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.

had given up on his son. What

comfortable life in his old age with that

no one seemed to

at Lucas and began eating her breakfast, her expression growing

her, noticing the

and he won't

her face as she

continued, "Even though the evidence is damning, I agree with the perspective you brought up. We just

grip on her utensils.

want you to misunderstand me, to fear me, or

averted

always straightforward he didn't

But...

couldn't overcome the barrier in her

another word, Aveline finished her breakfast and stood up, heading toward Zane's old barbecue stand. Lucas paid for their

wasn't far-just around the

the turn,

to her and asked,

looked ahead with a complicated expression. "The

stand had once been, a steakhouse

dropped, emotions