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

fate... no one

and began eating her breakfast, her expression growing

the shift in her

dead, and he won't

across her face

though the evidence is damning, I agree with the perspective you brought up. We just haven't

her grip on her utensils. "Why

want you to misunderstand me, to fear me, or to push me

averted

were always straightforward he didn't want

But...

still couldn't overcome the

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

wasn't far-just

turn,

caught up to her and asked, "Why aren't

with a complicated expression. "The

had once been, a

eyes dropped, emotions swirling within

money they received, they don't have to struggle anymore. Their retirement will be a lot easier now." Aveline