Linda's eyes widened. "You..."

This man-was he the devil himself? How had he even found this out?

What made it even more terrifying was that he had just stood there, watching her lie, likely filled with disdain and mockery. It was like a slap across her face, draining her of all strength.

"I thought you might have something useful to say," Lucas remarked, tucking his phone back into his pocket. "Looks like I was expecting too much."

He turned to Aveline. "Ready to go?"

Aveline, still processing everything, nodded. "Yes."

She looked over at Russell. "Russ, thank you for all your help. I'll get to the bottom of this. In the meantime, you should let everyone go."

Russell's gaze was conflicted as he glanced from Aveline to Lucas. "Just how much have you found out?"

Lucas shot him a brief look. "Enough to know who's behind it."

Russell was speechless.

The comment was cutting, filled with irony.

widened with curiosity. She quickly leaned forward, asking, "Who is

glanced at her. "And why would

her down the aisle. Whether I give her hand to you is entirely up to me!" "Oh," Lucas

dropped her pretense, pointing at him. "You

sighed. "I'll know soon enough, so what's

"You're right. Just make sure I'm

Lucas.

if he wanted to say

"Let's talk while

followed behind her as

hall had now settled into a calm silence. Thanks to the explanations given earlier,

car, Aveline glanced at

up a bit of

Kim relent. "You

that... makes me think you want to

you get enough of that last night? Don't

"I asked for your opinion last night, and you

don't remember," Aveline

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