Josie felt guilty about the incident and arranged for us to get married.
However, not long after the wedding, Shevonne could not stay overseas any longer. When she got back, she stuck to Lucas like a burr.
As if hypnotized, Lucas started asking me for a divorce, but Josie was dead set against it. The whole Devine family was in chaos because of it, and there were arguments all the time.
When it came down to it, Josie was protecting me.
At this point, I could not bear to see the only person who had ever treated me well die.
“Josie, I’m begging you. I listened to you when you asked me not to divorce Lucas, so now it’s your turn to listen to me. Just this once. Please go.”
Josie’s eyes were red-rimmed, and tears dripped on the back of my hand.
A member of the rescue team glanced at his watch and rushed us again. I gritted my teeth and forcefully pushed Josie onto the plane.
“You must wait here, Elise. I’ll contact Lucas and get him to save you!”
The door to the plane closed with those words.
The plane carrying those who could go home started to taxi down the runway.
At the plane window, Josie was sobbing and hitting the glass with all her might. However, there was too much noise around, so I could not tell what she was saying.
All I knew was how intense the earthquake was going to be. It would cause great damage. There was no way I was going to escape.
The people who had not been able to board the plane gathered around me. Their gazes burned as they stared at me.
“Ms. Avignon, you’re Lucas Devine’s wife. There’s no way he’ll leave you to die in this earthquake.”
“We’re begging you! Please call him and ask him to save us. If you can’t, give us his number. We can ask him ourselves. Mr. Devine is a philanthropist and a kind businessman. No matter how much he dotes on his mistress, there’s no way he’ll stand by and watch you and us die!”
The earthquake warning on everyone’s phones let out a sharp noise.
The kids in the group started to cry, and a pregnant woman gripped my shoulder while begging me to save them.
I clenched my teeth and unlocked my phone. Before I could click on Lucas’s private number, a news headline popped out.
[To Win Lover’s Favor, Devine Group’s President Pilots a Helicopter to Scatter Cash in the Air.]
In the accompanying photo, Lucas was piloting a helicopter as Shevonne was halfway out the door scattering bills in the air. At the tail of the helicopter hung a banner that read, “Lucas Devine Wishes Shevonne Cobb a Happy Birthday.”
