The Heiress’ Hidden Alliance

Chapter 129 He Is The Husband Of Aurelia 

Matthew had just finished his workout and was taking a break. 

As he drank coffee, he went through his phone. 

Upon seeing Aurelia’s Instagram account, he was stunned. 

In the photograph, she stood alongside a man with a respectable appearance. The stark contrast in their height made Aurelia appear petite and sweet. 

The man happened to be looking down at Aurelia, his eyes seemingly filled with a hint of tender 

sweetness. 

It was merely a simple photograph, yet one could discern the man’s affection for Aurelia. Aurelia, too, appeared to be in good spirits. 

So. the friend she’s meeting today is this man? thought Matthew. 

A single photograph caused waves. 

After Chad saw the photo, he felt completely unsettled. 

Coincidentally, he knew Uriah. The latter had apprehended and interrogated him before. 

Also, a friend of Chad’s, who he used to ride bikes with, was tragically murdered. Uriah handled that case, 

TOO. 

During the interrogation process, Uriah nearly drove Chad mad with his questions. If Chad hadn’t been completely innocent, he felt like he would have spilled all his secrets, even those as trivial as his childhood bed–wetting incidents. 

Uriah thought, So, he’s Aurelia’s husband… 

Curtis was blocked by Aurelia, leaving him unable to view Aurelia’s Instagram updates.. 

However, he had quite a few mutual high school classmates with her. 

Moreover, his high school friends knew that he and Aurelia had broken up, so they sent him screenshots of Aurelia’s.Instagram post. 

The moment Curtis saw the photo, everything he was holding slipped out of his hands. 

A stack of medical reports scattered on the floor. 

It’s not Matthew! Who is he? I’ve never seen him before. He doesn’t appear to be a bigwig. Melanie lied to me! Curtis gritted his teeth. 

Melanie was so astonished that her jaw nearly hit the floor. 

Upon seeing the photo, Melanie thought, Why is it not Matthew? Did we all guess wrong? Although, I knew Aurelia couldn’t have been lucky enough to catch Matthew’s eye! 

She didn’t voice her thoughts because Phyllis and the others were in front of her. 

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She didn’t know what to say to them when someone shared an Instagram post from Aurelia with her. 

After immediately checking the post, she was overjoyed. 

With that, she felt didn’t need to please Phyllis and the latter’s family anymore. Her initial frustration was due to Aurelin and Matthew being together, but that Instagram post made that fact seem like a baseless rumor. Thus, she thought there was no point in her expending so much effort anymore. 

“Mel, we have a room at home. You’re welcome back anytime,” Phyllis said once she noticed Melanie had put down her phone. 

Melanie rolled her eyes in her mind, itching to mock Phyllis’s lack of self–awareness, but she held herself 

back. 

It was because she still wanted to drive Aurelia to a corner. Since I’m here already, I may as well trick them. 

“Sure. Once my foster mother’s health improves, I’ll return to live with you. I just wonder if Charlie and Herbert will welcome me.” Melanie looked toward the brothers. 

Charlie shot a cold, silent glance at Melanie. 

Herbert sneered. “You’re not welcome.” 

Melanie smiled bitterly. “I know you two misunderstand me. However, there’s plenty of time ahead. Eventually, you’ll come to understand the real me, and your misconceptions about me will fade.” 

Sighing in her mind, Phyllis looked at her two sons. Their guarded disdain for Melanie left her feeling helpless. 

After all, a lot of unpleasant things had happened before, and Phyllis believed misunderstandings couldn’t be cleared up in such a short time. 

“Mom, a friend just shared Aurelia’s Instagram post. What does her current boyfriend do for a living?” asked Melanie. 

After lunch, Aurelia was browsing through her phone when she saw messages from Xavier, as well as numerous inquiries from her classmates and friends. 

“Aurelia’s boyfriend?” Phyllis was taken aback. 

“Aurelia doesn’t have a boyfriend. Didn’t you snatch her ex?” Herbert sneered. 

Melanie gritted her teeth. “It was a misunderstanding before, which has already been clarified.” 

“Stop being delusional. Do you think people don’t have brains?” Herbert retorted without any courtesy. 

“This is a photo sent to me by a friend. I can’t see Aurelia’s Instagram posts because she blocked me already. Melanie showed them the photo on her phone screen. 

Herbert glanced and raised an eyebrow. “He’s just a friend.” 

“Yeah, they must be colleagues or maybe friends,” Phyllis said. 

Charlie had already asked Aurelia about that, but Aurelia didn’t respond to him. 

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Taking pictures with other men was perfectly normal. Even if the man happened to be her boyfriend, it wasn’t a big deal. 

“Aurelia, she… The fact that she can join Old Mr. Gardner’s team must mean she made sacrifices beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Mom, you all may need to look out for her a bit more. After all, women can be easily taken advantage of. Also, you all may not be aware of Old Mr. Gardner’s standing in Jacaster, but without the right connections or abilities, it’s impossible to enter his team. There’s a chance that Aurelia may have taken the wrong pa- 

Before Melanie could finish her sentence, she was abruptly silenced by a slap from Herbert. “Watch your mouth! Are you just spewing nonsense? My sister relied on her abilities to achieve that!” 

“Stop slandering Auri in the future!” Phyllis frowned. 

Charlie scoffed. “Did you come here today intending to ruin our relationship with Auri? Well, you can be reassured that you won’t succeed. We know Auri better than anyone else. Your efforts are entirely wasted.” 

Melanie stood up. “Do you guys know what Old Mr. Gardner’s team does?” 

“They mainly restore cultural artifacts,” Charlie stated calmly. 

Melanie was taken aback. Could it be that Aurelia hid her capabilities? 

Gideon and Luna saw Aurelia’s Instagram post that Melanie had shared and were dumbfounded. 

Benjamin was seething with anger as he typed: Why did she choose to post the photo now, of all times? We must’ve made fools of ourselves in front of Jeremy earlier. We really did offend the Gardner family! 

Spencer wrote: Could it be that Aurelia is with Jeremy while also having affairs with others? I feel like it’s entirely possible. She’s not as obedient and sensible as she seems, after all. She’s quite wild! 

Gideon was at home, together with Luna, reading the family group chat. 

As much as they wished Aurelia would clarify things, they regrettably didn’t include her in their group chat from the start. She had also left another group chat that had been established separately. 

Luna asked, “Hubby, what should we do now? Can our company make it through the current situation?” 

“The company is facing its toughest moment. There’s a good chance we won’t make it through, and we might be declaring bankruptcy sooner than later,” Gideon said grimly. 

Watching her husband in a state of unprecedented despair, Luna paled. “Not much time has passed yet. How can our company… 

Gideon sighed. “Brace yourself. We’ll likely have to sell this mansion. I’m considering mortgaging all our properties for loans to see if we can turn things around. I used to think it might be because of Aurelia, but now it seems that’s not the case at all.” 

At that moment, he actually found himself wishing that some bigwig would take a liking to Aurelia. Even if it meant bartering his daughter for the safety of his company, he was willing to do it. 

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