After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back (Aveline and Lucas)

As she passed an abandoned factory, she stumbled upon a horrifying scene-two teenage boys bound together, and a man splashing gasoline around them, threatening to burn them alive. The sight terrified her, but she knew the boys were moments from death. In a panic, she fled the scene and ran until she found a supermarket where she called the police. By the time the police arrived, she had fainted.

When she woke up, she found herself back at the orphanage, her fever having erased the memories of that fateful day. Now, those memories flashed through her mind like a film on fast-forward. With a jolt of shock, she realized Darren was the very man who had intended to kill the teenagers!

"It was you who did wrong, you deserve to be in jail. Why are you blaming me?" Aveline remembered and lunged at Darren.

Caught off guard, she knocked Darren down!

Aveline scrambled to her feet and ran with all her might.

She had to escape!

The realization hit her like a thunderbolt. At last, she understood the source of Darren's intense malice. Her actions that day-calling the police had led to his imprisonment. Even after a decade, his hatred burned as fiercely as ever. "Bitch, I'm going to kill you today!" Darren quickly got up and chased after Aveline.

Battered and bruised, Aveline felt pain radiating through her entire body. After sprinting a short distance, a sharp stitch beneath her ribs nearly brought her to her knees. She stumbled, fighting to stay upright.

But Darren caught up, grabbing her hair and dragging her back into the factory.

"Let go, let go of me!" Aveline struggled, scratching at him and resisting with all her might.

But it was no use.

She was dragged back into the abandoned factory, and this time, Darren didn't hit her but took out a rope and tied her up.

Aveline's eyes were red with

desperation as she struggled, "Do you really want to go back to jail?

You're out now, haven't you thought about starting over?"

"You think I don't want to start anew? It's impossible. I have no chance to start over!" Darren roared, slapping Aveline across the face.

Blood trickled from the corner of Aveline's mouth, her head spinning from the blow.

What did he mean by no chance? Why was it impossible?

Darren tied her up and then stood before her, his gaze chillingly sinister. "Perfect, today I can finish what I didn't years ago."

He walked to a corner and rummaged through, pulling out two large barrels. Upon opening them, he began to splash their contents around.

The pungent smell assaulted her, and Aveline's eyes widened in terror. It was gasoline!

He intended to burn her alive!

After emptying both barrels of gasoline, Darren took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Lucas," he snarled, his voice dripping with malice, "your beloved is in my hands. If you don't want her burned alive, have sixty million ready. Meet me at the old place you should remember it well. After all, it's where your brother died, engulfed in flames!" His maniacal laughter echoed through the line.

Aveline closed her eyes, his words sinking in.

So, the two teenagers he had kidnapped years ago were Lucas and his brother, Leo?

What a cruel twist of fate...

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Darren dragged a chair across the floor, the scraping sound grating in the silence. He sat not far from her his menacing gaze fixed on her face. As he stared at her, he absently flicked a lighter open and closed in his hand, the small flame dancing with each motion.