Chapter 188

Lucas's chest constricted as he recalled Aveline's icy demeanor. The memory left him with a lingering discomfort.

He tugged at his collar, trying to ease the pressure, but it didn't help.

Stepping out of the hospital, Lucas found himself under a darkened sky. The waiting driver had already pulled up to the

entrance.

Lucas got into the car and, on impulse, called Aveline's number again.

It was still turned off.

Feeling frustrated, he dialed Desmond. "Find out where Aveline is right now."

Desmond replied, "Yes."

An hour ago, Brian had been dragged out, battered, and bruised-all for offending Aveline. With that grim scene fresh in his mind, Lucas dared not delay the order. He knew Lucas was displeased.

Desmond's expression was serious as he instructed his team to investigate.

past a taxi, Russell's friend in the passenger seat

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over. The taxi was indeed going fast, but not as fast as their sports car. As the

a woman's hand, delicate and pale,

hit the gas, catching

stopped at a spot on the mountain road, got out, and joked

squinted into the distance, and for some reason, he thought of that hand again. It seemed oddly

he turned and got back into his car, saying, "I have

the sports car roared

with crushing force. Before she could catch her

inside an abandoned factory. The walls were dilapidated, and drafts came from all

interior of the factory and stopped. Noticing she had regained

The show's about to

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dust. She coughed violently a couple

kidnapped me?"

up in something related to Lucas. But now it seemed this man was specifically

offended him so gravely that

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