The CEO's Unplanned Heir novel Chapter 446

Finally, Aurelia turned to Leopold, offering him the treat. "Why don't you try some, Mr. Leopold? They're quite delicious."

A slight grimace tugged at Leopold's mouth. She called Arnold and Elvis in an affectionate tone, yet reverted to the formal naming when it came to him.

Didn't the order of her offerings represent their positions in her heart? He was the last one, the least important one, and even Elvis was ranked before him.

"No, thank you."

Bitterness filled him. He didn't feel like eating anything anymore.

In truth, Aurelia did it on purpose, venting her resentment in her own way.

Leopold was the only one who truly hurt her, the man who ripped her heart into pieces and trampled upon her feelings.

A saying goes, "Men love novelty and loathe the familiar. They marry a passionate woman, and after a while, they would find the allure of her fiery spirit become as dull as an old, dried ketchup stain, while the calm, soothing woman stays as magical and reachless as the moon in their mind. But when they marry a calm woman, in time, they might find her boring and uninteresting, while the fiery woman becomes an intense, unfulfilled desire they cannot shake."

Leopold was a prime example of this now.

He had his wish, drove her away, married his so-called 'dream woman,' he found himself missing her - his ex-wife again.

Did he think she had no dignity, that he could summon and dismiss her at will, play her like a fiddle?

She set down her plate, took a sip of her lemon tea, stretched her stiff lips into a thin smile, and asked, "What brings you here today, Mr. Leopold? Shouldn't you be visiting the Alcott family?"

Leopold didn't answer, thinking, “how could I possibly go to the Alcotts?”

Avery shrugged and replied, "Of course my former brother-in-law should visit us. This is his current mother-in-law's home. He ought to go and pay a courtesy call."

Aurelia felt as if she had swallowed a lemon. The sharp bitterness and sour spread from her tongue to her core.

"I won't keep you for dinner then, Mr. Leopold. You'd better go. Don't keep them waiting. Kane can stay with me, and I'll send him home tomorrow."