Lucas stood in the doorway, his expression dark and stern. His deep, narrow eyes were as cold as ice, completely lacking warmth.

Aveline felt the air around her grow colder, a chill: ing from her feet. It was as if the atmosphere itself was pressing down on her.

Her expression turned equally cold. "Why did you call me here? What do you want?"

Could it be what Sophia had mentioned? Was he blaming her for some absurd incident?

Lucas' deep voice demanded, "Why did you kidnap Sophia?"

Aveline immediately let out a cold laugh. So, it was about that!

He had actually summoned her to question her over something so baseless!

"Lucas, are you crazy? I'm an orphan with no connections or power in Cloudflare City, and I don't have any money. How could I possibly kidnap her? With a strand of hair?" she retorted, her tone dripping with sa

As she finished speaking, she found it laughable and couldn't help but laugh out loud. But as she laughed, a layer of sorrow clouded her eyes.

He didn't trust her... He had long stopped trusting her.

When he was poisoned and spitting blood, the look he gave her was like a knife, stabbing into her heart, causing her

unbearable pain!

And now, he was twisting the knife again!

Did he think she wasn't suffering enough?

What had she done to deserve this?

Her sorrowful gaze made Lucas catch his breath for a moment, but his expression stayed stern. "I have evidence."

He took out his phone and played a recording.

"He can't let go of Sophia, undoubtedly because she once saved him. If she weren't around, his attention would be on you."

"You mean you want to help me?"

"If you want."

"I'll think about it.": owner of this content.

The recording was brief, but it clearly featured Aveline's voice and another voice that sounded like Yvonne's.

Sophia's figure wavered. "Last night, on my way home, I was kidnapped. If it weren't for Brian, I wouldn't be here now. Miss Young, how can you be so malicious?"

Aveline was stunned. This recording was from her

conversation with Yvonne yesterday! How did it end up on Lucas' phone? And it was obviously edited to make it sound incriminating!

Lucas looked at her coldly. "Do you still want to deny it?"

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Aveline opened her mouth but couldn't say a word. The voice was undeniably hers. It wasn't fabricated. The conversation had been edited and rearranged. And last night, Sophia had indeed been kidnapped aft So many coincidences made it impossible for her to explain.

Aveline took a deep breath, gazing into Lucas's dark, deep eyes. "I didn't do it.”

Her explanation seemed so weak.

Sophia laughed, but as she laughed, tears began to fall. She stood up, walked over, and suddenly shoved Aveline.

"Aveline, the evidence is right here, and you still say you didn't do it!"

She turned to Lucas. "Lucas, she's so malicious. Why won't you divorce her?"

Aveline stumbled and almost fell, dazed and disoriented.

Seeing this, Lucas frowned deeply. But looking at Sophia's pale face, his lips pressed into a tight line.

Last night, Brian had called him suddenly, saying he had saved Sophia from being kidnapped.

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