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?"

could speak, yet he kept it from her, pretending to be the same as before. How long would he have continued the charade if she hadn't found out? Was he silently mocking her

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had done something so despicable; how could she

get back at

end of the line grew louder, and the smile on Aveline's

two million. Once the house is under my name,

that, she hung

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

Tsk...

she had

was no

a quick bite to

the DK Group,

phone, Lucas let

Was this woman crazy?

dare she toy with

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

hadn't been like this

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"Knock, knock!"

moment, Desmond walked

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