Chapter 871

She had a hunch that Lucas would hold her there for as long as she would not give him an answer.

"He has already broken up with me, so of course I would stop loving him. There, I’ve answered you. Will you let go of me now?"

"Who will you love, then?" he asked.

She had no desire to love anyone anymore. All she wanted now was to live a quiet and peaceful life alone.

She looked up at him and said, "That's none of your business, Mr. Gomez. Didn't you tell me back in the mountains that from then on, we would be strangers to each other and nothing more?"

His body stiffened. Strangers… He had indeed decided that they would be strangers to each other from then on, but when it came the time to actually make it happen, he found it to be excruciatingly hard.

That night, after noticing her standing so awkwardly next to the pool table, he just could not take his eyes off her. Her appearance had so easily broken his initial resolve.

In fact, he even felt a little happy when he heard of her br