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

Chapter 555

"Do you know why Aaron found you both so quickly?" Lucas asked.

Upon hearing this, Aveline stopped in her tracks.

She slowly turned around, her face filled with disbelief. "It was you?"

Lucas smirked. "That's right."

He approached Aveline with a cigarette between his fingers. Seeing her face pale from shock, he gently caressed it. His tone was low and soft, like a lover's whisper, but his words were incredibly cruel.

"Did you really think I'd let anyone who could keep you company slip away? Face it, Aveline. Selena's trapped, and so are you. There's no escape for either of you."

Aveline was furious. She raised her hand to slap him, but Lucas caught her wrist effortlessly. He looked into her angry eyes.

"Aveline, things between us won't end so easily. Have you heard the phrase 'till death do us part"?"

with rage, her whole

was him! Why would he do this? How could

leaving! She could have escaped a fate similar

so close, just a little bit

Selena as her chance to escape, her hope for freedom. But Lucas had personally

could he

her emotions. Tears welled up in her

seeming to sear Lucas' heart, burning a hole through it,

her face, his gaze intense, his tone still soft. “Because I don't want to let you go. I want you by my side always, Aveline. I've never been a good person. Your expectations of me were too high,

him away and ran

like the universe had played a cruel

Lucas, their relationship would end,

of letting her go. Even without love, even if being together meant mutual

as tears streamed down her face. She felt powerless

and