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

Aveline had decided to completely ignore him.

However... she glanced up at him just as he finished another phone call.

"Hmm?" Lucas noticed her gaze and looked back at her with an easy, relaxed expression.

The coldness in his eyes had vanished, replaced by a gentle warmth that seemed to draw her in like he wanted to melt her with his gaze.

Fortunately, the walls around her heart remained firmly in place.

"I'm going to see Zane," she said.

Lucas nodded. "Go ahead."

Aveline continued, "You've been tormenting his son. Won't you feel any guilt when you see him?"

Lucas gave a faint smile. "Are you asking me to release Bobby?"

Aveline replied, "I still believe he's innocent."

Lucas' deep, intense eyes studied her carefully. "Aveline, Zane has already taken the money. Whether Bobby is innocent or not doesn't matter much anymore." Aveline felt the urge to argue but found herself at a loss for words.

He was right.

up on his son. What could she, an

comfortable life in his old

for Bobby's fate... no one seemed to

stopped looking at Lucas and began eating her breakfast, her expression

her, noticing the shift in her

and he won't die," he added

flickering across her face as she

"Even though the evidence is damning, I agree with the perspective you brought up. We just haven't

tightened her grip on her utensils. "Why are you telling me this

into hers, filled with sincerity. "Because I don't want you to misunderstand me, to fear me,

flustered, Aveline averted

straightforward he didn't

But...

couldn't overcome the barrier in her

her breakfast and stood up, heading toward Zane's

wasn't far-just around

the turn, hesitating to

and asked, "Why aren't you going

looked ahead with a complicated expression. "The barbecue stand

gaze and saw that where Zane's stand had once been,

dropped, emotions