Chapter 320

She felt disgusted!

Lucas' face darkened. "We didn't do anything!"

Aveline's breath caught in her throat.

Lucas looked away, his throat dry. "Nothing happened between us. I was just angry that you let another woman get into my bed. I had to teach you a lesson."

Aveline gazed at his chiseled profile, a sense of absurdity washing over her.

Of all people, she thought bitterly, she was the one who had suffered the most injustice.

As she thought about it, tears started falling.

She bit her lip, trying to hold back, but she couldn't and ended up crying openly.

Lucas felt his heart clench with a sour, painful sensation. He immediately stepped forward. "Aveline..."

"Get out!"

Aveline looked at him with tear-filled eyes, her voice hoarse.

settling heavily upon him. The truth had come to light, exposing his grave misunderstanding. He now saw clearly how unjustly he had treated her. Her anger and frustration, he realized, were entirely

He didn't leave.

and said, "Aveline, if you want to

really did hit

little strength, and her

grasped her hand.

feel as awful. She pulled her hand away,

didn't want to have

didn't want to live

the remorse on Lucas' face evaporated. His eyes narrowed, darkening with renewed anger. He opened his mouth, poised to retort, when a knock on the hospital room door interrupted him. Desmond entered carrying a takeout container, Immediately sensing the tension in the room. He set

He opened the food container and arranged the dishes on the table one by

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looked at Aveline and

didn't look at

way to make

him fiercely but eventually got up and

was really hungry. She finished a bowl of chicken soup and ate

she felt

set down her

expression hardened. "I

his temper, his voice growing colder. "Aveline, stop thinking about impossible things and

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