Chapter 20

Aveline closed her eyes, her head pounding with pain.

The sky outside had already turned dark, and she turned to look out the window, her gaze gradually becoming hollow.

It was all pretty meaningless, really.

Just then, her phone rang. When she saw the caller ID, her lit up.

"Selena!"

eyes

"Hey, my dear, guess where I am?" Selena Quin's cheerful voice came through the phone.

Aveline guessed, "Cloudflare City?"

"Correct! I'm right downstairs at your place. Aren't you going to come down and welcome me?" Selena laughed.

Aveline replied, "Oh, my princess, I'm afraid I can't. I got injured at work and am in the hospital."

Selena's tone immediately turned serious. "Send me the address, right now!"

her sudden seriousness, Aveline couldn't help but

hour later, the door to her hospital room was pushed open. A beautiful woman with bold, alluring features rushed in. "Ave, what happened? How did you get hurt at work? Why are you alone? Where's your mute

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came one

down! Asking so

even more worried.

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pulled up a chair and sat beside her, looking at her with eyes

"He's not mute, and soon, he

widened in shock.

been abroad for three months. What

hold back and told her

divorced sooner or later, there was no point in hiding

described as just shocked;

later, she looked at

I make up a story

Ave," Selena said, standing up to hug her. "Don't

That

quickly responded, "Don, you can't act recklessly. He's not an ordinary person. If you anger him, we'll be the ones to suffer." Selena's eyes flashed with determination. "I

didn't want to be alone in the hospital; it would

the hospital, Aveline had another check- up. Upon confirmation that everything was fine, she

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