Chapter 17

*AURORA* “Yes, I can have any woman I want. And I’ll make sure you regret treating me like this.” Oh God. Did I treat him too bad? I just said I wasn’t interested in him! Why can’t he humbly accept that? I had a bad feeling about this. He headed for the door and left. I released a breath I didn’t even know I was holding. I walked out of the room and met Lucien outside the hall, he was already sitting inside the car waiting for me. He didn’t ask how I got splashed with wine and I didn’t see any need of explaining to him either. I got into the car and the driver drove off. Getting to the busy road, the car suddenly pulled up at the side of the road. “Get down. I have something important to attend to tonight. Take a taxi home.” I didn’t argue with him, I got out of the car and it sped off. Sighing, I knew where he was headed. He could have at least had the decency to drop me home. I hailed down a taxi and headed home. ******** When I walked into the house, Alma was at the living room, she