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?

have a comfortable life in his

Bobby's fate... no one seemed to care

stopped looking at Lucas and began eating her breakfast, her expression

noticing the shift in

dead, and he won't

her face as she looked

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

on her utensils. "Why are you

want you to misunderstand me,

averted her eyes, avoiding his steady

intentions were always straightforward he didn't

But...

couldn't overcome the barrier in

saying another word, Aveline finished her breakfast and stood up, heading toward Zane's old barbecue stand. Lucas

wasn't far-just around the

the turn, hesitating to go any

and

looked ahead with a complicated expression.

where Zane's stand had once been, a

emotions swirling

they don't have to struggle

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