After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back by Riverflow

Chapter 854

The screech of tires cut through the night.

"Bang!"

Russell slammed his fist onto the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on the brightly lit villa in the distance where Aveline was being held. He was so close, just a step away.

But if he abandoned the contract now, all the effort he had put into securing his position in the Skyler family would be for nothing.

His hands gripped the steering wheel tightly, veins bulging across his knuckles, his jaw clenched as he stared intensely at the villa one last time.

Then, with a deep breath, he restarted the engine, spinning the wheel, and sped toward the airport.

...

"Hurry up and open the door! They're really coming!" Wanda's panicked voice echoed from outside the bathroom.

The two bodyguards were pushing against the door with all their might, but Aveline had barricaded it with a cabinet and was doing everything she could to hold it in place. However, she was struggling.

Fighting off two grown men was taking its toll.

face was pale, and beads of

voice broke through

abandoned the bodyguards and ran through

like that? Isn't she afraid of what the boss will do to her?"

"We should leave too. It's not worth it. If Lucas' people show up, we'll

guard immediately agreed. "Let's

regular bodyguards. They had

collapsed to the bathroom floor,

left. About ten minutes later, voices reached her from outside the bathroom. "No one here. This room's clear

could she

weren't Lucas' men. She had seen

en

out from outside, causing Aveline's

up," a slightly familiar

her brain, recognizing the voice,

Who could it be?

the men outside informed the familiar-sounding figure after trying

voice spoke again, "Aveline, are

heart raced as