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."

her was

Terror filled Aveline's eyes.

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

by suffocating darkness. She strained her eyes, trying to see anything, but there was nothing but blackness, Was she really going to drown? Desperation and reluctance filled

Why?

had divorced Lucas and left that life behind. Why wouldn't they let her go? What hurt the most was

nature was this cold, why had she shown such warmth when she was ill? Aveline's heart ached with the pain of being betrayed by someone

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lying in the icy. water, unable to

only she had never encountered

had

covered her ears, the cold

"Bang!"

container. Aveline's body jolted, and she kicked the container with all her strength, trying

fog of her mind, she heard voices outside. Tears of relief welled up and