Chapter 17

The next day.

At ten in the morning, Aveline's phone rang. She glanced at it and ignored the call.

Jack Potter, the foreman at the construction site, was updating her on the current situation, and she took notes diligently.

By noon, she finally had a moment to sit down and rest. She took a sip of water and then checked her phone.

Eighteen missed calls.

All from Lucas.

Ha!

She let out a soft laugh and was about to call him back when the nineteenth call came through.

"Hello?"

"Aveline, are you messing with me?" His voice came through, cold and filled with suppressed anger. She could hear his heavy breathing.

If he were in front of her right now, he might just tear her apart.

Aveline's tone was cheerful. "Lucas, how does it feel to be toyed with?"

He had regained his memory and could speak, yet he kept it from her, pretending to be the same as before. How long would he have continued the charade if she hadn't found out? Was he silently mocking her sign language with him?

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done something so despicable; how

wasn't her style to not get back at

the line grew louder, and the smile on Aveline's lips slowly

my divorce terms: a three-hundred quare-meter apartment and two million. Once the house is under my name, I'll go to the

that, she hung up

she would need to work her entire life to get, could now

Tsk...

she had

there was no

a quick bite to

the DK

Lucas

Was this woman crazy?

she toy with

indifferent tone on the phone,

been

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"Knock, knock!"

that moment, Desmond

on the commercial building. During the initial construction, someone was injured, and their family has been unhappy with the compensation. They're still

and looked through it, his expression growing colder. "Have

noticed them, but I've managed to keep it under wraps." "If they're unhappy with the compensation, keep negotiating and find their weaknesses," Lucas said, closing the file and handing

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