Chapter 19

Lucas stared at her for a long moment before he sat back down. "I was thinking about it, but seeing you like this, bullying an injured person isn't my style." Aveline tugged at the corners of her lips. "Thank you for your generosity, Mr. Tudor."

A fake gratitude.

A fake conversation.

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It felt like a transparent wall had sprung up between them. They could see and touch each other, but the connection they once had was gone.

It had all changed since he had initiated the divorce.

Lucas felt inexplicably irritable. He reached up and loosened his collar. "Take a few days to rest. Let someone else handle the project for now."

Aveline asked, "Does this count as a workplace injury?"

Lucas looked at her but said nothing.

Aveline continued, "Workplace injuries require compensation, right? I don't mind getting a few tens of thousands. You know my account number, just transfer it directly." Lucas didn't reply to her remarks.

Had this woman become money-obsessed since she asked for a divorce?

First, she wanted a 300-square-meter apartment and two million dollars, and now she was requesting about tens of

+15 BONUS

thousands?

a great way

I'd known divorcing you would get me this much money, I would have signed the papers

Lucas's face darkened immediately.

door to the hospital room opened, and Sophia stood in the doorway, her face wearing a gentle smile. "Lucas, I'm done with

check on

she's fine,"

both of you. I need to

was really a fool to think that Lucas cared for

her the whole time, but

a gaping wound had opened in her heart, allowing a cold wind to blow

anxiously said, "Miss Young, don't misunderstand,

"I said get out!"

to

precise, she didn't want to see

intimate posture and familiarity reminded her of how laughable the past year she had spent with

she had

to do with her. There's no need

was defending her

in

directly at him.

them out on me. Why are you treating Lucas like this? He

"I'll take

at him

They finally left.

slammed her fist onto the bed, her

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