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

her. "And why

be walking her down the aisle. Whether I give her hand to you is entirely up to

pretense, pointing at him. "You

know soon

down. "You're right. Just make sure I'm the

nodded and then turned to Lucas.

her intently, his lips moving as if he wanted to say

closer. "Let's

behind her as they left

silence. Thanks to the explanations given earlier, no damaging rumors had spread about

the car, Aveline glanced at Lucas,

up a bit of

relent. "You keep

me like that... makes me think you

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