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

Chapter 897

At the Cooper family residence, Wilfried stared at the live stream, watching the proposal unfold. He lifted his gaze to a framed photo of a smiling, graceful woman.

"Suzy, did you see that? Our daughter... she's getting married. We just found her, and now she's already getting married... I'm so sorry, I've let you down..." He choked up, his voice breaking into sobs. Not far away, the butler sighed heavily, rubbing his temples in exasperation. "He's acting like Miss Aveline is never coming back."

...

As the day wound down, everyone started heading home.

Selena clung to Aveline, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. "Ave, how could you agree so easily? Doesn't that make it too easy for him?"

Aveline looked at her, puzzled. "So, what should I have done?"

Selena huffed. "If you ask me, you should've set up 81 impossible challenges for him. Only if he passed them all should you have said yes! And if he failed even once, forget about him!"

Aveline couldn't help but laugh, shaking her head. "By the time he finished, our kid would probably be starting elementary school."

"Hmph!" Selena grunted, still holding onto her grudge. "I don't care! After everything he put you through, he deserves it!"

She was still bitter about everything Aveline had gone through in the past, unable to let it go.

Aveline didn't argue, knowing Selena's feelings came from a place of care.

She appreciated it.

topic for long and soon

were based in Cloudflare City, but Aveline had only just reunited with her family less than a year ago. Going back to Cloudflare with Lucas now-would her family be okay with that? Aveline herself wasn't ready for such a move. "We'll stay in Labor City for

if he won't, you can always come visit me. After the baby's born, I'll visit you too-we can have fun visiting each other." There wasn't much else they could do for

expected was that, in the months that followed, Selena would spend half of every

time, she'd arrive excitedly, only for Aaron to come by later with an exasperated look to pick

repeated itself, and the two of them seemed

until

then on, she was firmly settled at the Fletcher

taking no chances with her pregnancy, guarding her closely and ensuring nothing

Her freedom vanished overnight.

was to complain between tears,

arms around her from behind and soothing her,

turned her into

so cherished brought Aveline a

evening at

the balcony,

outside. Her

had