NovelReadingChapter 106
As those words hung in the air, Nolan suddenly appeared beside them.
He grabbed Aurelia's arm furiously, his eyes blazing.
"Aurelia, can't you behave yourself for one moment? What right do you have to throw away the ring | gave
Evangeline?"
Aurelia looked directly into his eyes and noticed something unexpected amid his anger-a glimmer of hope.
Could it be that he wished she had thrown away Evangeline's ring out of jealousy?
A wave of bitterness washed over her heart, but she forced herself to smile.
"Why would | throw away a meaningless ring? To me, it's worth less than the cash you throw at me."
Nolan's eyes instantly turned cold and merciless. He shoved her violently into the lake with a loud splash,
followed by her startled cry, but he had already turned away without a second glance.
"I don't care how you do it just bring that ring back!
With that, he took Evangeline's hand and hurried away without hesitation.It was the dead of winter, shortly after
a snowfall, and brutally cold.
Ice floes dotted the lake's surface—the mere sight of them was enough to send shivers down one's spine.
Submerged in the water, Aurelia felt her body nearly seize up from the bone- chilling cold. The muddy bottom
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtconcealed sharp fragments that sliced into her feet, drawing blood.
She bit her lip, diving down repeatedly, then surfacing for air, only to dive again. She searched mechanically
throughout the night until blood stained large patches of the water's surface. Finally, she found the ring at the
bottom of the lake. When she appeared before Nolan, wounded and bedraggled, he furrowed his brow, coldly
pulled out a stack of bills from his pocket, and tossed them at her feet without emotion.
As always, she took the money and left in silence.
In the days that followed, Nolan surprisingly didn't give her any trouble.
Until one day, as she returned from an errand, she stepped out of her car to see the entire Creed mansion
engulfed in rolling clouds of smoke.
A terrible premonition seized her-Nolan was in danger!The thought had barely registered before she was rushing
toward the flames.
Nolan valued his privacy, so the household staff only cto clean when he was away.
He had been hfor days, which meant he was the only person in the entire house!
Familiar with the layout, she quickly found Nolan unconscious in his bedroom. The fire had spread with alarming
speed. He must have taken sleeping pills to rest, leaving him trapped and overcby smoke before he could
react.
She struggled to lift his entire weight onto her shoulders, inching painfully toward the exit.
The fire grew more intense, virtually cutting off their escape route.
Without warning, a burning beam crashed down from above. With no tto think, she threw herself over Nolan
to shield him.
The scalding timber slammed into her back, nearly causing her to black out from the pain.
But seeing him slumped against her shoulder, brow furrowed, she felt a determination unlike any she had known
before. She had to save Nolan, even at the cost of her own life.
With this resolve and a reckless disregard for her safety, she somehow managed to drag his six-foot-tall frame
out of the inferno.
They collapsed onto the lawn where she gasped desperately for fresh air, her body covered in wounds.
When she saw Evangeline running frantically toward them, she summoned her last reserves of strength to push
Nolan into Evangeline's arms.
"If he wakes up, tell him you saved him."
Evangeline stared at her, bewildered by her actions. She called out to Aurelia as she tried to leave, asking once
more
"Tellthe truth-did you deliberately kill Nolan's mother?"
She rose unsteadily, freezing at the question. After a long silence, she finally answered.
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"Yes."With that, she hurried away without looking back.
In the days that followed, Evangeline devoted herself to caring for Nolan.
When he learned that Evangeline had risked her life to save him, his treatment of her beceven more
enviable, granting her every wish.
Their intimate encounters grew more frequent. Standing guard outside their room, Aurelia clearly heard their
passionate moments and the sweet words he whispered to her.
She thought perhaps Nolan had genuinely fallen in love with Evangeline. That was for the best. He deserved to
find true happiness.
As for herself, she was like a sewer rat, lurking in the darkness, watching others' happiness from afar.
The wounds on her back still throbbed with pain. She could only tend to them herself when no one was looking.
One day, as usual, she hid in her small room, removing her coat to apply medicine
to her wounds when the door suddenly opened.
It was Nolan.
His gaze fell on the grotesque burns covering her back, and his eyes instantly reddened.
He approached her step by step, his voice trembling.
"How did you get these burns?"
"Was it you who savedthat day?"
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