His Quiet Undoing: TO LOVE THY BROTHER のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

Aurelia POV♡The first thing I notice when I wake up is a face.At first it is only a blurred shape hovering above me, like someone standing behind frosted glass. My vision struggles to focus and the light in the room feels too bright, forcing my eyes to squint slightly before I can make out the details.Slowly the image becomes clearer.Teresa.Her face is close to mine, her brows drawn together in worry as she leans over the hospital bed.“Aurelia… Aurelia…”I can’t hear her clearly, but I see the shape of the words on her lips.How are you feeling?The moment I try to respond, a sharp jolt of pain shoots through my head. It feels like something heavy crashing inside my skull, forcing my eyes shut again as I try to steady myself against the sudden wave of dizziness.For a few seconds I just lie there, breathing slowly through the pain.Then I hear it.A sound.Faint, distant, like something echoing from far away.Teresa’s voice.Another voice too.The sound is weak and uneven, but i

AURELIA POV♡The next day I am finally able to go back home.The doctors spent most of the morning checking my condition again before approving the discharge. My head still feels heavy, and the inside of my ears keeps reacting to sudden sounds in an uncomfortable way. They explained that the fall and the water pressure likely disrupted my hearing more than they first expected, so the hearing aids I had been using before no longer function properly. A technician came in earlier and fitted me with a new pair. The sound through them is clearer, but every now and then a sharp jolt still runs through my ear, like a sudden pulse of pressure that makes me pause for a second until it fades.The doctor assured me it will improve gradually as my body recovers.Zane has already returned to the his home this morning. According to what Seth told me earlier, the police arrived shortly after Talia gave her statement. They questioned several members of the production team and began searching for Jace

AURELIA POV ♡I try to focus on the porridge in front of me, but my thoughts keep circling back to the same question.Did Seth really help Regina get that role?It would not be impossible. Ashford media has the kind of influence that can open doors in the entertainment industry without much effort..Still, the idea makes something heavy settle in my chest. I lower the spoon back into the bowl and stare at the faint steam rising from the food.Greta notices that I have stopped eating.“Miss Aurelia, is the food not to your liking?” she asks carefully.“No, it’s fine,” I answer quickly, forcing myself to take another bite so she will not worry. The truth is that my appetite has already started fading, not because the food tastes bad but because my mind refuses to stay quiet.After finishing half of the bowl, I push the plate slightly aside and reach for my phone again. My fingers hover over Seth’s contact for a few seconds before I press the call button.The line rings longer than I expe

AURELIA POV ♡I try to focus on the rest of the dinner after that call, but it becomes difficult in a quiet, frustrating way that I cannot easily shake off. Teresa keeps talking, trying to keep things light, but I notice how her eyes linger on me a little longer than usual, as if she can tell something shifted even though I said everything was fine.I pick at my food, responding when necessary, nodding at the right moments, but my mind is no longer fully present at the table. It keeps replaying Seth’s voice, the way he answered my question without actually denying anything, and more than that, the way Regina sounded so comfortable calling him like that…I know that we are now divorced but it stings terribly…By the time we finish eating, I am more tired mentally than I am physically.Teresa notices it immediately when we step outside.“You look exhausted, Aurelia,” she says, her tone softer now. “Let the driver take you home, before dripping me off. We can do this another time when th

AURELIA POV Sleep doesn’t come easily...I lie on the bed staring at the ceiling longer than I should, I feel really tired but my mind refusing to slow down. Every time I close my eyes, the same things come back in fragments that don’t quite fit together properly. The push the water Seth’s anger earlier. Zane’s warning Regina’s name sitting somewhere in the middle of everything whether I like it or not.At some point, I give up trying to force myself to sleep and reach for my phone instead. The screen lights up in my dinly lit room, and without really thinking about it, I open the company group chat again. The messages are still coming in, though slower now compared to earlier in the day.Most of it is speculation.People talking about the investigation. People mentioning Jace’s name more openly now. Some are already guessing what might happen if he gets officially charged. A few messages stand out more than the rest, not because of what they say directly, but because of the way they