The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1402

The night passed without incident.

Aurora, sitting on the sofa, had drifted off several times, jerking awake with each small noise.

As dawn broke, she heard the sound of a keycard in the lock.

Instantly, the drowsiness vanished, and she shot upright, her eyes fixed on the door.

The door swung open, and Simone's voice, laced with a rehearsed panic, drifted in. "Sellers, I couldn't reach Aurora all night. I was so worried something had happened to her. I had no choice but to bother you."

Sellers Burton's deep voice followed. "My sources tracked her last known location to this hotel."

Simone and Sellers entered the suite together.

They both stopped short when they saw Aurora sitting alone on the sofa, fully and impeccably dressed.

Sellers was surprised to find her still here.

Simone was shocked to see her on the living room sofa.

Shouldn't she be asleep in the master bedroom's king-sized bed? Why was she sitting out here?

Seeing that Aurora was unharmed, Sellers visibly relaxed.

He opened his mouth to speak, but at that exact moment, a flood of reporters burst through the open door.

"Ms. Williams! We have a reliable source stating that you and Leonard Lerman, the head of the Lerman family, spent a passionate night together. Is this true?"

"Ms. Williams, does this mean we'll be hearing wedding bells for you and Mr. Lerman soon?"

Aurora stared at the sudden intrusion of journalists, a mixture of shock and fury rising within her.

The room was pristine, showing no signs of a wild night. And Aurora herself, far from being disheveled, didn't have a single hair out of place. It was clear nothing had happened.

The reporters exchanged bewildered glances.

So, Leonard really wasn't here? Was their tip wrong?

Simone's eyes also flickered with confusion. Leonard had been drugged. How could nothing have happened between him and Aurora?

She hadn't drugged Aurora because, given their strained relationship, offering her a drink would have immediately raised suspicion. But drugging Leonard should have been enough. With them locked in the same room, and knowing how infatuated he was with Aurora, he surely wouldn't have been able to resist.

Simone couldn't fathom how Aurora could be sitting here, completely untouched.

Just then, a reporter with sharp hearing suddenly exclaimed, "There's a noise from the bathroom! Maybe Leonard's in there taking a shower!"

Aurora's eyes glinted. Her first instinct was to stop them, but she swallowed the words before they could escape. If she tried to intervene now, it would be as good as a confession, a tacit admission that she and Leonard had spent the night together.