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?"
her, pretending to be the same as before. How long would he have continued the
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done something so despicable; how could she
get
the other end of the line grew louder, and
my divorce terms: a three-hundred quare-meter apartment and two million. Once the house is under my name, I'll go to the
hung
something she would need to work her entire life
Tsk...
she had
was
bite to eat and then
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the disconnected phone, Lucas
Was this woman crazy?
she toy with him like
thinking about her calm, almost indifferent tone on the phone, he felt
hadn't been like
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"Knock, knock!"
that moment, Desmond walked
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