Chapter 70. Aurora

Aurora’s POV

"How do you feel?" Aunt Giselle asked, placing a small cold towel on my forehead to reduce my temperature.

"I don't know what I feel, aunt, but I'm very sure that I regret my actions. Matteo hates me now and because of me Angelo despises you too." I lamented, willing myself not to cry as I recounted my problems.

"It's not your fault that Angelo feels that way for me, darling. It's because he cannot tell that we are two different people who have been hurt by the mistake of his father. If they think that we are both evil then they don't deserve us." She replied, as she trailed my scalp with her fingers which had a soothing effect on me.

Though uncertainty settled at the pit of my stomach, I was happy that I wasn't alone. When I told her that I was going to leave the house, she didn't accept it until I allowed her to follow me. Sometimes, I felt that she had the spirit of my mother.

"Thank you for being here with me, auntie. I