Linda's eyes widened. "You..."

This man-was he the devil himself? How had he even found this out?

What made it even more terrifying was that he had just stood there, watching her lie, likely filled with disdain and mockery. It was like a slap across her face, draining her of all strength.

"I thought you might have something useful to say," Lucas remarked, tucking his phone back into his pocket. "Looks like I was expecting too much."

He turned to Aveline. "Ready to go?"

Aveline, still processing everything, nodded. "Yes."

She looked over at Russell. "Russ, thank you for all your help. I'll get to the bottom of this. In the meantime, you should let everyone go."

Russell's gaze was conflicted as he glanced from Aveline to Lucas. "Just how much have you found out?"

Lucas shot him a brief look. "Enough to know who's behind it."

Russell was speechless.

The comment was cutting, filled with irony.

quickly leaned forward, asking, "Who is

her. "And why would I tell

aisle. Whether I give her hand to you is entirely up to

pointing at him.

sighed. "I'll know soon enough, so what's the

right. Just make sure I'm the first to

turned to Lucas.

as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, remaining

stepped closer. "Let's talk while

behind her as they

settled into a calm silence. Thanks to the explanations given earlier, no damaging

car, Aveline glanced at Lucas,

up a bit of mystery, but

relent. "You keep

that... makes me think you want to kiss

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