After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

Chapter 555

"Do you know why Aaron found you both so quickly?" Lucas asked.

Upon hearing this, Aveline stopped in her tracks.

She slowly turned around, her face filled with disbelief. "It was you?"

Lucas smirked. "That's right."

He approached Aveline with a cigarette between his fingers. Seeing her face pale from shock, he gently caressed it. His tone was low and soft, like a lover's whisper, but his words were incredibly cruel.

"Did you really think I'd let anyone who could keep you company slip away? Face it, Aveline. Selena's trapped, and so are you. There's no escape for either of you."

Aveline was furious. She raised her hand to slap him, but Lucas caught her wrist effortlessly. He looked into her angry eyes.

"Aveline, things between us won't end so easily. Have you heard the phrase 'till death do us part"?"

was trembling with rage,

would he do this? How could

close to leaving! She could have escaped a fate

so close, just

her chance to escape, her hope for freedom. But Lucas had personally clipped the wings

could he be so

welled up in

seeming to sear Lucas' heart, burning a hole

tears from her face, his gaze intense, his tone still soft. “Because I don't want to let you go. I want you by my side always, Aveline. I've never been a good person. Your expectations of me were too high, and

shoved him away and ran

universe had played a cruel joke on

end,

Lucas had no intention of letting her go. Even without love, even if being together meant mutual torment, he still wouldn't

down her face. She felt powerless against Lucas, unable to change the events