Divorced

Stepping out of the private room, the cold wind hit Aveline, jolting her back. to reality. She abruptly pulled her hand away from Lucas, her eyes filled with confusion and disbelief as she looked at him.

“Lucas, what did you mean by what you just said?”

Lucas glanced at his now empty hand, his expression already turning cold. His dark eyes brewed a storm of danger as he looked at the shock and bewilderment on her face. He let out a cold laugh.

“Hah, are you really that surprised? I told you, I’m not letting you go.”

He reached out, his hand gently brushing her face, relishing the turmoil in her eyes.

“Aveline, the divorce certificate is fake.”

Aveline’s slender figure swayed violently, and she grabbed his hand, her

voice trembling. “Lucas, you’re lying, right? You’re just playing with me, aren’t you?”

She couldn’t believe it!

How could the divorce certificate be fake?

How was that even possible?

They had gone to the lawyer’s office together, and she had checked the

certificate countless times.

How could it be fake?

Lucas looked at her coldly. “Hard to believe, isn’t it?”

Aveline’s face suddenly drained of color.

He wasn’t lying, he wasn’t joking, and he wasn’t toying with her.

He was telling the truth.

They were never divorced.

“How could you do this?” Aveline looked at him in disbelief, a wave of intense anger surging within her, causing her whole body to tremble uncontrollably.

They weren’t divorced!

They had never been!

Why? Why

Why? Why would he do this to her?

She had been so close to finding hope, and now, with a single, casual sentence, he had shattered it all.

Tears welled up in Aveline’s eyes and began to fall. “Lucas, what… what did I ever do to deserve this from you? You keep playing with me, knowing full well how much this means to me, and yet, you lied to me! You lied to me!”

Her emotions spiraled out of control as she began to hit Lucas, trying to release the overwhelming fury inside her.

But her anger was so small, so insignificant.

In front of Lucas, it didn’t stir even the slightest ripple.

He grabbed her wrist, his gaze cold and unfeeling. “Does it hurt? Are you in pain? Aveline, every emotion you’re feeling right now is exactly what I’ve been going through!”

He had waited for her, but what happened?

She went to celebrate Russell’s birthday instead!

He had warned her countless times to stay away from Russell, but she never listened!

If it hadn’t been for the people he secretly assigned to protect her, those two useless men around Russell wouldn’t have been able to keep her safe!

And yet, she was blind to all of it!

“You? You think you can feel those emotions?” Aveline laughed coldly as if she had just heard the most ridiculous joke. “Lucas, you’re insane–a monster!”

She wrenched her hand free from his grasp and ran straight out!

Insane?

A monster?

Lucas gritted his teeth, his eyes cold as he watched her go..

She had done so much, and he hadn’t even confronted her about it, yet she dared to turn the blame on him?

Clearly, he had been far too lenient with her!

Aveline ran out of the Club Nine, into the busy streets outside. But she felt like a lost soul, drifting without purpose.

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She had thought that after designing this house, she could leave Cloudflare City and start the life she wanted.

But they weren’t divorced!

How could they not be divorced?

Tears streamed down Aveline’s face in large, uncontrollable drops. It was as if she was completely detached from everything around her.

Suddenly, the harsh sound of a car horn pierced the air. Before she knew it, her body was struck, sent tumbling across the ground, and she lost consciousness almost immediately.