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.

in the passenger seat snickered. "Hey Russ, check it

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fast, but not as fast as their sports car. As the

hand, delicate and pale, gripping the

mind and hit the gas, catching up

at a spot on the mountain

he thought of that

car, saying, "I have something to

sports

felt herself slammed to the ground with crushing force. Before she could catch her breath, she was dragged forward, her arms painfully scraping against

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

of the factory and stopped. Noticing she had regained

Good. The show's about to

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in dust. She coughed violently a couple

kidnapped me?"

assumed she was caught up in something related to Lucas. But now

him so gravely that he wanted her

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