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.

son. What could she, an outsider, possibly

in his old age

for Bobby's fate... no one seemed

stopped looking at Lucas and began eating her breakfast,

her, noticing the

dead, and he won't

paused, surprise flickering across her face as

with the perspective you

her utensils. "Why are you telling me

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

flustered, Aveline averted her eyes, avoiding his steady

straightforward he didn't want

But...

couldn't overcome the barrier in

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

wasn't far-just

at the turn, hesitating to go any

up to her and asked, "Why aren't

a complicated expression. "The barbecue stand

that where Zane's stand had once been,

dropped, emotions swirling

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