Female Novel
Chapter 743
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Keegan would start arguing with Stella without hesitation if he were to hear the same thing back then. Aurora was different fromDahlia to him as he really treated Aurora as his sister.
Keegan and Quentin both looked forward to Aurora coming into this world. Aurora used to like him very much. She always keptthe best things from everybody else because she wanted to give them to Keegan.
Keegan started living with Cordelia after Quentin passed away. He spent most of his childhood with Cordelia ever since healmost drowned.
Cordelia was worried that Dahlia would make a mistake while raising Keegan. She also hated how she viewed things. All Dahliathought about was the Crosbys, and she did not want Dahlia to corrupt Keegan. So, Cordelia decided to raise him despite herage.
However, Aurora was too young and could not live without her mother yet. Dahlia would not let Cordelia take Aurora away fromher either, so Cordelia let her take care of Aurora.
After Quentin passed away, Keegan and Aurora would only see each other on the weekends and holidays.Time passed, and Aurora grew up. Then, she lost the innocence she once had when she was younger.
Aurora would treat Stella fairly well in front of Keegan when they were still married but do the complete opposite behind his back.Even though Stella had never complained about Aurora and Dahlia to him, it did not mean there was nothing wrong betweenthem.
Perhaps Keegan was biased, and he let it slide when Aurora said something disrespectful because he thought she was justspoiled.
However, he began connecting the dots after thinking of what happened back then.
For example, Aurora knew that he purposely bought a cake for Stella to celebrate her birthday with her, yet Aurora purposelytook it to throw a party and told him that Stella allowed her to do so.
Also, Aurora knocked over the essential oil he bought for Stella when he went on a business trip because she could not find hersouvenir.
Stella told him Aurora did that on purpose, but he did not confront her because it was just a bottle of essential oil.
Even though the essential oil bottle meant nothing, it made him realize the small little evil things Aurora did and how blinded hewas.
She would always act like a spoiled and wayward girl, like she was younger, in front of the people she was familiar with, likehimself or Marshall. However, she did not bother to hide her wicked nature in front of outsiders.
Dahlia spoiled her too much, and Keegan thought that Stella was very right when she said Aurora would do whatever she
wanted without thinking if it was right or wrong. To her, every mistake she committed and the people she harmed could be fixedwith money and the influence of the Kane family.
How Dahlia raised her corrupted her moral compass, making her think that everything in the world could be fixed because of howpowerful her family was.
"You're right. Perhaps | never really know her." Keegan pursed his lips and suddenly asked, "In these years, without me knowing,did she treat you... particularly bad?"
Stella paused and stretched the corner of her mouth. Then, she said after a while, "Keegan, something happened after we gotmarried. | never dared to tell you about it."
Keegan looked at her and felt a little uneasy. "What is it?"
Stella looked down and said, "Perhaps I'm not very forgiving, but | would never hate Aurora this much just because she saidsomething disrespectful to me.
"She's your sister, and I'm your wife. | did not expect a good relationship with her after marrying you. | was prepared to dowhatever it took to get along with her.
"She's the only daughter in your family, and it's perfectly fine for her to be a little spoiled and willful, but..." She felt disgusted, butshe hid it from Keegan and continued, "I can't forgive her for taking me to Jackson's bed on the night we got married."
The look on Keegan's face changed completely. "W-what did you say?"