After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

Aveline eyed him warily, his dark, piercing gaze fixed on her as if she were already his prey.

Memories of past traumas resurfaced, and she bit her lip, suddenly raising the kitchen knife to her own throat.

"You're right, I don't dare to hurt you, but that doesn't mean I won't harm myself. Lucas, if you take one more step, I'll cut myself. Let's see if you can keep talking like this while facing a corpse!"

Lucas stopped in his tracks, the playful expression vanishing from his face as he glared at her, his gaze dark and intense. "Put the knife down!"

Instead of lowering the knife, Aveline pressed it closer to her neck, stubbornly saying, "Get out! You're not welcome here!"

Lucas remained still, his gaze locked on her with a menacing intensity.

Seeing his hesitation, Aveline gritted her teeth and pressed the blade even closer. Her delicate skin barely brushed the knife's edge, which had been sharpened-just a slight touch and it immediately left a thin line of blood on her slender, pale neck.

Lucas' eyes narrowed in shock.

In an instant, he lunged forward, snatching the knife from her grasp before she could react. The knife clattered to the floor.

Staring at the cut on her neck, his expression grew even darker. "Aveline, you've really grown bold, daring to attempt suicide in front of me!"

as she struggled against him. "Let go of me! Let

to reach

eyes, Lucas was both horrified and

his anger, saying, "If you stay still, I won't

neck stinging. Who knew what kind of bacteria might have gotten into the wound? If it entered her bloodstream, the

doing?" Aveline asked, her

a low voice, "We're

Lucas abruptly turned his head to glare at her, his expression dark

spread through

Aveline immediately stopped struggling. Deep down, she was afraid of dying, too.

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She was willing to go as far as attempting suicide just to get away from him-how desperate she

Neither of them spoke, one too angry and the other overly reluctant,