Chapter 320

She felt disgusted!

Lucas' face darkened. "We didn't do anything!"

Aveline's breath caught in her throat.

Lucas looked away, his throat dry. "Nothing happened between us. I was just angry that you let another woman get into my bed. I had to teach you a lesson."

Aveline gazed at his chiseled profile, a sense of absurdity washing over her.

Of all people, she thought bitterly, she was the one who had suffered the most injustice.

As she thought about it, tears started falling.

She bit her lip, trying to hold back, but she couldn't and ended up crying openly.

Lucas felt his heart clench with a sour, painful sensation. He immediately stepped forward. "Aveline..."

"Get out!"

Aveline looked at him with tear-filled eyes, her voice hoarse.

Lucas tensed, the realization of his mistake settling heavily upon him. The truth had come to light, exposing his grave misunderstanding. He now saw clearly how unjustly he had treated her. Her anger and frustration, he realized, were entirely warranted.

He didn't leave.

said, "Aveline, if you want to vent, hit

did

she had little strength,

grasped her

She pulled her hand

didn't want to have any relationship with him

want to live such a

her words, the remorse on Lucas' face evaporated. His eyes narrowed, darkening with renewed anger. He opened his mouth, poised to retort, when a knock on the hospital room door interrupted him. Desmond entered carrying a takeout container, Immediately sensing the tension in the room. He

a thin line, setting up the small table. He opened the food container and arranged the

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and said, "Eat something

didn't look at

way to make you eat.

but eventually

She finished a bowl of chicken

she

watched her. When she set down her utensils, he said,

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