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2026-05-24 12:00:17Auri’s chest tightened.
“I lost my world, Auri.” Ethan’s fingers tightened gently around hers. “And I promised myself I would do anything to fix my mistakes.” His eyes glistened faintly. “I want to become the husband who stands in front of you and protects you no matter what.”
“But not by destroying Lucas, Ethan!” Auri pulled her face away, struggling to breathe beneath the overwhelming tenderness Ethan wrapped around h
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“You think that bastard can save you, Auri? You think this courtroom can protect you from me?!”Ethan’s voice thundered through the hallway outside the courtroom.The calm composure he usually wore was completely gone now. His face was burning red with rage.Auri stopped walking and slowly turned around. Instantly, Lucas stepped protectively in front of her.“Watch your mouth, Ethan. This is a courthouse,” Lucas snapped coldly. “You already lost. You should worry about saving yourself before the police come for you.”“Lost?” Ethan barked out a harsh laugh and took a step forward, pointing a trembling finger directly at Lucas. “I will never lose to trash like you, Lucas!”His eyes swept wildly across everyone around him.“All of you… the shareholders, the lawyers, even the judges in there. If anyone dares to stop me from taking my own son, I swear I’ll
Too Late to Win Me Back, Mr. Ex! [156]
“Witness, could you explain once again what kind of environment the child would face if raised by the Defendant?”Arthur Vance’s voice rang clearly through the courtroom. He stood tall with absolute confidence, his sharp gaze fixed on the child psychologist seated at the witness stand. At the Plaintiff’s table, Ethan sat upright in an expensive tailored suit, a faint victorious smile lingering on his face ever since the hearing had begun.“Based on our analysis,” the expert witness began after clearing his throat and adjusting the microphone in front of him, “an emotionally unstable environment surrounded by temperamental individuals is extremely harmful to a child’s psychological development.”“And this temperamental figure you’re referring to…” Arthur Vance slowly turned toward the Defendant’s side of the courtroom, deliberately looking straight at Lucas, who sat beside Auri.
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“Son of a bitch! Manipulative bastard!” Lucas shouted, his hand trembling violently with the urge to smash the phone against the wall. “He’s using Junior to psychologically torture you tonight! He’s deliberately flaunting his wealth just to make you feel inadequate as a mother! He’s exploiting the state of our family right now, when he’s the one who destroyed it in the first place!”“I know. He wants to show that Junior would be happier with the life and facilities he can provide,” Auri replied.Her tone didn’t waver in the slightest, as though she’d already predicted this cheap little stunt hours ago.“And this message? He’s calling you selfish?” Lucas stared at the phone in disbelief before throwing it onto the desk. “Ethan is seriously insane.” He pushed himself out of the chair again and began pacing across the room in long, furious strides. “Does he r
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“So it’s true? Ethan took Junior to his house this morning? Without you or me there with him?”Lucas’s voice thundered through Nocture the second he walked in. He hadn’t even taken off his jacket yet. His eyes locked onto Auri, who sat behind her desk, while the anger inside him boiled harder with every second since hearing the news about Junior being picked up.Auri looked up at him, her expression calm. “Yeah. Ethan picked him up at nine this morning. And he specifically didn’t want me there.”“And you let him?!” Lucas slammed his palm against the wooden desk, the loud bang echoing through the room. “You just did whatever he wanted? The hearing is tomorrow, Aurel! He doesn’t have full custody yet! Why didn’t you call me? I could’ve come and stopped him!”“For what, Lucas?” Auri leaned back against her chair, her voice flat but cold. &ldquo
Too Late to Win Me Back, Mr. Ex! [154]
“You need to look exhausted and thinner, Mom.”As he adjusted the cream-colored knitted scarf around his mother’s neck, Ethan smiled faintly. It was the kind of smile that concealed a thousand calculations beneath its gentleness.“Let Gia’s parents see how this stress has been destroying your health because you’re worried about Junior’s future…” His eyes softened deliberately. “Your grandson.”Valencia let out a long breath while fixing her posture in the chair.“Ethan, I’m doing all of this for Junior.” Her voice carried unwavering determination. “I was willing to starve myself for days just to look thinner and weaker.” She touched her own hollowed cheek lightly. “If all of this helps Junior stay with us, then I don’t mind suffering a little.”Ethan slowly knelt in front of his mother, looking up at the woman whose obsession with bloo
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Her voice cracked again.“And meanwhile, you stand here…” She laughed bitterly through tears. “The very first thing you do after stepping foot back into this house is accuse me of making dirty deals?!”Lucas froze briefly after hearing Auri’s hysterical outburst.But the inferiority and humiliation that had already poisoned his mind refused to let logic in.Instead of apologizing, instead of admitting he had crossed a line, Lucas turned his face away stubbornly.His shattered pride wouldn’t allow him to surrender.“Then explain this miracle to me, Aurel!” Lucas shot back harshly, his voice no quieter than hers now. “The people attacking me would never release me unless they gained something huge in return!”His breathing grew rougher.“They let me out on purpose just to humiliate me!” he shouted bitterly. “To show me that I’m useless!&rdq
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