"You!"

Selena glared at him, her anger boiling over, but she couldn't find the words to respond.

He was insufferable to the extreme!

She glanced at Aveline and noticed the slight frown on her face, a sign that she was uncomfortable. Deciding not to escalate the situation further, Selena stepped back, her expression filled with frustration as she watched Lucas.

Lucas brought the spoon to Aveline's lips. She looked at him for a moment, said nothing, and then took a bite.

There was no point in punishing her own body.

Seeing that she didn't refuse, a flicker of emotion passed through Lucas' eyes.

Aveline had just woken up, and she didn't have much appetite. After eating a little, she said, "I'm full."

Lucas then cleared the small table and gently lowered the bed.

"You..."

He started to say something.

But Aveline simply closed her eyes, clearly not interested in talking to him.

Lucas pressed his lips together, his expression darkening, a heavy tension hanging in the air around him.

huffed, feeling a sense

let Lucas help without giving him any attention that was exactly how

...

Russell also

he gazed at her. "If I had known this

at him and said, "It's not your fault. I wasn't paying attention to where I was

expect things to turn out this way. What do you plan to do next?" Aveline's eyes filled with uncertainty. "I don't

She really didn't know.

They weren't divorced.

and Lucas were still

lay in her hospital bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. The future felt like a vast, empty chasm What was she supposed

wanted to leave, to be free of

let's not think about

growing more serious. "Do you know

slightly,

the Cooper family, the wealthiest family in Larbor City. He's here, apparently, to

nodded. "Yeah,

with the Tudors. It's surprising-someone like him becoming

there was the Thompson family,

impassive. "But since I'm still married to him, no matter who wants to arrange a

"Aveline, you could file for divorce. I can

her head.

couldn't keep dragging Russell into her mess. She didn't want to owe him anything

sighed, exasperated.

small smile. "Russ, I'm feeling a bit

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