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?"

to be the same as before. How long

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despicable; how

wasn't her style to not get back at

of the line

Once the house is under my name,

that, she hung up

to work her entire life to get, could

Tsk...

only she had

was

quick bite to eat

the DK

Lucas let

Was this woman crazy?

she toy with him like

thinking about her calm, almost indifferent tone on the phone, he felt even more

hadn't been like

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"Knock, knock!"

that moment,

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