After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

In the following days, Lucas messaged her daily, but there was still no news about Annie.

Aveline had been struggling with insomnia as well.

The video's hype had diminished somewhat but still lingered on the trending list.

One day, while Aveline was in her study drawing, her phone suddenly rang.

She glanced at the screen-it was an unfamiliar number.

She hesitated for a moment but decided to answer it, guessing that the person behind everything might finally be reaching out to her.

"Hello, who's this?" Aveline asked in a cold tone.

The voice on the other end was a processed electronic voice, making it impossible to discern the gender or emotion.

"Do you want to see Annie? She's with me."

Aveline immediately asked, "Who are you? Where is Annie?"

give you an address. Come alone. Don't inform Lucas, and don't let those two bodyguards follow you. Otherwise, I'll kill her and frame Lucas for it. With the video still generating buzz, imagine how it would look if news broke that

stood up. "Alright, I

time

on her phone, giving an address in a remote

of unease

the caller's

couldn't risk Annie's life, nor could she let Lucas be falsely accused of

gathered her things and headed

to a mall, blending in with the crowd, and entered a restroom. After changing into a different set of clothes, she reemerged with a hat and a mask, making it harder for Baron and Braden

outskirts. When she arrived at

for a moment but still

out as she

stories high, eerily quiet, with an unsettling

pushed the door open and stood at

out louder, but there was still no

However, the moment she turned, someone rushed at her, covering her mouth

widened in shock as she struently. A sharp, pungent smell filled her nostrils, and the drug quickly

catch a glimpse of the person's