But he wasn't Lucas.

She had no intention of repeating her past mistakes.

"I don't know you. Either I help you report this to the police, or I'm going home," Aveline said coldly.

The man continued to stare at her, his eyes resembling Lucas'. However, unlike Lucas' intense gaze, his eyes were filled with a pitiable innocence, as pure as a blank slate. Aveline turned to leave. "Let's go home."

Selena followed her, asking, "Are you really going to leave him there?"

Aveline responded, "Why should I care?"

Selena teased, "I thought you might take him in, maybe relive some old feelings. After all, situations like this don't happen every day."

Aveline sighed. "Do I look like I have that much free time?"

Selena chuckled, glancing back to see the man still standing there, watching them, looking every bit like a lost puppy.

"He's still looking at us," Selena noted.

Aveline got into the car. "You go ahead. I'll park the car."

"Okay."

apartment, she collapsed onto the sofa,

flashing in her mind-one moment, it was the first time she met Lucas, and the next, it was the encounter

scenes overlapped and intertwined, the faces of the two men merging in her mind, pushing

closed her eyes, realizing she couldn't stay idle. She

went straight to her study and started

those unsettling thoughts, and before she knew it, the evening had arrived.

she answered, rubbing her

through. "Why haven't you

at the time, and

while sketching. Just wait a bit, I'll

main benefactor,

a couple of dishes, and then headed to

man still in the same spot, now sitting on the curb with his

pressed her lips together briefly as her car

she arrived at the

opened the

sets of utensils,

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