?<strong>Chapter 989:</strong>


    Aurora thought of a line from a song. “The most romantic thing I can think of is growing old with you.”


    “I don’t want to grow old!” she protested.


    Dunnughed softly. ncing at the time on his phone, he said, “Let’s talk for just two more minutes. I swear, I’ll sleep after that.”


    “Okay, granted!” Aurora smiled, her heart light. But the moment she turned around, her smile froze. Rnd’s face stood before her.


    She cursed under her breath.


    She hadpletely forgotten someone lived next door. Had he heard everything she’d said?


    “I’m done for. My brother saw me. I have to go. Goodbye!” Aurora hung up quickly, her embarrassment sharp. Rnd stood there, equally awkward. He hadn’t meant to eavesdrop—he had just wanted to remind her not to make calls on the balcony. Now, it seemed like he had stumbled upon a secret.


    A minuteter, Aurora burst into Rnd’s room, her face flushed with embarrassment. “You heard everything, didn’t you?”


    Rnd leaned back, pretending to be unfazed. “It’s no big deal. Everyone’s been in a rtionship.”


    Aurora mped a hand over Rnd’s mouth and tugged him inside. “You mustn’t breathe a word of this.”


    Rnd scowled, swatting her hand away. “Do you take me for a bbermouth?”


    Aurora realized she might have overreacted. Her bright eyes dimmed, a shadow of sorrow flickering within them.


    “It’s fine if you know, but you have to keep it to yourself. Molly and the others are already aware. But under no circumstances can Mom and Dad find out.”


    “Why not?”


    Aurora hesitated, torn between trust and fear.


    She remained silent, and Rnd felt like he’d stumbled into forbidden territory.


    Who was he to her, really?


    “Say it or don’t, it makes no difference to me,” he muttered.


    Aurora’s expression twisted, as if she were on the verge of tears. “It’splicated. Are you going to sleep now?”


    Rnd let out an exasperated sigh but walked over to the couch. “Fine. Talk. I’m listening.”


    So, she told him about the bitter feud between the Miller and Finch families. Rnd had never imagined that he had gone missing from the Finch family’s ce back then.


    “Dunn was the one who pulled me from the fire. He wanted to look for you, but by the time he returned, you were already gone.”


    Rnd remained silent. He had heard Wade’s side of the story—how desperate circumstances had forced Wade to take him back through unorthodox means. Without those drastic measures, he would never have returned to Wade.


    “Sounds like a dull story,” Rnd muttered. Still, from Aurora’s ount, Dunn came across as a steady and dependable man.


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