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.

and beads of sweat formed on her

voice

abandoned the bodyguards and ran through

what the boss will do

too. It's not worth it. If Lucas' people show

that, the first guard

just hired hands-nothing more than regular bodyguards. They had no deep

Aveline's tense body finally relaxed. She collapsed

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

she have

men. She had seen his usual bodyguards before, but these voices

en

won't open!" someone called out from

it up," a

brain, recognizing the voice, but couldn't

Who could it be?

one of the men outside informed

again, "Aveline, are you

heart raced as she listened