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

Lucas looked at Aveline. "Can you run?"

"I can." Aveline nodded.

Lucas tightened his grip on her hand and glanced up at the precarious beams above. His eyes filled with cold determination as he commanded, "Run!" They sprinted towards the exit together!

The flames licked at their clothes, but they ignored it, focusing solely on the escape route ahead.

"Crack..."

Suddenly, the sound of wood splintering echoed above them.

Aveline's heart clenched, but before she could react, Lucas shoved her forward forcefully.

"Crash!"

The sound of something heavy collapsing followed, momentarily smothering the flames.

Aveline's face turned pale as she spun around, only to see Lucas trapped beneath a fallen beam!

The fire had already started to consume him.

rushing

The emotional walls she had built crumbled, and

shouted at

a broken rib from the impact. The searing pain from the flames

as the weight lifted from his body, Lucas felt a fleeting

his final moments of consciousness, he felt someone gently cradle his face. The touch was warm, and he

...

with charges of kidnapping, extortion, and attempted murder, compounded by his criminal record, he would spend the

looking utterly disheveled. She was staring at the floor,

touching her shoulder. "How are you?

head slightly. Her face was still smeared with dust her hair a tangled mess, and a handprint marred her cheek. Her eyes were bloodshot, and her voice was hoarse as

surge of conflicting emotions. Who could have imagined that on the day before the court hearing, something like this would happen?

expression, it seemed she was deeply

go through

"Ave, why don't you go home and clean

shook her head. "I'm not

Lucas was out of

When Aaron arrived,

he saw the two