Chapter 24

"Six million and the house, don't you want them anymore?"

Lucas looked at her with an emotion in his eyes that Aveline couldn't decipher.

Aveline clenched her fists, staring at him, and suddenly felt deflated.

She did want them.

With money and a house, she wouldn't have to work anymore. She could leave this city, go far away, and make sure he could never find her.

Oh... how naive of her. As if he would ever look for her.

Keeping a cold face, she found the first aid kit, sat down beside him, opened it, and began disinfecting his wound.

"It hurts," he said softly.

His deep, magnetic voice, slightly hoarse, carried his unique roughness, making it a real temptation to Aveline.

Her breathing became slightly erratic, and instead of being gentle, her movements became more forceful.

This time, Lucas didn't say anything.

Though she usually didn't wear makeup, she had a touch of purity about

voice broke his

check and the deed by tomorrow morning. Then I'll go with you to file a divorce. She closed the first aid kit with a

out, then we wouldn't get divorced. We can just drag this out. It

the first aid kit, put it

at the beautiful bow on

going to bed, assuming he had left. But when she

moment before casually walking

her back to him, she couldn't see his

half a glass of water and just setting the cup down, a

what

fell on her shoulder and neck, his hot breath caressing her delicate skin,

half-year of marriage, she knew how

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and he knew how to

few teasing touches,

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