Chapter 16

The cold breeze from the river blew directly at her, penetrating to her bones like a knife’s edge, but Aveline managed to get up and continue her pursuit.

However, she had underestimated the current state of her body. She hadn’t run more than a few meters before she fell to the ground hard. The car door opened again, and a pair of shiny handmade leather shoes came to a halt in front of her.

She followed the crisp pant leg of the man as it slowly moved up, and her gaze met Alexander’s icy eyes.

“Alexander…” Aveline weakly began.

A pair of knuckle–defined hands came down above her, and for a moment, Aveline seemed to see the white–clad youth who had once fascinated her in her youth. She instinctively reached her hand toward

him.

The moment their hands touched, Alexander withdrew his hand abruptly, giving her a glimpse of hope and then mercilessly taking it away, causing her body to fall hard again.

She hadn’t been injured before, but this time, her palms landed right on broken glass shards, and the glaring bloodstains dripped down from her palm.

His black pupils hesitated, but he didn’t make a move.

Aveline felt a bit dazed for a moment. She thought of how, in the past, he had taken her to the hospital in the middle of the night just for a small cut on her finger.

The duty doctor had even jokingly said, “This gentleman arrived early; if he had come any later, the

wound would have healed.”

The man in her memory and the one before her now seemed to overlap. His eyes, though ruthless as ever, were no different from the past, except now, they were filled with frost.

Alexander’s voice was cold and indifferent. “Aveline, others might not understand me, but now I don’t know you either. Someone who can somersault a thousand times at the gym can’t walk a few steps?”

His gaze at her was filled with contempt, cutting through her like a knife.

Aveline bit her pale lips and tried to explain, “No, I didn’t lie to you. I’m just ill, and 1-”

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lips. “Indeed, it

cut deeper than the chilling

slapped his hand away. “My father is an upright and honorable man, and I’m sure he’d never do anything that goes

argue with her on this topic, and he took out a check from his wallet. He casually wrote a number on it, and with two fingers, he placed

want

she didn’t have to worry about her father’s medical expenses for a long time.

wasn’t being that generous, and Aveline didn’t take

“Under one condition.”

in her ear, “You just have to say that Anthony is a wretched scoundrel who’s not worth more than a pig or dog, and this money is

changed dramatically after hearing this. She raised her hand to slap him but was swiftly caught by his wrist. In the struggle, her injured hand hit his shirt, leaving

it? Then let him die in

why have you become like this?” Aveline questioned through her

man who had once promised to protect her for a lifetime and keep her from crying seemed like a

the streetlamp that fell on his face lacked warmth; it was all just filled with disdain. “You refuse to say

of Aveline and tore up

but he pushed her away. He looked down with indifference, as if he were a god above the nine heavens. “I gave

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her hopes, finally turning into a

her.

pick up the shattered pieces, and her tears fell onto

by one.

a panic, and feeling

into his car, he heard a dull thud. He

woman on the ground.

“Mr. Sterling, it seems that Madam has

“You seem to care about her

by Alexander’s side for a long time and remembered when Mr. Sterling used to care deeply

matter, and Lucas didn’t dare to ask more. He drove the car away as Alexander disappeared into the distance.

further away, Alexander looked at the woman who never got up through the rearview mirror, a disdainful expression deepening

other for many days, she seemed to have become

made her practice various physical activities from a young age

as strong as a bull, with a black belt in taekwondo

was

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