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 age with that

fate... no one seemed to care

and began eating her breakfast, her expression

her, noticing the shift

he won't die,"

surprise flickering across her face as she looked

though the evidence is damning, I agree with the perspective you brought up.

grip on her utensils. "Why are you telling

"Because I don't want you to misunderstand me, to fear me, or

Aveline averted her eyes, avoiding his

were always straightforward he didn't

But...

still couldn't overcome the barrier in

word, Aveline finished her breakfast and stood up, heading toward Zane's old barbecue stand. Lucas paid for their

wasn't far-just

the turn, hesitating to go

up to her and

with a complicated expression. "The barbecue stand is

where Zane's stand had once been, a steakhouse had taken its place.

emotions swirling

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