Aurora Walton and Lucas Carter novel Chapter 1698

Hand in hand, the two of them walked away together, their steps slow and composed.

From where he lay, Joseph could only see the shimmer of her heels beside the polished leather of another man’s shoes.

The edge of her white dress brushed against the dark hem of his tailored slacks, an image that struck him harder than the punch had.

He never thought their backs, side by side, could look so perfectly matched.

Regret flooded through him, sharp and suffocating. His gut twisted until it hurt.

Only now did he realize just how badly he’d messed up but fixing it wouldn’t be so easy, especially not with Judy.

Her heart was completely with Kenneth now; he could see that clearly.

Joseph’s fists clenched tight. He refused to believe this was the end. She must have been influenced, he told himself. Otherwise, she would never treat him like this.

Their years together couldn’t have been fake. She was just angry. She’d come back once she cooled down, once he showed her how much he still cared.

That thought gave him a flicker of hope.

He picked himself up, brushed the dirt from his clothes, and picked up his shattered phone, his gaze locked on the couple walking away.

He silently swore to himself that he’d win her forgiveness.

He had already lost too much in life,

Judy was the one thing he couldn’t afford to lose again.

She had been by his side once; life without her now felt unbearable.

In this foreign place, she was the only one who had ever truly understood him.

With that conviction hardening inside him, Joseph wiped the blood from his lip, grimaced, and limped back toward his apartment.

…

On Yvonne’s side, she was planning to bargain with Lucas and Aurora.

After all, the issue online had yet to be completely resolved.

Although the studio could function normally, she had lost her most powerful fan club.

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