Soon, a bowl of savory beef soup was ready to be served.
Aurelia took a bite, and it tasted quite good.
"Is it good?" Leopold asked, his face full of anticipation.
She nodded, "Very good."
Watching her savor her meal, he felt a deep sense of satisfaction within.
"Next time, I'll make something different for you."
He couldn't spoil her enough.
However, Aurelia was reluctant to fully accept his affection. She knew he was fickle, capable of elevating her to the heavens one moment and casting her into hell the next.
To protect herself from the potential hurt, she decided to keep her expectations low.
Magnolia had brought Lisa to her side for her pregnancy.
Arnold arrived and was furious.
Unfazed by his wrath, Magnolia gave a smile and said, "Arnold, how about some chicken wings for dinner?"
Arnold kicked over the coffee table, "You were never sick, and this was all a plot between you and Aunt Marcia, wasn't it?"
He had sent people to Freysland Hospital to interrogate the doctors, who confessed everything out of fear.
Magnolia was never ill and didn't need a bone marrow transplant. Her goal was to ally by marriage with Desan's daughter.
Swallowing hard, Magnolia said, "Since you know everything now, there's no point in pretending. Only by getting married with Lisa can we increase our power and fight against Jessica and Leopold."
Arnold was about to pass out from anger. He never thought Magnolia could be so ruthless.
"Do you see me as a tool to achieve your ambitions?"
From her perspective, Leopold's feelings for her were mere infatuation, far from love. The only woman he truly loved was Megan, his forever lover.
She didn't want to get hurt or be abandoned again, so she decided to keep a safe distance from Leopold. That was the best way to protect herself.
Leopold was rather helpless. At the end of the day, she didn't have confidence in him or their relationship, that's why she was hesitant to reconcile.
These days, Aurelia was staying with her parents along with William.
William missed Arnold.
"Mommy, when are we going back to our apartment? I haven't seen Daddy for many days."
Aurelia stroked his hair and said, "Sweetie, we'll be spending most of our time here with grandma and grandpa from now on. We won't be going back to the apartment."
"Why?" William had a bad feeling about this.
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