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."

to negotiate, "Okay, I'll let you take the call, but how are you going to

another day?" sighed Reese. "I'm really

at Reese, completely mesmerized by her

been confirmed today and he couldn't let it go. He had

and stood up, albeit

picked up the phone

a word, Luther's voice came over the phone, "Reese... Why are you ignoring me?

the other end was laden with alcohol. He denied being drunk, but his

remarked with a hint of concern in

not drunk! I... 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 are

drunken state right now, and it's not a good time to have this conversation. We'll have this conversation when you're

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

challenge for her to fathom why Luther would utter such words for no

but he was the older brother who had protected her for so many years. He had taken

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