. According to Mio's original plan, there were supposed to be other activities following this moment, but everything had been abruptly halted by what had happened today.

The flowers had clearly been arranged in advance and handed over to the courier, but Mio had never anticipated the sudden turn of events. By the time he realized what was happening, it was too late to cancel the delivery; the flowers had already arrived.

The silence in the room was oppressive. If Rebecca had still harbored suspicions that Mio was merely putting on an act, those doubts were now gone.

If he had intended to deceive her, there would have been no reason to tell her everything. He had even revealed the details of how he had secured the order.

Rebecca sat on the floor scattered with white rose petals, leaning against the wall, her mind blank. His voice echoed in her ears.

She had always known he came from the Walsh family, but she had no idea about the depths of his background. At this moment, Rebecca found it impossible to hate him anymore, especially when she thought of the sorrow etched on his face as he left.

She sat alone in the house for what seemed like an eternity. Every detail of the room's arrangement had been designed to suit her preferences. He had truly wanted to build a home with her, while she had mercilessly hurt him.

Mio, devastated, drove back to the company and suddenly remembered the flowers. He quickly called the courier service to try to cancel the delivery.

"I'm sorry, sir. Our new intern had already delivered the order half an hour ago to the recipient," the courier replied.

"Alright, then." Mio let out a bitter laugh. She had probably already thrown the flowers into the trash. In her eyes, he was nothing more than an irredeemable villain.

Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Aurora had just secured the order and was ecstatic. She invited Julian to lunch to celebrate.

with his conscience, considered telling her the truth several times but ultimately decided against it. He didn't want to disrupt her focus. It would be better to wait until she officially became

when she recalled Mio's and Mr. Barnet's stunned expressions. The thought

to burst into laughter," Julian

means everything to me. Now I can finally breathe a little easier," Aurora

as you're happy," Julian said, his voice as gentle as always. Every

used the order as an excuse

So.

might truly fall for him. Perhaps she already had. But that

how much she liked him, she couldn't betray her baby's father. Although she had no idea what had happened to him or why he hadn't appeared, she couldn't shake the thought that he might be angry with

thought, Aurora barely noticed Julian's curious

replied hastily, shaking her head. How could she possibly tell him

look pale. Didn't sleep well last night?" Julian asked, his concern evident. "Why not take the day off and get

agreed. Now that she had secured the order, she was ready to take her place as the

critical areas. She was

Aurora just wanted to get a good night's sleep before the meeting, which was set for eight the

Before getting out of the car, she politely bid

mark a turning point for many people. News of Aurora securing the order had already spread throughout

as well. He sat alone from dusk until dawn. Only when the servants urged

phrase "all is lost" seemed fitting at this moment. Mio walked into the meeting room with a calm and composed demeanor. He had expected his emotions to be far more complicated, given that he had failed. His dreams were

been lifted from his shoulders. He no longer needed to fight or compete for anything. Life seemed less burdensome, and he found a strange

to Rebecca. She had made him truly understand how immoral it was to manipulate others' feelings