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“This ungrateful brat!”

The assistant beside him spoke up timidly, “Mr. Hunt, shouldn’t we find a way to get Mr. Joseph out?”

“Of course!” Melvin looked furious, burning with shame. “At a time like this, what else can we do but get him out?”

No matter how disgraceful his son was, once the news got out, it would be the Hunt family’s reputation on the line.

What would happen to Hunt Enterprises’ stocks then?

He couldn’t afford to take that risk.

Seeing Melvin’s expression ease a little, the assistant finally breathed a sigh of relief and went off to find someone to figure out how to get Joseph out.

Joseph was already in jail but still hadn’t fully processed what had happened.

Aurora had really thrown him straight into jail like that?

“Hey! Let go of me!” Joseph yelled at the officers.

“Do you even know who I am? How dare you treat me like this!”

One of the officers rolled his eyes. “I don’t care who you are. If you’ve broken the law, you’re not getting away with it.

“Get it through your head–you’re in the station now, and this isn’t the place to be shouting.”

He’d seen far too many people like this.

And before arresting this so-called heir of the Hunt family, he’d done his homework.

It was the younger heiress of the Walton family who had reported him.

The Walton family was one of the top families in Ravenshore.

As far as he knew, there wasn’t a single family more powerful than the Waltons–he’d certainly never heard of the Hunts outranking them.

“Sit tight. In your case, we still need to investigate.”

Seeing that he wasn’t getting anywhere with the officers, Joseph decided to turn to his father.

“I want to make a call. I want to call my family!”

The officer, realizing this ruckus wasn’t going to stop otherwise, finally agreed and handed his phone back to him.

Joseph’s eyes were filled with hatred.

That wretched woman, Aurora, was completely unyielding.

If not for her status as the younger heiress of the Walton family, would he have had to lower himself like this?

After calming down, he called Melvin and told him to figure out a way to get him out.

As for Aurora, that spiteful woman–he wasn’t going to let her off.

Everything he was suffering now was her fault.

After dealing with Joseph, Aurora felt completely at ease.

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She was finally free from his constant pestering.

Her mood hadn’t been great to begin with, and having to deal with a jerk like Joseph had only made things worse for no reason.

No one in her shoes would’ve tolerated that.

After thanking the security guards, Aurora left Walton Corporation.

When she returned home, she saw Tessa sitting in the living room watching TV.

Tessa looked a bit surprised when she saw Aurora come in.

“You’re back so suddenly. What happened?”

Aurora remained calm. “If I’m not mistaken, this is my home too. Do I need to report to anyone just to come back to my own house?”

Tessa’s temper flared at her words. “What’s that supposed to mean? I was just asking out of concern, and this is the attitude I get?”

“You should worry about your own man before trying to lecture me."

Aurora walked up the stairs without looking back, leaving those words behind.

Just as Tessa was about to snap back, Aurora had already disappeared, her figure vanishing onto the second floor.

A moment later, with a loud bang, Aurora had shut her bedroom door.

Fuming, Tessa threw herself back onto the couch, her chest heaving with rage.

“So, what if she got herself a decent-looking husband? What’s there to be smug about? Her husband has no powerful family backing him and no standing. How could he ever compare to my Julian?”

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Aurora shut the door behind her, completely unaware of Tessa’s furious muttering downstairs.

Not that it would’ve mattered–she couldn’t care less.

Tessa was only acting this arrogant because their mother wasn’t home.

Without anyone to answer her, Tessa sat fuming alone in the living room, her cheeks flushed with anger.

She raised her hand, ready to sweep everything off the coffee table in a fit of rage when Grace walked through the front door.

“What’s wrong, Tessa? Your face is all red. Are you feeling unwell?”

No matter what her daughter had done at those business events, Grace couldn’t bring herself to stay mad.

Tessa was still her child, the one she’d doted on since she was little.

Even if she was upset, she couldn’t truly be angry with her.

Tessa was briefly caught off guard.

She quickly pulled herself together and responded to her mother’s concern.

“I’m fine, Mom, really. Aurora just got back, and I was a little worried something might’ve happened to her out there. I guess I overreacted.”

Grace frowned. “Aurora’s back?”

“Yes,” Tessa said with a quick nod.

“She’s upstairs. I tried talking to her just now, but she ignored me. She looked a little off.”

Grace’s heart skipped a beat.

Without another word, she hurried upstairs.

Tessa followed close behind, calling out with concern, “Mom, slow down! Be careful!”

The composed, graceful woman of the past was nowhere to be seen.

Right now, Grace was nothing more than a worried mother.

She reached Aurora’s door and knocked firmly.

“Bang bang bang.”

“Aurora, open up. You’re home, aren’t you? If you were coming back, why didn’t you tell me? I would’ve picked you up myself.”

Grace didn’t jump straight to questions–she softened her voice, coaxing her daughter to open the door.

Hearing the commotion outside her door, Aurora immediately understood what was going on.

It had to be Tessa running her mouth.

Otherwise, Grace wouldn’t have come looking for her the moment she stepped through the door.

Aurora let out a quiet sigh and got up to open the door.

“Mom, I was just about to sleep. Is something wrong?”

Grace had been ready to knock again, but she hadn’t expected Aurora to open up so easily.

Seeing her already in pajamas, clearly about to rest, whatever she wanted to say suddenly caught in her throat.

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