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.

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

at her. "And

aisle. Whether I give her hand to you is entirely up to me!" "Oh," Lucas replied nonchalantly, "still

dropped her pretense, pointing at him. "You sneaky

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

Just

to Lucas. "What else did you

if he wanted to say something but

"Let's talk while

her as they left

had now settled into a calm silence. Thanks to the explanations given earlier, no damaging rumors had spread

the car, Aveline glanced

a

Kim relent. "You keep

that... makes me

scoffed. "Didn't you get enough of that last night?

eyebrow. "I asked for your opinion last night, and

remember," Aveline

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