After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

Lucas agreed, and a wave of excitement surged through Aveline's heart.

He agreed! He finally agreed!

The marriage that had caused her so much pain, despair, and heartache was finally going to end!

Aveline struggled to contain her excitement, her eyes fixed on his handsome features. "Are you serious? You're not joking with me, right?"

Lucas gave a slight nod. "I'm serious, Aveline. When it comes to discussing divorce, have I ever been the one to back down?"

He looked at her with a faint smile, almost teasing.

Aveline was speechless.

Alright, she admitted it. She had been the one who wavered every time. First, there was the situation with Annie, and now there was the mess with Hilda. But this time, she was certain that the outcome wouldn't be like before. She believed things would be different on the third try.

Lucas still held her hand firmly. "Since I said I'm going to win you back, I need to show some sincerity. I won't do what you dislike, and I'll double down on everything you love. Aveline, when I say I love you, I mean it." The cracks in the walls around her heart seemed to deepen a little more. She didn't respond to his words.

Just then, her phone rang, and she was immensely grateful for the interruption.

She looked at the screen-it was Selena.

"Hello?"

Selena's anxious voice burst through. "Where are you, my dear? Are you okay?"

"I went to Arthur Town

Lucas had locked you up

quiet, and Selena's voice was loud enough for Lucas

instinctively shifted a little farther

just a quick trip to Arthur Town. I'm on my

you suddenly decide to go to Arthur Town?

when I get

be waiting," Selena

"Okay."

that, she hung

subtle, ambiguous tension between

hand slightly. "It's a bit

released her hand, only to grab hold of her index

Aveline was speechless.

could he

you should tell your friend to watch her mouth," Lucas remarked. "If she keeps it up, she's bound to get herself into

only one who might take revenge on her

sharp tongue; I'm sure I'm not the only one she's rubbed the wrong way. She should be careful-who knows, one day she might get up

Aveline was speechless.

What a wicked curse!

heard that, she'd probably chase Lucas down

...

they returned to