After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

Chapter 205

Chapter 205

Aveline paused, looking at the cup of tea in her hand.

Wasn't he the one who bought it?

The icy indifference etched on Lucas' face was unmistakable, too genuine to be feigned.

As realization dawned, Aveline's lips twisted into a bitter smile. She had misread the situation entirely. In her naivety, she had imagined he remembered that he had bought the cup of tea out of concern, a gesture of comfort after her ordeal.

It turned out she had read too much into it.

Taking a deep breath, she threw the tea into the trash and followed him into the Tudor mansion.

They went straight upstairs and into the bedroom.

Lucas tugged at his collar, unbuttoning it, and said coldly, "Go take a shower."

Aveline silently complied, showing an attitude of resigned acceptance.

watched her, feeling

running water filled the room. Through the frosted glass, he could see her shadowy, graceful figure. Sitting on the sofa

tightened, feeling parched. He tugged at his collar as if

agitation.

left the bedroom, heading

Aveline emerged from the shower wrapped in a towel, Lucas was no longer in the bedroom. She sighed with relief and turned to

halfway, someone yanked off

chill swept over her, and she gasped, instinctively trying to

was wearing nothing under the towel.

laugh echoed from behind her. In the next instant, a strong arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her close. She looked like a frightened rabbit, which only

to her ear. "Why are you trying to

his rough touch. "Can you be

grip was causing

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