Chapter 42: Chapter 44

Chapter 44 I Had No Connection With The Leedon Family Aurelia turned around to look at Matthew, who had called out to stop her, +5 Pearls “If you have no plans tomorrow morning, let’s go pick up Grandma first. She’s being discharged from the hospital tomorrow morning. Matthew said, his gaze falling on Aurelia’s half–closed eyes, which were heavy with sleepiness.

Had she been watching over me from the side just now?

The thought had just surfaced, and then it was gone.

The woman before him had already changed into a comfortable set of loungewear. Her waist–length hair, freshly washed, was fluffy and smooth, cascading down her back. She had removed her light makeup. revealing a fair face that exuded a hint of youthfulness. She looked like a girl who had just turned eighteen, especially in her extremely conservative, soft pink loungewear.

Had it not been for the clothes she was wearing, he would have thought she had deliberately come downstairs again to seduce him.

“All right.”

Aurelia nodded slightly and headed upstairs. She was truly exhausted.

Matthew watched as Aurelia ascended the stairs, then he settled back down on the couch.

His gaze fell upon the blanket on the floor.

Had she just been worried about me catching a chill earlier, and went downstairs to fetch me a blanket?

Matthew’s eyes slowly narrowed, their depths shrouded in mystery.

After waking up in the morning, Aurelia went downstairs to make breakfast.

There was milk in the refrigerator, so she heated it up, fried some eggs and ham, and made a sandwich with toast.

While it was being done, Matthew, dressed in casual attire, descended the stairs.

The two were planning to go to the hospital together later, so Aurelia prepared two sets of breakfast. “Would you like some breakfast? We’re having sandwiches and milk.”

Matthew glanced at the dining table. The sandwiches looked quite appealing, indistinguishable from those sold outside. He, who was not accustomed to eating breakfast, nodded in approval when he saw the faint smile on Aurelia’s radiant face. “Sure,” he said.

An hour later, the two of them showed up at the hospital.

Evelyn had already completed the discharge procedures.

After picking up Mabel, the two of them went straight back to the Quigley residence. They spent some time there, chatting with Mabel, before leaving the Quigley residence.

This morning. Aurelia was riding in Matthew’s car.

1/4 Chapter 44 I Had No Connection With The Leedon Family +5 Pearls When leaving the Quigley residence, she also rode in Matthew’s car.

“Where are you going? Let me take you there.”

Today, Matthew drove his own car, not asking his chauffeur to drive him.

Aurelia who was seated in the passenger seat. glanced outside. She didn’t see any bus stop signs. It was already nine in the morning, and she knew Matthew was busy. “You can drop me off here. I can book a ride online,” she said.

Matthew glanced at Aurelia and said, “There are rarely any passing vehicles near the Quigley residence. I’ll take you there myself.”

“In that case, Mr. Quigley, could you please take me to the antique shops on Newcove Street?” Aurelia asked without further ado.

Indeed, it was difficult to hail a taxi here. She had promised David to complete the restoration of the two ancient paintings as soon as possible. The past couple of days had been busy, causing significant delays in progress.

When Matthew heard about the antique shops, he merely raised an eyebrow, not bothering to ask her what she was going to do.

After all, whatever she wanted to do had nothing to do with him.

There was no need to be so curious about her affairs.

Suddenly, Aurelia’s cell phone began to ring.

She picked up her phone and glanced at it. It was Nancy.

As soon as the call connected, Nancy could be heard hurling abuse from the other line.

“Melanie sure is utterly disgusting for crowing over someone else’s property! First, she downplayed the whole incident, and now she’s claiming that she’s not the person in the video. Then, she probably spent a lot of money to find someone who looks like her from afar, claiming that this person, who often accompanies Curtis to various places, is her. Melanie has completely cleared herself! As if that isn’t bad enough, Curtis said that the woman in the photos and videos is the same person. He claimed it was that woman who had a secret crush on him. The video was merely taken out of context. The woman also stepped forward to admit it, stating that it was her actions that caused trouble for Curtis and Melanie. After some manipulation by ghostwriters, Melanie and Curtis had their names cleared!”

Aurelia let out a cold chuckle. “They must have spent quite a bit of money to come up with this move.”

“Play with fire and you’ll get burned. They’ll surely get their comeuppance! My dear Auri, I’m absolutely livid with their actions.

You mustn’t stand me up tonight!”

“All right; let’s not miss our meeting at six in the evening.”

After hanging up the phone, Aurelia noticed that Matthew was watching her.

Her lips moved slightly in response. Is this the end of the affair? She felt a complex mix of emotions and was unsure of what to say to Matthew.

However, Matthew was the first to speak. “Has the Leedon family treated you poorly?”

Over the past couple of days, she often heard people around her asking this question.

Chapter 441 Had No Connection With The Leedon Family But she never expected that one day, Matthew would also ask her.

9 Pearls She looked ahead at the road, her eyes deep and seemingly hiding some unspeakable worries. Yet, her tone was indifferent, devoid of any emotion as she replied, “The Leedon family has no relation to me.”

Although it wasn’t explicitly stated whether it was good or bad, her response had already made it quite clear.

Matthew gave her a thoughtful glance.

Melanie looked at the card, which had only a balance of one hundred thousand, her expression as dark as coal.

He actually demanded five million from me!

The person who clarified things for her on Twitter today was Winona Aberhart, a former university. classmate of hers whom she sought out.

Throughout her university years, Winona had undergone several plastic surgeries, almost all of which were modeled after Melanie’s own appearance. By the time she graduated, many of her classmates thought that Winona and she were biological sisters, if not cousins.

Back then, Melanie thought that Winona was just trying to look like her. She never expected that to come in handy today.

However, Winona was too greedy by demanding five million right off the bar.

Even so, considering her own reputation, and in order not to hinder her marriage to Matthew, a mere five million was nothing.

Seeing Melanie in low spirits, Spencer said, “If I were in your shoes, I’d feel the same way. Now that everyone knows you were wronged, we’ll have Aurelia apologize to you when she returns. She tends to jump to conclusions. Since she has wronged you for no reason, she should take some time to reflect on her actions.

“Spencer, could you give Aurelia a call and ask her to come home today? We, as a family, really need to have a serious talk.”

Luna didn’t know why, but the thought of Aurelia made her heart flutter with unease.

It seemed as though she had the feeling that she had done something wrong.

Spencer rolled his eyes. “I tried calling her but she didn’t answer. Mom, let’s not worry about her anymore. Look at what she’s been doing recently, I’m even afraid to admit that I have a sister like her. I fear that people in our circle would laugh at me.”

“Mel, why don’t you give her a call?” Luna suggested to Melanie once again.

A sense of unease grew within Melanie’s heart. What’s going on with Mom? Why had she been increasingly preoccupied with Aurelia these past few days?

Of course, Melanie kept her dissatisfaction hidden in her heart.

“All right; I’ll make the call now The cell phone had been ringing for quite some time, but no one answered.

With a helpless look, Melanie turned to Luna and said, “Mom, Aurelia isn’t answering my calls. I have no idea where she’s living now, so I simply can’t find her.”

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Right now, Aurelia could be lying in the arms of some old man, engaging in some despicable acts. How could the possibly have time to answer my call?

Luna furrowed her brows tightly. “T’ll call Phyllis and ask her how she’s been teaching Auri. How could she teach Auri to seek a sugar daddy, to become a mistress? My good daughter, she’s been led astray by Phyllis!”