After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

Bang!

Bang bang!

Her desperate kicks echoed inside the container, but this part of the abandoned dock, deep within the deserted beach, was empty and isolated. The beach was strewn with trash, and several containers stood amid the rising tide, slowly being swallowed by the seawater.

In the distance, car headlights illuminated the road. Inside the car, Sophia held binoculars, watching the container in the darkness. A malicious smile appeared on her face.

Aveline would drown in two hours!

That wretched woman should have died long ago!

She had always clung to Lucas, distracting him and preventing their divorce from going through! If it hadn't been for her interference, Sophia and Lucas would have been married by now, and she would have become part of the Tudor family.

Satisfied with the rising tide, Sophia smirked, set down the binoculars, and told the driver, Let's go."

"Yes, Miss."

water beneath her

Terror filled Aveline's eyes.

from the ropes binding her hands and feet, but her skin was chafed and

surrounded by suffocating darkness. She strained her eyes, trying to see anything,

Why?

go? What hurt the most was that Barbara, who once cared for her,

events. Why had she changed so drastically? If Barbara's true nature was this cold, why had she shown such warmth when she was ill? Aveline's heart ached with the pain of

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to rise, spreading relentlessly. Aveline found herself lying in the icy. water, unable to break free. She closed her eyes in despair, her

Lucas. If only she had never encountered him. Would her

had never

covered her ears,

"Bang!"

container. Aveline's body jolted, and she

voices outside. Tears of relief welled up and fell from