Chapter 319

The soft warmth left behind from her kiss made Owen pause. His dark eyes were filled with fleeting disbelief and a subtle, unspoken delight. His gaze instinctively turned to her. Her delicate face, always carrying a cool elegance, now seemed momentarily lost in thought. Her starlit eyes held a trace of solemnity—perhaps even a hint of melancholy. The road she was determined to take wasn't one meant for someone like him, the heir to the Jenson family. Hadn't she just said it herself? Everyone had their own mission in life. Hers was a thorny path, one with no guarantees and no turning back. It was a road that could easily end as tragically as Gabe's. She, unbound and unattached, could afford to take the risk. Even death wouldn't weigh too heavily on her mind. But Owen wasn't like that. After enduring years of hardship and brushes with death, Aurora knew better than most how precious life was. This brief stretch of peace was the calmest her life had been in over a dec