Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 99 The Outcast of the Montgomery Family Seeing Hayden siding with Aurora, Susan was seething with rage. "Aurora, it must have been you who seduced Hayden!" She recalled how Aurora used to only wear cute pajamas years ago. How had her tastes changed so much? Aurora's nightgown, though not revealing anything inappropriate, had a very low neckline and a short hem. Hayden was also wearing a robe. A man and a woman were alone together, who were once old flames to each other.

What had they been doing before she arrived? Or rather, had something already happened between them that night, or even before? Susan dared not even think about it. Just imagining it pained her, yet she forgot that she had once treated Aurora the sway.

"Wearing something like this in my fiancé's home, what are you plotting? Did you think I wouldn't know? The Montgomery family no longer has a place for you. Now you're trying to seduce Hayden? Fat chance!" Hearing her hurl these accusations at Aurora, Hayden was even more defensive of her. "I told you I was the one who brought her here. It has nothing to do with Aurora!" Aurora had originally cto test if those thugs were Susan's people. Now she could confirm they were not related to Susan.

She wasn't going to stoop to bickering like a shrew. "Sorry, I'm tired. I don't have the energy to argue with you." With that, Aurora turned and walked towards the stairs.

"You're not going anywhere! Get back down here! This is no place for you. Do you think you're still the heiress of the Montgomery family? You're nothing but an outcast!" Susan's words grew harsher, but the more she spoke, the stranger it sounded to Hayden. Aurora had shown resistance to the Montgomery family before, but it wasn't as Susan described. And Hayden had a nagging feeling that the events of three years ago weren't so straightforward.

"Susan, you don't get to judge me," Aurora said, tired of the quarrel, and went upstairs.

The upstairs lights were off, and she ascended in darkness. As her body was enveloped by the dark, a cold smile played on her lips. An outcast? The people truly responsible for her current state were none other than Susan and her ilk.

Downstairs, Hayden and Susan's argument continued, but Aurora locked her door, lay down, and let Susan carry on her hysterical rant. Aurora no longer cared what would happen between Susan and Hayden.

The room was soundproofed. Aurora fell into a deep sleep, dreaming of being on a massive cruise ship where she saw many familiar faces. Susan and Ivy pushed her towards the sea while Hayden and Magnus, among others, watched indifferently as it happened. Eventually, she couldn't resist them and fell into the sea.

She was dragged under the waves, and she struggled desperately until she was embraced by a warm presence. "Don't be afraid. I'm here. You won't die," cfrom a boy.

Aurora clung tightly to him, her only lifeline in the vast sea. The warmth of the man gradually awakened her, and a familiar voice echoed in her ear, "Aurora, don't be afraid. I'm here." This voice differed from the one in her dream. It was Hayden, not Julian.

At that moment, she was tightly embracing him. She suddenly let go. "Why are you here?" She remembered that she had gone to bed after Hayden and Susan had argued, and she had locked her door before doing so.

How could Hayden be in her room? Hayden explained, "I'm sorry. I just wanted to check on you. I didn't mean to do anything. I saw you having a nightmare, so I held you. What were you dreaming about? You're covered in sweat." Hayden wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Aurora had thought it was Julian. She hadn't expected Hayden. A sense of unexpected loss flashed through her heart.

"It's okay. You can go now. Like Susan said earlier, you are her fiancé, and I will leave as soon as it gets light." Aurora simply didn't have the energy to deal with him anymore.

"You kept calling 'prince' in your dream. What were you dreaming about?" Hayden asked, puzzled. Aurora's face turned red. She had definitely been calling for Julian. Hayden certainly didn't know that.

"It's nothing. I was just babbling. Please, leave," Aurora stated as she pushed him away.

"I won't do anything. I'll just stay here and look after you." Hayden had been standing by her bedside. No wonder she was having nightmares.

Being stared at by someone made Aurora uncomfortable. "Where is Susan?" She lost the desire to sleep, not knowing how the earlier quarrel had ended.

"She went back." Hayden didn't elaborate, nor did he want to mention that woman at all.

Aurora knew without asking that Susan must have left heartbroken. For a man whose heart was not with her, no matter how much she insisted, she could never win his heart.

Even if she left, Hayden was unlikely to chase her, but Susan had probably hoped that Hayden would. How pitiful.

"I see. You may leave now," Aurora said again, uninterested in meddling in their affairs. Yet, Hayden grabbed N her hand. "Aurora, can't you even accept my simple request to look after you?" She had held him so tightly in her dream, as if he was her only lifeline.

The feeling of being embraced by her was pleasant. Now that she had moved away, he felt an emptiness, longing to recapture that feeling.

"The person you should care for is Susan, not me." "Tellwhat exactly happened in the Montgomery family?" Hayden now felt that the past events were not simple.

"Even if something happened, it's my affair and has nothing to do with you. Please let go ofand leave." "If you don't tell me, I will find out anyway, and I won't leave tonight. I just want to stay by your side." Hayden was stubborn.

"Suit yourself then." Aurora wrapped herself tightly in the blanket and turned away from him. Hayden let out a wry, helpless smile.

As long as he could stay by her side, that was enough. "Aurora, I will make it up to you," he thought to himself.

He just sat quietly beside the bed, guarding Aurora. After a while, she fell asleep again. When she woke up the next morning, he was no longer there.

When she got dressed and went downstairs, Hayden had alreadym prepared breakfast. Aurora, you're awake: Csit down. Breakfast is ready." Hayden, dressed in a white shirt, smiled at her tenderly, making Aurora feel as if she went back in time.

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