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

Though she couldn't shake the thought that she might have said something like that, Aveline refused to believe it without hearing the recording.

Wait a minute...

If Lucas wanted to stop her, he could easily do it. So why would he worry about her deleting the recording? If he wouldn't let her listen, maybe he was bluffing. Convinced she was onto something, Aveline rolled her eyes in exasperation and left the complex.

She returned to the villa site, but this time she brought some help with her.

Sidney looked around at the vast area and said, "You should've called me yesterday."

Aveline replied, "I didn't realize it was this big. Let's get started."

"Got it."

With two people working, the task went much faster. By noon, they had finished all the measurements.

After double-checking the data to make sure everything was correct, Aveline said, "Let's go. Lunch is on me."

Sidney walked beside her. "Are you cooking?"

Aveline paused, caught off guard.

scratched his head, a bit embarrassed. "Your cooking was really good last time, but we can skip it today. You must be exhausted." Aveline smiled. "Yeah, I am. Maybe in

"Sure."

found a small pasta shop for lunch. It was the middle of the day, and the place was bustling

and asked, "Aveline, has he been bothering

head. "How about you? How's your

well at the hospital, no worries there. But

through this busy period, I'll go

grinned. "She'd be thrilled to

he saw it was a call from the nurse. His expression immediately tensed-nurses usually didn't call unless

answered quickly, "Hello, Ms. Dolly. What's the

up out of nowhere and is trying to kick your mother out of the hospital. She

"Alright, I'm on my way. Don't

with a napkin and asked, "What's

Aveline's face immediately mirrored his

Lucas would

down, Aveline said, "I'm coming

protest, "It's okay, I can

Aveline insisted, "I can call Russell if things get out of hand. He might be able

option,

soon as they stepped out