Chapter 209 Thanks to You
Not far away from them, Albie had been stopped by a few people and did not have time to go to Aurora, but when he just took the time to catch their interaction just now.
The woman was hostile to Sion as if thorns were erected all over her body. She looked cold and indifferent, while the man’s attitude was a little bit less cold than hers. There seemed to be no nice talk between the two of them. But with the little girl in the middle who was pulling their clothes, somehow, they looked like a family.
But as soon as Albie thought of the word, “family”, he felt it was an unlikable one to put on the three people there. Aurora and Sion divorced five years ago, and that man had done so many things to hurt her. Aurora in no way would come back together with Sion. But there was still hope in that man’s mind now, Albie could tell from his attitude.
Then Albie walked over to them.
“There you are.”
When he talked to Aurora, his voice was as warm as ever, as if it was a summer breeze. Five years had passed, but nothing had changed in Albie.
Aurora put up a smile, and did not avoid Sion beside them, “Albie.”
Her voice was so familiar pulled the three of them back to the old days, and Sion even felt his heart pounding away from his chest.
Albie felt his heart skip, and then it beat even more wildly. He wanted to take Aurora into his arms, but seeing that her hand was held by that little girl, he just touched her head, “It’s good to see you’re back here.”
Sion was observing them with his brows furrowed, and his eyes fall on Aurora’s face again.
Aurora’s bad mood dissipated instantly as she saw her brother, “Albie, how have you been these years?”
“Not bad.” Except for the times when she was missed, all other times were good.
The two of them were exchanging pleasantries as if no one else was around. Sion was rendered sulky.
“Aurora, didn’t you promise to stay with her for a while, can you now?”
Aurora turned to glance at him, and then she secretly gave Morgan a look. She hoped Morgan could read that she didn’t want to stay with Sion right now.
Then Aurora turned back around and continued to catch up with Albie. Sion watched her in dismay as he was completely ignored by her and he froze in place.
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At this point, he ran out of options and looked to Morgan for help. Morgan received Aurora’s eyes and also saw Sion’s helplessness. She did not want to disturb her mom and uncle, knowing that they must have a lot to share after separating for a long time. She could learn that feeling from herself and Theodore. She had been missing her brother a lot in the past few days.
But Daddy looked a bit pathetic.
Unhappiness showed up on that childish face, while the two adults who are talking, did not notice it at all.
Looking at Aurora standing before him, Albie got mixed feelings whirling inside. The style of her makeup changed a lot. He was pondering about the things she had been through in the past few years.
“Where have you been these years? Why didn’t you contact me?” Albie finally did not hold back the curiosity in his heart.
Suddenly, the distress about her memories came to her mind, and at this moment, the bitterness welled up in her and engulfed all she was about to say.
Facing Albie, Aurora seemed to soften herself, allowing people to associate her with the Aurora of that year. But that stung Sion’s heart. He pretended to be calm and interjected at the right time, “Yeah, why haven’t you come back?”
Aurora glanced at him, ignored his question and turned to Albie, “I stayed in Halberk.”
Albie was stunned for a moment and then smiled. It was exactly the place where the international fashion designer “Queen” began her career, and the timeline matched up with Aurora’s.
Aurora also followed with a light laugh, and answered Albie’s second question, “As for why I haven’t contacted you… I told you before, I wanted to become better than you. But, until this comes to fruition, I need to put in a lot of effort.”
She said it in a relaxed way, but both men knew that she was not telling the truth. At the moment, she seemed to have changed back to the chief designer “Queen” on the stage just now, talking in a perfectly composed way, giving nothing away, and easily avoiding the questions she did not want to answer. It seemed like a way to defend herself as if she was enclosed in a high fortress, dazzlingly bright from the outside, but not allowing others to know her real look inside.
Now she was “Queen” again.
Albie didn’t know what to say for a moment, and unspeakable heartache filled his heart. All these years, this little girl must have suffered a lot, he thought.
Sion interrupted them after quite a while of hesitation, “What have you experienced over the years? How come you have changed so much?”
His eyes seemed to be filled with a black mist, in which one could see his depression and sorrow with a glance.
Albie also fell silent and looked at Aurora waiting for her answer. Aurora impatiently turned her head and looked at Sion coldly. She found this man had been amusing her today. But then, hatred crept into her heart.
Five years ago, she was sunk into the river with the car by this man, which brought the great pain that she would never forget. Later, even after being saved by Cameron, many drugs could not be used because of her pregnancy, and that caused a recovery period in agony. No one could understand that except herself. She gritted her teeth and pulled through. Then later she gave birth to two children and picked up her pen again to do design, none of which was easy work. But she had managed to heal herself after countless breakdowns.
Since she fell into the river five years ago, she had taken apart her bones and flesh and blood to become a new person. Then, she came to life.
How could she be the same as before?
The thought of this ignited the gas of wrath in her heart, fire spreading wildly inside. Aurora could help but clench her fists. She almost lost control until she felt a little hand holding her. Then she looked composed again, and she looked at Sion with icy eyes and said, “About what I have experienced over the years, aren’t you clear about it?”
“ALL, THANKS TO YOU!”
Sion knew that he had done something wrong, and at this moment he had no words to refute it. After a few seconds of silence, he wanted to say something else, but Aurora had already gently let go of Morgan’s hand, “Albie, give me a minute.”
Then she turned around and walked towards the stage in the middle.
“Excuse me, sorry to disturb you all.”
Her voice was as detached and polite as before, and the guests gathered around and looked at her curiously.
Everyone was looking forwards to her pending decision on the partnership.