I confronted her about it, but she brushed it off. She said as a big star, she had to keep up appearances and couldn’t lower herself to smile at just anyone.
“Does it not matter that my mom cried because of you? What about those teammates who helped you?”
I had never been this angry with her before. No matter how spoiled or difficult she got, I always let it slide.
But that day, my frustration boiled over.
What was the worth of a love won at the cost of losing both a career and family?
When my mom saw Aurora and me arguing, she wiped her tears and quickly defended me, praising Aurora for everything she had done.
But Aurora didn’t appreciate it at all; she hadn’t eaten a single bite and rushed out of the gathering.
Later, when Aurora fell ill with uremia and learned that my mom was a match for her kidney transplant, it seemed like the sweet girl I once knew had returned.
She invited our family to her villa for dinner, cooking for my parents herself.
It was the first time in five years that they had visited her home, and it turned out to be one of the happiest days of their lives.
That’s when my mom agreed to donate a kidney to her, unknowingly planting the seeds for her own tragic end.
Just thinking about it made me wish I could jump off a building.
If my mom hadn’t donated a kidney to Aurora, she wouldn’t have suffered kidney failure and died!
If I had stayed with the national team and hadn’t alienated my teammates, I could have raised the money to help my mom!
I had tried to convince her not to donate because she was getting older after all, but she had insisted.
Now I understood that it wasn’t just about Aurora. It was for me.
At that time, Aurora was a top star. If I had married her, a guy like me who left the national team could have found happiness in life.
And now, I could finally let it all go.
I just wanted to rely on myself!
Late help felt like an insult.
“Take your filthy money!”
I yelled as I rushed after Aurora, throwing the cash at her.
Zachary jumped in front of her, forcing a smile. “Jason, don’t get it twisted. I broke up with Tony last month, and Aurora went to Switzerland with me to help me unwind!”
“She turned off her public phone to avoid any interruptions from unrelated people!”
Unrelated people?
I was Aurora’s fiancé, and now I was the unrelated person?
The number she gave me was just for outsiders.
That thought fueled my anger, like salt on a fresh wound.