Aveline eyed him warily, his dark, piercing gaze fixed on her as if she were already his prey.

Memories of past traumas resurfaced, and she bit her lip, suddenly raising the kitchen knife to her own throat.

"You're right, I don't dare to hurt you, but that doesn't mean I won't harm myself. Lucas, if you take one more step, I'll cut myself. Let's see if you can keep talking like this while facing a corpse!"

Lucas stopped in his tracks, the playful expression vanishing from his face as he glared at her, his gaze dark and intense. "Put the knife down!"

Instead of lowering the knife, Aveline pressed it closer to her neck, stubbornly saying, "Get out! You're not welcome here!"

Lucas remained still, his gaze locked on her with a menacing intensity.

Seeing his hesitation, Aveline gritted her teeth and pressed the blade even closer. Her delicate skin barely brushed the knife's edge, which had been sharpened-just a slight touch and it immediately left a thin line of blood on her slender, pale neck.

Lucas' eyes narrowed in shock.

In an instant, he lunged forward, snatching the knife from her grasp before she could react. The knife clattered to the floor.

on her neck, his expression grew even darker. "Aveline, you've really grown bold, daring to attempt suicide

struggled against him.

fought desperately, trying to reach the knife

eyes, Lucas was both horrified

"If you stay still, I won't

into the wound? If it entered her bloodstream,

doing?" Aveline asked,

a low voice, "We're

his head to glare at her,

your circulation, any harmful viruses could spread through your body and cause serious damage. If that happens, you'll

Deep down, she was afraid of dying, too. She just didn't want to be under

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irony struck Lucas. She was willing to go as far as attempting suicide just to get away from

them spoke, one too angry and the other overly reluctant, creating

hospital, they gave her a tetanus shot first, followed by a blood test. By the time the results came back, two hours had passed. Fortunately, there was

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