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.

his son. What could she, an outsider,

have a comfortable life in his old age with that

for Bobby's fate... no

at Lucas and began eating her breakfast,

her, noticing the shift in

dead, and he won't die," he

surprise flickering across her

though the evidence is damning, I agree with the perspective

on her utensils. "Why are

sincerity. "Because I don't want you to misunderstand me,

averted her eyes,

always straightforward he didn't

But...

still couldn't overcome the

up, heading toward Zane's old barbecue stand. Lucas

wasn't far-just around

stopped at the turn,

up to her and asked, "Why aren't you going

looked ahead with a complicated expression. "The

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

eyes dropped, emotions swirling