Chapter 48

He gave her what she wanted; she should be happy. But just now, her expression didn't seem pleased. Why?

Lucas grew more irritated the more he thought about it. Just then, his phone rang. It was Desmond. "Mr. Tudor, Mr. Hang has arrived."

"Okay, I'll be back right away." Lucas replied coldly, then hung up. He cast a long look in the direction of Aveline's house before turning the car around and leaving.

In the evening, when Selena arrived, Aveline had already prepared four dishes, with two more and a soup still cooking.

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"Ave, there's so much food!" Selena exclaimed excitedly, hugging her and rubbing against her.

Aveline said, "It's alright. Go wait outside; it'll be ready soon."

Selena replied, "Okay, I brought some alcohol."

Aveline sighed, "I can't drink it; I took cold medicine."

Selena was surprised. "You're sick? But you look fine."

Aveline answered, "You'll see why I look fine in a bit."

brought out two plates of food. The soup was also ready. After washing her hands, she handed a file folder to Selena. "Here, take a look at this." "What's this?" Selena opened

Ave, did you just hit

of. After the divorce, I became a

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you blame me for looking

and cupped Aveline's face in her hands. "Is that really how it is? You must be so

staring at Selena for a moment before bursting into

planning to pick a good day to move and then quit my job. Do you have any plans coming up? If

that her optimism was just on the surface. Aveline had once

hand, their marriage was truly over. All that was left was the divorce certificate,

that? I'm sharing my joy with you. Didn't you always encourage me

you must be hurting, Ave. If you're sad, just cry

let's eat before the

"Okay, let's eat!"

opening the bottle of alcohol. "You

her glass against Aveline's glass and took a big gulp. Aveline was

known Selena would react this way, she

until she passed out. Aveline made some ginger tea for her and

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