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

"Ave-Aveline?" Lucas called out, but there was no response from the other end. Only the sound of steady breathing reached his ears.

He chuckled softly, then put the phone on speaker, letting it stay connected. As he listened to her gentle breathing, the chaos in his mind gradually eased. If she were beside him right now, he thought, he might feel even more at peace.

The next morning, Aveline opened her eyes and instinctively reached for her phone to check her messages. To her surprise, the phone had shut off on its own.

Huh? What happened? Why did it turn off?

Confused, Aveline plugged it in to charge and waited for it to power back on. When it did, a flood of messages appeared, and she realized she had been on the phone with Lucas for four hours the previous night from 3 a.m. until 7 a.m.!

Aveline stared at her phone in bewilderment.

A phone call? How was it possible she had no memory of it?

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Selena poked her head in and, seeing that Aveline was awake, said, "Hey, I bought breakfast. Come and eat."

"Oh, okay," Aveline replied, still in a daze as she ran a hand through her hair and got up to wash.

When she came out, she asked, "Did I act weird last night? Like, did I do anything strange?"

Selena shook her head. "Nope, you were really well-behaved. You went to bed and fell asleep almost immediately."

for so long? The worst part was, she couldn't

puzzled expression, Selena asked,

head, trying to brush off

of fresh milk and pancakes, Aveline headed out for work. As she stepped into the elevator, she encountered Lucas. He was dressed in a sleek

glanced at him with suspicion but didn't voice her

at her. "Aveline, do you remember what you said

froze for a moment. So, she really had said

she

mischievous smile. "It's alright. I remember. I can help you

need," Aveline quickly refused. If she'd forgotten,

gave her a long, intense look. "You said you love me, that you miss

impossible," Aveline denied his claim

way she would have

forgot everything. So how do you

"Because I don't like you. I don't

as if she were stating a simple

darkened, though only

he looked

è a recording."

cracked. "What did you