They both lived in the same building, so it was inevitable they would run into each other.

Inside the elevator, Aveline pressed the floor button and moved to stand in the corner. Lucas, tall and imposing, filled the space with a sense of pressure. His striking, sharp features showed little emotion as he watched her through the mirrored walls. "Want to come over to my place for dinner?" he asked.

"No," Aveline replied.

She wasn't particularly hungry and hadn't planned on having dinner.

"Are you sure?" Lucas persisted. "Why not try my cooking and give me some pointers? That way, if we part ways in the future, I won't starve myself."

Aveline was speechless for a moment. She glanced up at him and said, "Even if you can't cook, you wouldn't starve."

With his skyrocketing net worth and status as the youngest Chairman in Cloudflare City, there was hardly anything he couldn't get. If he wanted something to eat, all he'd need to do was put out the word, and people would likely line up to bring it to him. Lucas turned to face her fully, his eyes fixed on her. "But I wouldn't eat well, stay warm, or feel at ease."

Aveline's breath caught in her throat for a moment, and she looked away. Just then, the elevator doors opened. She glanced at the floor indicator and said, "This is your stop."

His apartment was on the floor below hers.

Lucas stepped closer, narrowing the distance between them. "Aveline, are you sure you won't reconsider?"

"No," she replied, her tone as cold as ice.

a sigh

off

heart begin to waver, sparking a faint sense of crisis within her. She didn't want to go through the same experiences again; she just wanted to live her life

planned to tell Maria about

scanner, and the door opened, but there

She glanced at the screen-it

"Hello?"

Ave, I've moved out," Selena announced cheerfully. Aveline frowned, puzzled. "Why did you suddenly move

keep freeloading, you know. I found

you didn't

someone. Living with you would make you a third wheel, wouldn't it?"

out and have dinner with me; it's

the sofa. "I'm

on, let's

thinking for a moment, Aveline asked,

a restaurant etty good

with

out

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