NovelEnglishChapter 360 The UnwelcGuest
Third Person POV
Of course, she had never gone to fight the dog for cookies.
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She had only stared at it with longing in her eyes, silently swearing to herself that she would
behave, that she would work harder in school, that next time-next time-she would earn her father’s
approval.
But in her previous life, right up until her death, that “next time” never came.
She reached out and picked up a butter cookie.
Jax watched her with hopeful eyes. “You’ve loved these since you were little, so | always kept them
in the house. Even though you said you’d never cback, | thought-what if? What if one day you
cooled down and returned, at least you’d have them to eat.” His voice caught in his throat. “I... |
know I was wrong. Back then, | shouldn’t have-”
Shouldn’t have what?
Shouldn’t have let Aurelia into their home? Shouldn’t have doubted her, shouldn’t have whipped her
again and again?
Or shouldn't have stayed silent, taking sides, when she needed him most?
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAubrey looked at her father’s trembling hands and the way he carefully watched her face. A faint ripple stirred in
her chest, but it quickly smoothed over again. Swounds scabbed over and no longer hurt, but that didn’t
mean they were gone.
She only gave a quiet “Mm,” sat on the sofa, and held the cookie, its edges baked just a little too dark, ready to
taste it.
Just as she lifted it to her lips, a faint sound drifted down from upstairs, like something had fallen to the floor.
Jax’s expression changed at once-nervous, guilty. His eyes darted to the staircase, then quickly
away.
“What was that?” Aubrey asked.
Jax forced a shaky laugh. “Maybe, maybe the wind knocked something over...”
Aubrey’s face hardened. “I want the truth.”
Hearing that, Jax glanced at her timidly, as though afraid she would blhim. After a long
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pause, he stammered.
“A few days ago, I-I ran into someone while out shopping.”
Aubrey narrowed her eyes. “Who?”
“...Aurelia.”
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Aubrey gave a sudden, humorless laugh. She didn’t speak, so Jax pressed on, though his voice faltered.
“She was covered in blood. | had no choice but to send her to the hospital. Then | contacted the
Lynn family to cget her, but... but they toldthey’ve already severed ties with her. They said
not to bother them, and if | didn’t want to save her, | could just leave her on the street to die.
Whether she lived or not had nothing to do with them anymore...”
Aubrey raised her brows slightly. She hadn’t expected the Lynn family to cut her off so ruthlessly.
Clearly, something had happened that she didn’t yet know.
Jax, meanwhile, grew more uneasy the more he spoke.
“] was just going to pay her medical bills and walk away, but... but she clung to me. She said she
was homeless now, and if | wasn’t going to take her in, then | shouldn’t have saved her-better to let
her die at the hospital. She said as long as I gave her shelter, she would do anything, said she
regretted what she did before, said she owed me...”
He grimaced, knotting his brows. “And she looked so pitiful. Her face was so thin it was
unrecognizable. It seems she really has been punished.”
Strictly speaking, Jax was a softhearted man. His anger toward Aurelia had burned hot when she
betrayed him, but with time, that fury cooled. Seeing her so miserable, his sympathy had won
out.
Aubrey set the untouched cookie back down.
“So where is she now?”
“She’s... upstairs.”
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