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 would he have continued the charade if she hadn't found out? Was he silently mocking her sign language
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something so despicable; how could she not
style to not get back at someone who
the other end of the line grew louder, and the smile on Aveline's
terms: a three-hundred quare-meter apartment and two million. Once the house is under my name, I'll go
she hung up
she had dreamed of, something she would need to work her
Tsk...
she had
was
quick bite to eat and
the DK Group,
phone, Lucas let
Was this woman crazy?
toy with
calm, almost indifferent tone on the phone, he felt even
been like this
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"Knock, knock!"
that moment, Desmond walked
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