Chapter 14

"What's this? Do we have to call you several times before you'll come to eat?" Lucas' deep, magnetic voice sounded from behind her.

Aveline opened her eyes and looked at him. "Lucas, have I ever done anything to wrong you?"

Lucas frowned. "What are you talking about?"

Aveline gave a bitter smile. "Why can't you even give me a single smile anymore?"

Lucas's thin lips pressed into a hard line.

Aveline walked towards him. "Do you really hate me so much just because I won't divorce you?”

Her eyes shimmered as she gazed into his dark eyes, trying to find a trace of herself in them.

She found it, but his eyes no longer held affection, only coldness.

He felt responsible for Sophia.

Her year of devotion, all those beautiful moments, now felt like a joke.

Lucas watched the light in her eyes extinguish. Then he heard her say, "Fine, I agree to the divorce."

There was no point in keeping this version of Lucas around. She only loved the gentle, caring Lu, who saw her as his whole world.

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