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."

beneath her was rising

Terror filled Aveline's eyes.

free herself from the ropes binding her hands and feet,

and she panted heavily, surrounded by suffocating darkness. She strained her eyes, trying to see anything, but there was nothing but blackness, Was she really

Why?

that life behind. Why wouldn't they let her go? What hurt the most was that Barbara, who

couldn't understand. Barbara had just forgotten about recent events. Why had she changed so drastically? If Barbara's true nature was this cold, why had

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found herself lying in the icy. water, unable to break

began the moment she met Lucas. If only she had never encountered him.

she had never met

ears, the

"Bang!"

loud noise outside the container. Aveline's body jolted, and she kicked the container with all her strength, trying to respond.

the fog of her mind, she heard voices outside. Tears of relief