Lucas looked at the empty bedside table and felt that something was missing.It took quite a while before it registered to him that the photo was missing. The photo of him and Chelsey.The last time he came back, he had made it a point to give the photo a good look. That photo had been taken when he had lost his sight. It was also the only photo he had taken during the time that he lost his sight. "Where's the photo?" he asked."I burned it," Chelsey answered flippantly."Why'd you burn it?" Lucas' gaze sharpened. If anyone were to burn the photo, it should have been him."I didn't want it anymore, so I burned it." Chelsey pondered things over for a moment before sitting up and walking out."Where are you going?" Lucas asked with a frown."I'll go sleep in the guest room. You can have the master bedroom to yourself."And with that, she walked out of the bedroom and shut the door behind her. Moments later, the sound of the guest room door being shut was heard.As Lucas lay on
Shannon cried pitifully, and it pained Lucas to see her like that. He passed her some tissues. "Don't cry, I'll send you back.""Luke, I shouldn't have come, right? Even Josie hates me now. Everyone's changed. Including you …"She stared blankly at Lucas. Although Lucas still treated her very well, she could feel him trying to keep his distance.He no longer hugged her like he used to, nor did he smile at her. Even when they met up, he had a very troubled look on his face. He might be there with her in person, but his mind was somewhere else. Had he fallen for Chelsey?Lucas, too, knew that he had changed. For the past three years, he would always think of Shannon whenever he heard Chelsey's voice. But now, Chelsey's image in his mind got clearer and clearer, whereas Shannon's face was beginning to fade out."I'll send you back." Lucas did not reassure Shannon. His cold attitude toward her made it clear to Shannon that he cared less and less for her.After they got into Lucas' ca
Late that night when Josie was finally fast asleep, Lucas shot Chelsey a meaningful glance. They got out of the ward one after another and had a talk in the corridor outside.Lucas looked straight ahead and said gloomily, "With my mom in such a condition, we can only talk about the divorce in a month's time. I hope that we can get through one more month so that she won't have to worry about us. I'll give you an extra ten million dollars as reimbursement when we get the divorce."Chelsey responded calmly, "I don't care about the money. I married you to repay your kindness. I don't mind waiting an extra month."Chelsey was using her gratitude to cover up her true feelings for him. She did not want to admit that she had loved him. Perhaps it was best for both of them if she'd never loved him. When he heard that, Lucas turned to look at Chelsey. His gaze was deep and bottomless, like it held the entire universe in it. "I don't remember ever saving you.""I was kidnapped 11 years ago.
For a high and mighty president of a company to lose his sight all of a sudden was equivalent to losing everything he had. Nobody could take a drastic blow like that.Looking at how calm and collected Chelsey was, it finally dawned on Lucas that he was the one who could not be away from her, not the other way around. In the past three years, he had grown used to having her by his side.…Chelsey stayed back at the hospital to look after Josie. She urged Lucas to go home and take a rest, but he refused. He left the companion bed to Chelsey and made do on the couch for the night.When Josie woke up in the middle of the night and saw Chelsey on the companion bed to her left, and Lucas on the couch to her right, she smiled in satisfaction.Lucas' assistant sent breakfast to the hospital early the next morning. He also brought Lucas the documents he needed to sign for the day. With the huge stack of documents on the coffee table, Lucas began busying himself with work once he was do
Timothy generously gave a suggestion. "It's fine, then. I'll make supper and deliver it to you."Chelsey wandered away to keep her distance from Lucas. She declined, saying, "Tim, save the trouble. I don't feel like having supper tonight; you can go ahead. I'll buy you a meal next time instead.""That's okay," he replied.After a pause, he wondered aloud, "Why are you with Lucas Yates? Did he take advantage of you or anything? Tell me if he did. I'll give him a good beating."She hurriedly denied it, "No, he didn't. I've sorted things out with him. I'm just here to visit his mom because she has some kind of brain tumor. I'm worried about her.""Alright then. Call me if you need anything." Timothy hung up in disappointment.After Chelsey put away her phone, she turned around to find Lucas staring at her with much hostility, as though he had caught her cheating.She gave him a look and went into the patient's ward. Lucas texted his assistant, "Look into the background of Timothy
Lucas patted Chelsey on the shoulder, urging her, "Go home. Come again tomorrow.""Sure." She went with his suggestion and slowly rose. After sitting for a while, her legs were numb, and she lost her balance. As she tumbled backward, he quickly caught her. Her body leaned back against his.The sight of his broad shoulders reminded her of that eventful night. How she wished she could give him a hug and beg him not to divorce her. She wanted to be with him forever.However, a stinging pain spread across her body when she replayed the image of Lucas hugging Shannon.Steadying herself, she flexed her legs and escaped from his arms."I'm leaving now." With that, she left the ward without looking back.She might love him dearly, but she would never humiliate herself for love.At first, Lucas had asked his assistant to see Chelsey home. But upon second thought, he made his assistant stay with Josie instead as he went after Chelsey.Chelsey happened to enter the elevator when Lucas e
Timothy drove Chelsey home, purposely ignoring the Rolls-Royce that was tailing them. He did not even bring up the observation to Chelsey.Upon arrival, Chelsey invited Timothy into the house. Since her marriage to Lucas three years ago, she had not invited any friends to their place.Timothy happily agreed and entered the villa. Chelsey made some tea for Timothy while he wandered to the fireplace, where he found some half-burned photo frames in the area. He could make out Lucas' and Chelsey's faces in the photos.A grin appeared on his lips when he realized that Chelsey had burned her photos with Lucas. At that moment, she emerged from the kitchen with freshly brewed tea. Seeing him standing by the fireplace, she called out to him gently, "Tim, have some tea.""Sure." He took a seat on the couch, and she served him a cup of tea.Taking a sip, he commented, "Mm, this is good stuff. The tea has depths and comes on strong. This is the best Darjeeling tea. I gifted Mr. Johnson some o
"Chelsey Jenson, how dare you sleep around when we're not even divorced yet? What do you take me for?" Lucas' voice boomed, prompting Chelsey and Timothy to cast astonished glances at him.Instead of a lustful scene, which he had expected to see, Lucas found them engaged in arts.Chelsey watched on with admiration as Timothy focused on creating a painting. The room was filled with an intellectual atmosphere, with no indecent activity in sight. Even the air smelled of the crisp and calming scent of paper and paint.Knowing that Lucas must have misunderstood, Chelsey frowned at him and chided, "What's wrong with painting? You can be quite crass, can't you? Can't you at least show me some respect in front of our guest?"Timothy merely cast an indifferent glance at Lucas before going back to painting. In contrast to Timothy's calmness, Lucas appeared brash and crude.Lucas tried to suppress his anger. He went up to Timothy and asked calmly, "Are you painting?"Chelsey glared at him,