Dumping My Ex to Flash Marry the Untouchable CEO novel Chapter 1823

“You can hear the guilt in your own voice. What more do you want me to say?”

“Fine, what will it take for you to come home, even just once?”

Grace’s voice trembled. “So many people are watching me right now. I really don’t want to hand the company over to someone else.”

“I understand.”

Aurora fell silent at those words.

She had always assumed Grace was stubbornly refusing to face the truth and step out of her own comfort zone.

If that were the case, then no matter how hard she tried, nothing would change.

Why should she exhaust herself for something hopeless?

If that was the situation, she might as well stay in her own world and stop worrying about everything else.

But now, things felt different.

If Grace could recognize her own mistakes, then maybe there was still room to fix what had been broken.

If that was true, Aurora couldn’t afford to speak so harshly.

After all, they were bound by blood.

If she drew a clean, merciless line between them, the relatives and neighbors they saw so often would talk behind their backs and point fingers.

Aurora might not care about such things, but people lived in society for a reason; reputation still mattered.

She might not care, but what about everyone else?

The thought left her quiet.

Before Grace could say another word, Aurora ended the call.

Grace stared at the darkened screen, closed her eyes, and tears slipped down her face.

She understood that this time, she had truly broken Aurora’s heart.

That was why Aurora responded so decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

“If I had taken her words to heart, she would at least see me differently now.”

“But what’s done is done. Saying all this now won’t change anything.”

Arnold spoke plainly, tearing through the last of the facade she clung to.

He knew very well that no amount of talking would erase the fact that Grace had already hurt Aurora.

Since it couldn’t be undone, the only thing left was to face it.

“If you truly want to make things right, then you should think about how to make it up to the second young lady.”

“How do I make it up to her?”

Grace’s eyes brightened at once. She lifted her head sharply, looking at him with desperate hope.

This time, she genuinely wanted to make things right for her daughter.

“The most important thing now is to deal with Tessa properly.”