Chapter 8

Aveline looked at him. "What if I don't want to do it?"

Desmond smiled. "You can't turn this down."

Aveline rolled her eyes and took the file straight to Lucas's office. Desmond tried to stop her, but he couldn't.

She pushed the door open and walked right in.

Lucas, tall and imposing, stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, talking on the phone. Hearing the door being pushed open, he turned and frowned.

"Let's leave it at that," he said, ending the call.

"Who allowed you to come in?" he asked coldly, his eyes icy.

Aveline slammed the file on his desk. "Did you do this on purpose?"

Lucas glanced at the file and replied coolly, "Isn't this part of your job? What's the problem? If you don't want to do it, you can quit. Plenty of people want this job."

Aveline fumed silently. This jerk was definitely doing this on purpose!

He was retaliating because she had slapped him last night!

That was why he pushed her to the limit last night and sent her to a construction site today.

her angry but unable to retort, Lucas felt

next time, remember

attention back to

to his.

Lucas was stunned.

was

she hadn't seduced him last

briefly improved mood darkened

construction. She got out of her car and looked at the

on the cement ground not far

by her without asking if she needed help, afraid of

a diamond bracelet on her wrist, which didn't fit the profile of someone trying to scam others.

and her eyes suddenly brightened. "Granddaughter-in-law! You're my

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I'm lost. Granddaughter-in-law, can you take

The old woman seemed confused, possibly suffering from

asked, "Madam, do

I don't know. Granddaughter-in-law,

her phone,

phone, the elderly woman's eyes lit up.

with a string from her neckline.

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