Trash Husband, I'm the Top novel Chapter 190

He was feeling absolutely wretched, and it showed in his voice.

“I agreed to help you save Payne, didn’t I? I’ve been trying to quit drinking, following all your rules, keeping myself together. But the moment something goes wrong, you nitpick every detail, as if I did it all on purpose.”

“Aurora, have a little conscience, will you?”

He’d already gone this far—what more did she want for her to finally trust him?

It was as if he were the one desperate to rescue that kid.

“I’m not blaming you,” Aurora said, exhausted. No matter how she tried to explain, it never seemed to matter.

Whenever Eleanor became part of the conversation, their relationship instantly froze over again.

He blamed her for not trusting him, for always being against Eleanor. And she, no matter what his relationship with Eleanor really was, simply couldn’t accept how kind he was to her.

“Daniel.” Aurora called his name carefully. “I know I was anxious yesterday. I lost my temper and took it out on you—I’m sorry.”

“I believe you genuinely want to help Payne, and that you’ll keep your word.”

“But I can’t trust Eleanor. Can’t you understand that?”

Daniel let go of her. His lips were twisted in a cold sneer, and his eyes were clouded with irritation and gloom. “I’ve been meaning to ask you—Payne isn’t connected to you in any way, but you’re willing to risk everything for him. Is it really just because he’s the son of the man who once saved your life? Or is it because he’s Louis’s son?”

He turned and stared straight into her eyes, his voice icy. “Or let’s cut to the chase—are you seriously going to tell me you never had feelings for Louis?”

Aurora’s mouth opened, but her throat went dry.

“I—”

Daniel suddenly raised his voice. “Aurora, I want the truth.”

Even if it hurt, he needed to know if the woman he loved was secretly in love with someone else.

Aurora couldn’t get a word out. Her hands clenched together so tightly her knuckles went white.

Second by second, the silence stretched between them.

And in the end, silence was the loudest answer of all.

Daniel slumped back in his seat, the anger in his eyes slowly fading, leaving only pain.

There were a thousand things he wanted to say—but in the end, he swallowed them all.

What was the point in saying more? It wouldn’t change the fact that she had once loved Louis.

No, not just “had once loved.”

She still did.

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