60. Marry Me

"For God's sake, I can explain everything."

Entering their apartment unit, Lucas immediately pulled Deasy to sit on the sofa. He followed and deliberately sat right next to her while looking deeply into her eyes.

"First, I apologize. I sincerely apologize for not being honest with you from the beginning. But there are reasons for everything."

"Oh, really? So, you lied for a reason?" Deasy replied with a skeptical expression.

"Please..." Lucas pleaded. "Please listen to me first until I finish. I'll explain everything step by step."

Deasy nodded, allowing Lucas to continue his explanation.

"From the beginning, I didn't intend to deceive you. Seriously, even before we met, I was assigned by my father to investigate Forty-nine."

"Investigate?"

Lucas nodded. Eventually, he had to explain everything without any more concealment.

"I don't know if you've noticed or not, but in recent years, Forty-nine seemed to be successful on the surface. However, in reality, it was in deep financial troub