Own Fate novel Chapter 94

Chapter 94

Chapter 94

Emery looked at her, his eyes earnest.

Aubree looked back at him and thought, ‘If you’d said this to me before, I would’ve been over the moon, probably too excited to sleep for days. But now? I feel nothing. If anything, it is almost laughable.

‘Now you put on this act? Where were you when it actually mattered?

‘So what were those three years of suffering for? Was I just a glutton for punishment?

‘Are they seriously trying to lure me back just so they can keep trampling all over me?

‘Like he’d really rush to help just because my startup club lacks anything. Who knows, maybe after all this ‘helping, God’s Fury would just end up being renamed Apex Squad.

As soon as the thought took root in Aubree’s mind, it spiraled out of control. Her previously scornful expression instantly hardened into seriousness.

Aubree shot Emery a guarded look, her whole body tense with suspicion.

She thought, ‘Didn’t the Wilson family say they wished I’d just die out there?

‘Why do they keep taking turns showing up to find me? If before it was just about keeping Carmen at Rithol Art School, what’s their excuse now, after everything that’s happened? Is Emery really here because they’re plotting something new against me?’

“Emery,” Aubree snapped, “wasn’t I clear enough last time? Your whole family is a joke. What exactly do you want from me, coming after me one after another? If you’ve got all that pent-up family affection and nowhere to put it, just give it all to Carmen. Trust me, she’ll lap it up. As for me? I’m not your emotional dumping ground.”

Emery watched as Aubree regarded him with wariness and annoyance. It felt as if a thousand knives were stabbing into his heart, the pain so sharp it stole his breath away.

Aubree used to treasure nothing more than her family, these very people. But now, she cast aside what she once held dear like worthless trash.

“Wait, Aubree,” Emery blurted out urgently, “I genuinely want to help you. Did you see my posts online? You’re new to this, now’s when you need support the most. My team can get your operation running smoothly in no time. In esports, I guarantee even Bowen doesn’t know the industry as well as I do.”

The more earnest Emery became, the more suspicious Aubree grew, she could practically smell something fishy.

“Help me?” Aubree echoed, her tone laced with irony. That word held no good memories for her, the last time Emery had offered his “help,” it was all for Carmen’s sake.

Aubree’s expression turned even more sardonic at the memory. “Seriously, don’t you see how absurd this is?” she scoffed. “Let’s be honest, in the three years I spent with the Wilson family, I got scraps of kindness but a full course of suffering. So I’m begging you, just have some mercy and stay the hell out of my life.”

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