Lucas’s POV:

"I don’t trust you," I said when she claimed she didn’t deceive me. But she did, and that broke my heart. Her eyes started to tear up, breaking me apart. Varun looked down, knowing that what they did was completely wrong. I signaled him to take Varun away, which he did immediately. Although Varun didn’t leave at first, when his sister signaled him, he left. But after a few seconds, she turned around to leave, and that was enough for me.

In the blink of an ...