After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back by Riverflow

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.

her neck, his expression grew even darker. "Aveline, you've really grown bold,

him. "Let go of me! Let me

trying to reach the

the resolve in her eyes, Lucas

saying, "If you

whole body trembled slightly, the cut on her neck stinging. Who knew what kind of bacteria might have gotten into the wound? If it entered her bloodstream, the consequences could be dire. Gripping her wrist tightly,

doing?" Aveline asked, her voice filled with

voice,

abruptly turned his head to

your circulation, any harmful viruses could spread through your body and

dying, too. She just didn't want to be

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to go as far as attempting

drive to the hospital was silent. Neither of them spoke, one too angry

by a blood test. By the time the results came back, two hours had passed. Fortunately, there