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.

was pale, and beads of sweat

voice broke through

panic, Wanda abandoned the bodyguards and ran

what

not worth it. If Lucas' people show

that, the first guard immediately agreed. "Let's

were just hired hands-nothing more than regular

outside, Aveline's tense body finally relaxed. She collapsed to the bathroom floor, gasping for

drained her entirely; she had no energy left. About ten minutes later,

she

and Aveline's brow furrowed. These weren't Lucas' men. She had seen his usual bodyguards before, but these voices didn't belong to any

en

open!" someone called out from outside, causing

a slightly

her brain, recognizing the voice, but couldn't

Who could it be?

men outside informed the

voice spoke again, "Aveline,

raced as she