Aurora followed her gaze, then nodded. "Yes."
She walked toward the car, opened the door, and was about to get in when Lily smiled faintly.
"If I didn't know better," Lily remarked, "I'd think you were the daughter of someone extremely rich."
Aurora laughed softly. "You got one word right," she replied.
"And everything else wrong." With that, she closed the door.
Lily narrowed her eyes as the engine roared to life with a rough sound.
The car pulled away, and she watched it disappear before giving a strange, unreadable smile.
"So," she murmured, "the plot hasn't gone completely off track."
Inside the car, Aurora checked Lily's reflection in the rearview mirror.
Her eyes narrowed briefly before she turned her full attention back to the road.
When Aurora returned home and checked the news, she realized it was the perfect moment.
Without hesitation, she messaged Micah to release the details.
Once she was done, she tossed her phone aside and stepped out of the car.
