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CHAPTER 22: OLD HABBITS DIE HARD
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2022-06-15 16:00:47As much as Aurora would have liked to listen to her husband, she was well aware of how upset her mother in-law had been the night before. Clearly, mother and son were at odds with many things in their life but Aurora had wanted something else.
Not being able to sleep last night, she had gone to see her mother in-law and they had agreed to leave early in the morning before Leonardo nor his father got up. Even as she sat in the limousine with her mother in-law, chatting away about the women at the club, all Aurora could focus on was the above her knee dress.
Signora Meta had made sure to pack most of what Avena liked wearing rather than Aurora’s old and worn out cloths. She was not used to this kind of dressing, her nerves rising as she tried keeping the dress as clean as possible.
Growing up around Avena, Aurora was well aware that Avena had only worn designer dresses… dresses that cost a fortune a piece.
“Are you okay, mi hija?” h
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