After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back (Aveline and Lucas) novel Chapter 752

Aveline glanced in the direction of the warehouse. Hilda was still banging on the door. She didn’t seem worried about getting caught anymore, thinking she had Aveline cornered and was now acting with reckless confidence.

Aveline hesitated for a moment, then walked over and opened the warehouse door.

Hilda’s face was full of irritation. “Why haven’t you sent me away yet? Aveline, do you not want to know who your real parents are anymore?”

Aveline’s expression remained cold as she looked at her. “If you don't want to tell me, I can find out myself. I don’t need you anymore. I might as well call them to take you away now.”

At this, Hilda’s eyes widened. “You… you can’t do this, Aveline! I’ve raised you all these years. You can’t be so ungrateful!”

Aveline let out a mocking laugh. “You did take me in, but any debt I owed you was canceled out when you kept trying to sell me off. And now you want to lecture me about gratitude? Where do you get the nerve?”

“You—”

Hilda was struck speechless, panic setting in.

What should she do now? Was she really going to be taken back?

If she went back, she’d be as good as dead!

Hilda’s face went pale with fear, her eyes shifting frantically. “Fine! If you don’t want to know, I won’t say a word! I’ll leave right now, like I was never even here!”

With that, she shoved Aveline aside and made to leave, but a tall figure blocked her path.

Seeing this, Hilda took a step back, wariness in her voice. “You… what do you want?”

Lucas’ sharp, handsome face was clouded with an icy expression, his eyes cold as they bore into her. “So, this is how you’ve been treating her?”

He didn’t need to do anything more than stand there; the sheer force of his presence made Hilda's knees go weak. As his words sank in, her face grew even paler.

“I… I had no choice,” she stammered. “I was managing the whole orphanage back then. If I didn’t listen to Mr. Portal, he wouldn’t let me keep running it. I had no other choice.”