Chapter 12 No One Will Stop You
Aurora looked calmly at Bertha.
Before Aurora could do anything, Bertha seemed to be frightened. Her body trembled, and she stepped back continuously, her face pale. “Aurora, please don’t look at me with such resentful eyes. I’m scared.”
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Joshua pushed Aurora away angrily and roared, “What do you want to do to Bertha?”
Aurora lost her balance and staggered backward. Her body hit the railing, almost falling off the second floor. But no one cared
about her.
Joshua and Celeste both protected Bertha, looking at Aurora warily.
Barnett wanted to scold Aurora. But thinking about the bullying she endured in prison, he couldn’t say those hurtful words.
Aurora’s expression was cold, but her faint smile revealed her
sarcasm.
She thought, “They are my family members.
As long as Bertha shows even the slightest bit of grievance, I will become the target of everyone’s blame.
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When I cared about this family, a single look or word from them could affect my emotions.
Now, I don’t care anymore. Facing their misunderstandings, my heart is calm, without a single ripple of emotion.”
Aurora didn’t explain and lowered her eyes.
Her appearance of not caring about whatever others said made Barnett’s heart hurt. He couldn’t help but ask with concern, “Did you get hurt? Does it hurt?”
Aurora looked up at him in surprise, finding it hard to connect. him with the one who had used to humiliate her.
Habit was really a terrifying thing. Aurora was actually not used. to Barnett’s slightest bit of concern.
“It doesn’t hurt,” said Aurora. She thought, “The pain from a bump is not even one–ten–thousandth of the pain of a broken leg.”
“Just now… did you hear everything?” asked Barnett.
Aurora was stunned for a moment. When she realized what he meant, she softly replied, “Yes.”
After that, there was no more conversation.
Barnett thought, “Is that all?
I terminated the cooperation with the Sherwood Group to
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avenge her, causing both the Sherwood Group and the Elvador Group to lose one billion dollars overnight.
With such a huge price paid, can’t I even get a word of gratitude from her?”
A wave of pent–up anger spread from Barnett’s chest straight to his stomach, as if he had swallowed a hundred needles. His stomach churned violently.
His stomach problem flared up again.
As if to punish Aurora, Barnett stared at her with a pale face.
In the past, every time he had a stomachache, Aurora had been the most anxious one.
Barnett looked at her with hopeful eyes, hoping to see anxiety and concern on her face.
Even if it was just a simple word of concern from her, everything he had done today would be worth it.
But there was no expression on Aurora’s face. Her gaze didn’t even linger on him for an extra second, let alone show any pity.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back first,” said Aurora.
She looked calm, but the words she said were so heartless, like a blunt knife, cutting Barnett’s heart to pieces.
Under the gaze of four pairs of eyes, Aurora turned around and
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walked slowly but firmly down the stairs, limping.
Barnett leaned on the railing with both hands, looking at her back with a pained and disappointed expression.
He thought, “It shouldn’t be like this.
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She used to care so much about me. When I had a stomachache, she would cry and look for medicine for me, wishing she could take my pain instead.
Why doesn’t she care about me now?”
“Aurora,” shouted Barnett sternly, enduring the pain.
Aurora instinctively stopped.
Hope rose in Barnett’s eyes at this scene, and his voice. unconsciously softened, tinged with a hint of grievance. “Aurora, my stomach hurts.”
It was like giving Aurora a chance to reconcile.
But the fact that he offered a chance didn’t mean she had to take
- it.
Aurora looked up, gazing at Barnett from below, and sneered, “Mr. Elvador, if you have a stomachache, you should call a doctor, not me.”
Barnett heard the sound of his heart breaking. All his
expectations seemed ridiculous under her calm expression.
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The pain instantly overwhelmed his whole body, and his legs could no longer support him. He slid down and fell onto the
floor.
But his hands tightly grasped the railing, and he stared at Aurora through the gaps between the railings.
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Aurora, however, turned around directly, showing no intention of taking care of him.
Her heartlessness made Joshua furious. He roared at Aurora’s back, “Aurora, come back and get medicine for Barnett.”
Celeste pleaded with her in tears, “Aurora, you used to take care of Barnett every time he had a stomachache. How can you be so indifferent this time? You’re blood–related. Why has it come to
this?”
Even Bertha started to condemn her righteously. “Aurora, I know you’re resentful because you’ve been in prison for five years, but you can’t joke about Barnett’s life. Don’t you know which medicine works best for him?”
Aurora stopped again.
The Elvador family thought she was persuaded. However, when Aurora turned her head, they found that she was smiling.
But there was a hidden edge in her smile. “So you did notice my efforts, but you just didn’t care or cherish them. Since that’s the case, I’ll take them back. From now on, whether you, the
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Elvador family, are well or ill, alive or dead, it has nothing to do. with me.
“Anyway, you don’t have any feelings for me. And my feelings. for you have also been completely worn out.”
These words were like a heavy blow, hitting Joshua, Celeste, and Barnett right in the heart.
Celeste cried even more sadly. With tear–filled eyes, she looked at Aurora. “Aurora, it’s not like that. You’re the daughter I looked forward to day and night. How could I not care about you?”
Joshua’s expression turned terrible. He was really angry this time. “How could we have given birth to such an ungrateful and rebellious daughter like you? If we had known you were so unruly, malicious, and full of jealousy, always targeting and bullying Bertha, we wouldn’t have brought you back. Then our home wouldn’t be in such a mess.”
Celeste’s crying softened, and she tugged at Joshua. “Don’t say such things about our daughter.”
Joshua snorted and gave Aurora a fierce glare.
Bertha persuaded, saying, “Dad, it’s understandable that Aurora resents me. I took the position of the Elvador family’s heiress which should have been hers, and I also enjoyed the love from the family that wasn’t supposed to be mine. As long as Aurora is happy, I’m willing to endure anything.”
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With that, she sobbed softly, “Aurora, I can leave. I just hope you won’t make Mom and Dad angry anymore, and don’t leave Barnett to die, okay?”
Aurora just watched them perform quietly. After they all finished speaking, she said unhurriedly, “Are you done? Then I’m going back to sleep.”
Her indifferent and unconcerned appearance made Joshua explode with anger.
Joshua pointed at Aurora, his eyes full of disappointment.
He shouted, “You said you have no feelings for this family. Then why did you go back here? You’re a convict who has been in prison for five years and a stain on the Elvador family. Who allowed you to come back?
“You can leave right now. No one will stop you. In the years when you weren’t at home, we were extremely happy. As soon as you come back, you look gloomy, as if we owe you something.
“Remember, your mother and I gave birth to you, and we don’t owe you anything in this life.”
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