After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

"I feel so uncomfortable... so hot..."

Aveline's soft murmurs came from behind him.

Russell turned around and saw her restlessly shifting on the sofa.

Her fair skin had taken on a flushed, pink hue, looking temptingly like a ripe peach.

Russell hurried over and patted her face lightly. "Aveline, wake up. Aveline?"

But she grabbed his hand, pressing it against her cheek as if trying to use the coolness to soothe her discomfort. It wasn't enough; she pulled his hand lower, seeking relief.

Russell's breath caught in his throat, and he quickly pulled his hand away.

She had been drugged!

She wasn't in her right mind, acting purely on instinct. If she woke up and realized something had happened between them, she would be devastated, and she would never want to see him again! Russell got up and rushed to the bathroom.

He soaked a towel in cold water and came back, placing it on her forehead.

The cool sensation seemed to calm her down; her movements grew less frantic.

Taking advantage of the moment, he glanced around the room.

The air conditioning was set to a lower temperature.

there was an incense burner

the incense was likely what had triggered

into the sink, turning on the faucet to

ventilation wasn't an

only to find there was no signal-it

So, that was it.

trap them in this room together and, ideally, have something

someone barged

to ruin the wedding, destroy the relationship between the Skyler and Johnson famities, and drag Aveline, as

she was caught in a scandal, Lucas wouldn't come out

Tudor Group

crude tactic, but one that could

glint flashed

"Russ...?"

consciousness, opened her eyes

tightly as she tried to sit up, and the damp towel fell from her forehead. She caught it with her hand.

didn't move closer. He

the drug were

hold, and if he got too close,

make