Trash Husband, I'm the Top novel Chapter 36

Samuel was seething, his voice thick with disgust as he turned to Fiona. “What did I tell you? She’s just trying to make us beg.”

“Aurora...” Fiona could only sigh, her disappointment weighing heavy in her tone.

Aurora pressed the call button and summoned a nurse to show them out.

Samuel left with his head held high, striding down the hall, while Eleanor trailed behind in slow, halting steps, tears streaming down her face.

Aurora remained unmoved.

They’d been the ones who tried to sacrifice her to protect Eleanor’s reputation. Now, she was simply giving them a taste of their own medicine.

As they waited for the elevator, Samuel hissed, “We should never have brought her back in the first place.”

Fiona looked utterly drained. She cast a worried glance at her son, then gently stroked her daughter’s cheek. “Aurora is holding a lot of resentment in her heart.”

“She’s never gotten over growing up in the countryside,” Fiona added softly.

Samuel scoffed, his distaste clear. “So that gives her the right to act like this? We’ve treated her well since she returned.”

Eleanor wiped her nose, her beautiful face stained with tears.

Those nasty comments online kept echoing in her head—people accusing her of seducing her own brother-in-law, calling her names she couldn’t bear to repeat. But wasn’t she and Dan the ones who’d grown up together, who’d always belonged together?

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That evening, Daniel stopped by. Aurora had expected accusations, maybe even an argument about the rumors online, but he didn’t mention any of it. Since he kept silent, so did she.

It wasn’t until he pulled back the covers that she realized what he intended.

Daniel helped her sit up, his words curt and to the point. “You need a shower.”

Her ankle ached, and she was sweating from the pain; her skin felt sticky and uncomfortable.

She let Daniel carry her to the bathroom without protest.

“I can do it myself,” Aurora insisted, trying to stand on her own and leaning against the wall for support.

Daniel tested the water temperature. When it was just right, he filled the tub, then turned to help her undress.

“Daniel,” Aurora snapped, her embarrassment burning in her clear eyes.

Grandma Grace beamed at her, while Jordan stood nearby, his expression unreadable.

Aurora’s cheeks burned. She had no idea how long they’d been there, or how much they’d seen… or overheard.

She quickly composed herself. “Grandma.”

She didn’t acknowledge Jordan.

Anger flashed in Jordan’s eyes—he thought Aurora was being deliberately rude.

Grandma Grace took Aurora’s hand, then patted her rosy cheek, her cloudy eyes filling with relief.

She’d always worried that Aurora and Daniel’s marriage was on the rocks—especially after Eleanor’s return, when things seemed to deteriorate even more. She’d heard Samuel mention more than once that Daniel didn’t care for Aurora, and the worry had weighed on her heart.

But now, seeing them together, all her doubts melted away. They looked every bit the loving couple.

She finally felt at ease.

“Aurora, how’s your ankle?” Grandma Grace reached for her foot, but Aurora quickly stopped her—she didn’t want to give her grandmother any more reason to worry.