Chapter 17

The next day.

At ten in the morning, Aveline's phone rang. She glanced at it and ignored the call.

Jack Potter, the foreman at the construction site, was updating her on the current situation, and she took notes diligently.

By noon, she finally had a moment to sit down and rest. She took a sip of water and then checked her phone.

Eighteen missed calls.

All from Lucas.

Ha!

She let out a soft laugh and was about to call him back when the nineteenth call came through.

"Hello?"

"Aveline, are you messing with me?" His voice came through, cold and filled with suppressed anger. She could hear his heavy breathing.

If he were in front of her right now, he might just tear her apart.

Aveline's tone was cheerful. "Lucas, how does it feel to be toyed with?"

regained his memory and could speak, yet he kept it from her, pretending to be the same as before. How long would he have

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so despicable;

her style to not get

the line

my divorce terms: a three-hundred quare-meter apartment and two million. Once the house

she hung

she had dreamed of, something she would need to work her entire life to get, could now be hers just

Tsk...

she had

there was no "if

had a quick bite to eat and

the DK Group,

Lucas let out

Was this woman crazy?

dare she toy

almost indifferent tone on the phone, he felt even

hadn't been like this

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"Knock, knock!"

that moment,

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