Face-slapping!

Fifteen minutes earlier.

The mall manager, hoping to earn favor, discreetly contacted Derek, Alexander's assistant. He sent a photo of Veronica with her swollen cheek and Aurora standing nearby, claiming that Veronica had been bullied. Derek, mindful of the care Alexander had always shown Veronica, wasted no time rushing to his boss to inform him of the situation. 

Seeing the photo and assuming Aurora was causing trouble again, Alexander immediately headed to the mall, his expression dark.

Aurora regained her composure, yanking her arm free from Alexander's grip with a flick of her wrist, as though his touch carried a contamination she refused to bear. She briskly wiped the spot he had touched, her face betraying no emotion. Pressing a hand to her chest, she whispered inwardly, it seems the original Aurora still trembles in his presence. Don't worry—I'll make you so strong that no one will ever dare to lay a finger on you again.