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    “Aurora, I want to hear it from you. What exactly happened?”


    Aurora took a deep breath, summoning the courage to speak, but before she could get a word out, the butler approached. “Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Dunn is at the door with his parents.”


    The two families had kept their distance for more than a decade. Even at public events, they had skillfully avoided being seen together. Joelle had always assumed it was out of respect for Stephen’s dying wish—to sever tiespletely.


    And yet, before they could even get a handle on Aurora’s situation, the Finch family hade knocking.


    Adrian’s response was immediate. “I won’t see them!”


    The butler hesitated for only a second before leaning in. “They anticipated you might say that. Dunn asked me to pass along a message.”


    Adrian’s gaze darkened. “What did he say?”


    “He said he is genuinely fond of Aurora.”


    Joelle stole a nce at Adrian, whose face had turned even grimmer.


    It was said that daughters eventually left their parents. He had braced himself for it. But this was too sudden.


    “You can go now.”


    Once the butler left, the four of them fell into an even deeper silence.


    Aurora finally broke it. “Dad, Mom, I’m sorry. I only went to his house to take care of him for a while. That’s all. Nothing happened. I know my boundaries, and I know what I should and shouldn’t do.”


    Joelle’s voice was gentle but firm. “Aurora, that’s Dunn.”


    “I know.” Aurora met her mother’s gaze. “But Mom, he’s not who you think he is. He’s a good person.”


    “If he were a good person, he wouldn’t have let those photos be taken.” With a flick of his wrist, Adrian tossed a stack of photos onto the coffee table. “I don’t see anything good about him!”


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    Dunn had many virtues—self-discipline, thoughtfulness, an eye for detail, and a warm heart that hid beneath a seemingly cold exterior.


    But Aurora couldn’t bring herself to name a single one of those qualities aloud, because in her eyes, Adrian already embodied them.


    Molly, sensing the rising tension, broke the silence. “Dad, Mom, my sister’s just figuring things out with Dunn. They’re not getting married or anything.”


    “Thank goodness for that!” Adrian sneered. “If they were, I don’t even know how long they were going to hide it from me.”


    Aurora and Molly exchanged nces, the silence thickening the air around them.


    Finally, it was Joelle—always the one to take control—who spoke up. “How long have you two been seeing each other?”


    “Since university,” Aurora replied.


    “Were you in touch before then?”


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