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

Bobby's fate... no one

Lucas and began eating her

the shift in

not dead, and he

across her

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

her utensils. "Why are you telling me this

don't want you to misunderstand me, to fear me, or to push

Aveline averted her eyes, avoiding his steady

straightforward he didn't want a

But...

couldn't overcome the barrier in

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

wasn't far-just around the

the turn, hesitating to go any

caught up to her and

a complicated expression. "The

that where Zane's stand had once

dropped, emotions swirling within

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