After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

Aveline had decided to completely ignore him.

However... she glanced up at him just as he finished another phone call.

"Hmm?" Lucas noticed her gaze and looked back at her with an easy, relaxed expression.

The coldness in his eyes had vanished, replaced by a gentle warmth that seemed to draw her in like he wanted to melt her with his gaze.

Fortunately, the walls around her heart remained firmly in place.

"I'm going to see Zane," she said.

Lucas nodded. "Go ahead."

Aveline continued, "You've been tormenting his son. Won't you feel any guilt when you see him?"

Lucas gave a faint smile. "Are you asking me to release Bobby?"

Aveline replied, "I still believe he's innocent."

Lucas' deep, intense eyes studied her carefully. "Aveline, Zane has already taken the money. Whether Bobby is innocent or not doesn't matter much anymore." Aveline felt the urge to argue but found herself at a loss for words.

He was right.

Zane had given up on his son. What could she, an outsider, possibly say?

a comfortable life in his old

for Bobby's fate... no one

at Lucas and began eating her breakfast, her expression growing

the shift in her

and he won't

across her face as she

with the perspective you brought up. We just haven't found proof of his innocence

on her utensils. "Why

gaze bore into hers, filled with sincerity. "Because I don't want you to misunderstand me, to fear me, or

flustered, Aveline averted her eyes, avoiding his

were always straightforward he

But...

overcome the barrier in

toward Zane's old barbecue stand. Lucas

far-just

at the turn, hesitating to go

to her and asked, "Why

with a complicated expression. "The barbecue

her gaze and saw that where Zane's stand had once been, a steakhouse

dropped, emotions

Lucas said calmly. "With the money they received, they don't have to struggle anymore.