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?

life in his old age

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

stopped looking at Lucas and began eating

her, noticing the shift in

dead, and he won't die,"

paused, surprise flickering across her face as she

evidence is damning, I agree with the perspective you brought up. We just haven't found proof of his

grip on her utensils. "Why are you

gaze bore into hers, filled with sincerity. "Because I don't want you

Aveline averted

always straightforward he

But...

couldn't overcome the

stood up, heading toward Zane's old barbecue stand. Lucas paid for their meat and followed closely

wasn't far-just around the

at the turn, hesitating

to her and asked, "Why aren't you

with a complicated expression.

saw that where Zane's stand had once been, a steakhouse had taken

eyes dropped, emotions

"With the money they received, they don't have to