After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

The tide started to rise.

The distant shipping containers loomed like monsters in the darkness, slowly swallowing anyone trapped inside. Aveline stared calmly at the scene, though the encroaching darkness made it hard for her to clearly see the tide's advance.

Her mind drifted to the time when she was trapped inside a container, her hands and feet bound, filled with despair and helplessness.

She watched as death approached, powerless to stop it.

"Sophia, is this how you feel now?" Aveline thought and lowered her gaze slightly, choosing not to look any longer.

Just then, a phone appeared in front of her.

"Hmm?" Aveline looked at Russell in confusion.

A faint smile appeared on Russell's strikingly handsome yet cold face. "I installed a camera on top of that container. You can watch Sophia's entire descent into despair."

He gazed into her eyes. "Do you want to see it?"

Aveline was taken aback, not expecting him to have gone to such lengths.

Russell added, "No need to be shocked. I just believe that if you don't see the punishment of those who wronged you, it loses its impact."

gaze faltered for a moment as if recalling

fell on the phone in his hand. With just one touch, she could see Sophia's despair and

Should she watch?

She asked herself.

wasn't Sophia; she couldn't bring herself to be

"Aveline, you can't be too soft-hearted. It

if I do this, how

wrong with

looked at him,

whatever means necessary to get what she wants, and

that's not right." Aveline shook her head. "My well-being can't be built

She wasn't Sophia.

She was Avéline.

would only

deep look before slowly curling his lips into a smile.

back?"

"Yes." Aveline nodded.

happen to Sophia. If she was lucky, she might survive; if not, there was nothing Aveline