She was so frightened that she bit down on Lukas' lip with all of her strength. Lukas felt a sudden stab of pain and immediately pulled away from her.

Lukas fixed Reese with a stern expression, his tone serious, "Reese, you know they say women are made of water, but sometimes I wonder if you're made of cement."

Reese was taken aback, "Cement? Why on earth would I be made of cement?"

Lukas pointed to the corner of his mouth, which now had a tiny crack in it, "Well, look, you had just chipped off the corner of my mouth!"

Reese couldn't help herself and burst out laughing.

The cell phone continued to ring.

When Lukas saw that Reese was still smiling, he couldn't help but look at her hurt, "Baby, you just bit me and you're still smiling so happily!"

Reese was a little embarrassed, "I really didn't mean to do that. My phone rang and I got a call. Can you please let me take it? I'll make it up to you, I promise."

didn't release his grip on her and began to negotiate, "Okay, I'll let you take the call, but how are you going to make

sighed Reese. "I'm really not in

looked at Reese, completely mesmerized

he couldn't let it go. He had to go through it

on the cheek and stood up, albeit reluctantly, letting

quickly picked up the phone and answered

came over the phone, "Reese... Why

on the other end was laden with alcohol. He denied being drunk, but his speech and manner betrayed

a hint of concern in her voice,

I'm perfectly sober! But, Reese, you don't know... when I was overseas... I missed you so much. I thought about you every day, every moment. I finally convinced myself to come back to the United States, but... why

of their predicament. She tried to console him, "Clearly, you're in a drunken state right now, and it's not a

me when I'm sober. I know it. You don't want to talk to me. You don't answer when

fathom why Luther would utter such words for no apparent reason

She had tried to move on from her inexplicable feelings towards Luther, but he was the older brother who had protected her for so many years. He had taken care of her for five years, and

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