Chapter 929

Theodore was very calm as he said those words. It seemed as though those thoughts had been carved into his very bones and he was speaking them instinctively, and no one could change his mind.

Aurora looked at him with dismay, as though she had been struck by lightning. There was an empty look in her eyes, as though they had lost their spark.

"What about me? Everything that has happened between us, the things you did to me, what are they to you? What is my heart and body to you?" she asked.

Every word of hers was drenched with agony and sorrow, as if someone was burning her at a stake.

Theodore looked down as guilt flashed past his eyes.

"I'm very sorry for what I did to you," he said as he lifted a hand and wiped her tears away. "Thank you for replacing Rose and bringing me warmth."

"Replacing Rose…"

Aurora lost all hope upon hearing Theodore's words.

As it turns out, she had been a mere replacement all along. Theodore had never treated her as who she was, Aurora Payne.

Whet