Coco smiled faintly and said, “I don’t blame you at all. You’ve never deceived me from the beginning. From the start of their relationship, she knew that Lucas had another woman in his heart. He had clearly told her that he did not love her when they officially dated. Coco couldn’t expect Lucas to run to her first when both she and Serenity were in trouble.Lucas remained silent as he felt more uneasy. Coco quietly looked at him, gently tracing his eyebrows, nose, and finally, his lips with her fingers. Others said that men with thin lips were playboys, but Lucas wasn’t one of them. It was unfortunate for Coco that Lucas only loved Serenity. Coco scoffed at herself and said, “I told you that until you fell in love with me, I wouldn't do anything overly intimate with you like kissing. Unfortunately, I’m going to take that back now.” Lucas was slightly taken aback by her words. Coco tip-toed, wrapped her arms around his neck, and pulled Lucas down for a kiss. "Lucas, I'm sorry."
“What I mean is that I won’t love you anymore in the future,” Coco said. “I don’t regret loving you, Lucas, but I’m going to move on from you. Maybe we can grab coffee together when we run into each other on the street one day.” Perhaps such a future wouldn't be so bad.However, Lucas’s expression became darker. “Are you sure that you can move on from us?” "I... I think so," Coco said while staring straight into his eyes to hide her uncertainty. It wasn’t easy for one to forget a man like him. "What if I want you to continue loving me?" Lucas asked. "I'll treat you better, even better than before."Coco knew that it wasn’t love that Lucas felt for her. She lowered her eyes and said, “Lucas, you’re already very nice to me. But, because of my feelings for you, I’m starting to become greedy. I want to be the most important person in your heart. I hope that when I'm in danger, you will stand by me without hesitation. I want you to love me the most."Coco paused and continued bitterly,
Coco had sketched Lucas when he wasn’t paying attention and when he posed as her model. She would also simply draw him from her imagination. She had planned to fill the sketchbook and give it to him as a gift. Now, it was the only thing left for her to seek solace. Coco flipped through the pages. There were images of Lucas lowering his head, reading a book by the window, glancing back at Coco while smiling…She had drawn each picture of him with her love.Drip, drip!Coco realized she was crying when she saw tears begin to form on the pages. She hastily wiped the tears on the paper with her sleeve and frantically told herself not to cry anymore. Yet, the tears continued to well up in her eyes uncontrollably, and she could only clumsily wipe them away.“What? You broke up with Lucas?!” Minnie was shocked by the news when she visited Coco the next day and noticed her friend’s puffy and swollen eyes. “Yes,” Coco croaked.“Why? Weren't things going well between you guys?” Minnie ask
Caleb was used to Lucas getting drunk because of Serenity. He wondered if Serenity had triggered Lucas again this time. He quickly intervened when Lucas grabbed another glass of liquor. “That's enough! Stop drinking, Lucas!” Lucas looked at Caleb with bleary eyes. "You... why are you here?""Your secretary asked me to check on you," Caleb replied. "She said you'd locked yourself in the villa all day. Don't tell me you've spent the whole day drinking!""Yes... I did," Lucas slurred."What did Serenity say or do this time?" Caleb asked in annoyance."It wasn’t... Serenity," Lucas mumbled.Caleb was astonished. He wondered who had triggered Lucas if it wasn't Serenity. Then, he suddenly thought of Coco. "Was it because of Coco?"At the mention of Coco's name, Lucas's expression changed abruptly, and he groaned."What's wrong?" Caleb was startled as he realized it really was about Coco."Why did she break up with me? She said she loved me!" Lucas grabbed a nearby bottle and drank direc
Coco quickly stopped him. “Stop drinking! You've already had enough liquor today."Lucas stared at the woman before him blankly before realizing that it was Coco.“Coco...” he called out and smiled bitterly. “That’s great...”Coco wondered what he was talking about. "I didn't think I'd still see you after getting drunk. Does that mean if I drink a little more, you'll tell me that you’ll get back together with me?" Lucas smiled.Upon hearing that, Coco could tell that he was completely drunk. Lucas would never say such things if he was sober. A proud man like him would never utter such words."Lucas, you shouldn’t say anything like that to me even if you're drunk. I might misunderstand that you have feelings for me," Coco murmured.She knew not to take the words of a drunk person seriously because it would hurt more in the future."I do like you..." Lucas looked at Coco in a daze. "Coco, I finally allowed myself to fall for you, but why do you want to break up with me now? Do you love
The short distance from the living room to the bedroom left Coco breathless. She barely managed to help Lucas to the bed. She hesitated to leave when she looked at him fully dressed up in a suit. In the end, she decided to remove only his outer jacket, leaving his shirt and pants untouched.Little did she know that Lucas wasn’t asleep yet.Coco bent down and started to unbutton his jacket. As she moved to the last button, Lucas opened his eyes and grabbed her hand. “Ouch!” Coco exclaimed in surprise as his grip was so strong that it hurt her. “Did I hurt you?” He murmured and loosened his grip. Then, he kissed the back of her hand softly.“Coco, don’t leave me, okay?” His raspy voice broke the silence.In that instant, Coco felt a burst of emotions in her heart.She never wanted to leave Lucas. She was just avoiding becoming someone he would eventually despise.“Lucas, you know what? I really regret meeting you,” Coco whispered and gently caressed his face. “If it had been me who ha
Coco had failed to resist Lucas in the end. As she looked into the mirror, she questioned herself as to why she hadn’t resisted until the very end. Lucas was so drunk that she could have escaped if she really wanted to. Why did she ultimately choose to give herself to him? Maybe she wanted to indulge in his love just this once. Lucas probably wouldn’t remember any of this, but Coco was sober, and she remembered every detail clearly.“Coco, why are you spacing out?” Minnie came to visit Coco the following morning. She often spent time with Coco after the previous Comic Con incident.“Nothing.” Coco snapped back to reality and quickly shook her head. She had been thinking about last night the whole time.“By the way, all those things about you... uhh, everything that happened at Comic Con, has been taken down from the internet. You can barely find any related content online now. Do you think this was Lucas’s doing?” Minnie speculated, knowing there were only a few people in Solaria c
"May I help you?" the pharmacist asked politely.Coco hesitated for a moment before saying, "I need a morning-after pill." The pharmacist glanced at Coco a few times, and she led Coco to the relevant shelf and handed her the medication."It’s effective within 72 hours," the pharmacist kindly reminded her. "But this is only for emergencies. Don’t take it too often. It might harm you, and you’re going to have difficulty conceiving in the future.""Thank you," Coco said while noticing a trace of sympathy in the pharmacist's eyes.Coco paid for it and went back to her apartment. Coco wanted a clean break with Lucas, so she didn’t want to get pregnant although the chances of conceiving from a single encounter were slim.Even though she had once longed to bear a child with Lucas, having a child now would be selfish. The child wouldn’t have a complete family, and Lucas would feel burdened by it. If he were to meet someone who could pull him out of his emotional muck, an extra child would on