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Chapter 55: Touch Her Again, I Dare You

Penulis: Mia Kent
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-04-10 22:16:19

AIDEN'S POV

If Aurora felt weird, she didn’t show it. She put her hand in Herold’s. I had to try really hard not to jump in and pull her away from him.

It was just a dance. And maybe it was good practice because one day, I’d have to see her with someone else. That would happen in a few years, after she gave me kids and finally gave up on me and my cold heart.

We’d end up like my parents. Polite strangers, staying together only because of deals, shared stuff, and what people expected.

Now I was stuck alone with horse faced Morgana and her annoying twins. Morgana leaned on the bar with a sly smile and lipstick that didn’t look right.

“She’s sweet,” she said.

“She’s fine,” I answered.

I should have looked away from Aurora in Herold’s arms, but I couldn’t. Watching them made me feel strange. My head started to hurt. Mrs. Landon’s eyes lit up with interest.

“That’s not a great thing to say about a wife you can’t stop staring at. How’s married life so far?”

I looked at her face. No wonder
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  • The Merciless Billionaire's Contract Marriage    Chapter 119

    AURORA'S POV Aiden gave the door an annoyed look, then looked back at me. I raised my hands. “I can’t control what my sister says.”“If you could, it would be a full-time job. Have you heard from Morgana this week? She asked when she could visit.”After Aiden and I got back together, I started talking to Morgana Landon again. She was getting a divorce from Herold, who was still in therapy. He worked as a legal consultant and was trying to be a better dad to Tree and Tinder. Morgana was happy when I started visiting her again. I often brought Aiden with me. He watched Tinder and gave Morgana advice.We even took the kids and Aiden to visit Mrs. Veitch for Christmas at her nursing home. She passed away a few weeks later in her sleep.“I need to call Morgana back, but I hope the next time I see her, I’ll have a baby in my arms. Can you help me up? I need a shower.” I moved around on the bed.“I’ve got you.” Aiden picked me up and carried me to our bathroom. I stood under the warm shower

  • The Merciless Billionaire's Contract Marriage    Chapter 118

    AURORA'S POV Sandy and Ariella were in the room too, fussing over me.“I’m tired of crying every time I see a Super Bowl ad or hear a Katy Perry song on the radio.”“You cry because she’s a bad singer, right?” Annabelle sat at the end of my bed, rubbing my feet. “Just making sure your hormones are only messing with your feelings, not your music taste.”I laughed and gave her a gentle kick. “I’m being serious.”“My mood swings never stopped,” Sandy said, lying on a recliner in the corner of our bedroom. “I remember pushing Tanya in her stroller on a walking path, and I saw a squirrel running around. I thought its tail would be good for cleaning baby bottles. It was very fluffy, okay?”“No offense, girl, but you’re not the best example,” Annabelle said, putting my right foot on her leg and pressing her thumbs into the bottom of my foot. “You got pregnant again before Tanya even learned to recognize voices. Does your husband know he can stop sometimes?”“No,” we all said at the same tim

  • The Merciless Billionaire's Contract Marriage    Chapter 117

    AIDEN'S POV I had been in and out of clinics. Besides Tourette’s, I was also told I had OCD and ASD. To me, it felt like my world had ended. People think Tourette’s means you scream bad words without control and look crazy. They think OCD means you wash your hands over and over. And ASD means I’m on the autism spectrum. Most people think that means I’m like Rain Man—very good with numbers, but not smart in other ways. I quickly knew I had to get better if I wanted to live the life I wanted. I learned that I couldn’t stop the tics, but I could stop the things that made them happen. The tics came when I felt too much. Any strong feeling made it worse—sadness, anger, fear, or even happiness. If I got too excited, a tic attack would come soon. So I learned not to feel anything. If I stayed calm and didn’t feel too much, the tics stayed away. It was simple, and it helped everyone around me too. Well that explained a lot. Why Aiden always wore leather gloves because he didn’t like touch

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  • The Merciless Billionaire's Contract Marriage    Chapter 115

    AURORA'S POV The kids were running all around us. I thought it meant something, that the reason we were brought together, the idea of having children, surrounded us, even though I wasn’t pregnant.“I want one hour with you. Just sixty minutes. That’s all I ask. When do you finish work?”“Four,” I said. “Same as always.”“I’ll wait.”At least he didn’t tell me to skip work this time.“How did you make a cloud?” I pointed behind him.“NASA has a book. It’s easy.”“It looks amazing.”“Even third graders can do it.”“I don’t care.” I shook my head. “Will you wait for me?” I looked around at the school.He smiled. “Aurora, I’ve waited eight years for you. I can wait four more hours.”The drive to Aiden’s house was quiet. Before I got out of Little Genius, I set a timer for sixty minutes on my phone. I played with my bag strap, looking at the boring view outside, trying to calm down.This was the moment. A part of me always knew Aiden wouldn’t just sign the divorce papers and let go. Maybe

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