Aveline replied, "No need."

She picked up the utensils and began to eat. After nearly a day and a night without food, she was starving and no longer cared about the way he was watching her, almost obsessively. Lucas sat by the side of her bed, his gaze fixed intently on her. He seemed so mesmerized that he reached out to touch her face.

"What are you doing?" Aveline immediately dodged his touch, eyeing him warily.

Lucas' hand froze in mid-air. "Your hair fell in your face. I thought it might get in the way while you're eating, so I was just going to help you tuck it back."

Aveline reached up and tucked her hair behind her ear. "I can do it myself."

Lucas smiled faintly. "You're very capable."

Aveline gave him a look. What was wrong with this man?

Ignoring him, she focused on finishing her meal. Once she was done, she asked, "How's the orphanage?"

Lucas shrugged. "How would I know?"

It wasn't his concern.

asked, "Have you

and said,

help would certainly come with a cost. His intentions

asking for your help to look into it. I suspect this whole

lips. "You're half right. They were also

Aveline was surprised. "The people who wanted to take Hilda

warehouse was smashed up, and everything inside was

immediately; he just looked at her intently. "There's something I want to know, and I haven't gotten my answer yet." Aveline gripped the blanket, her voice steady as she asked,

her

you sure you want to know now? It might not be in your best interest,"

know. Whether I choose

Lucas

in his gaze. "Your biological parents are from the Cooper family in Larbor City. The person who's

a strange sense of confirmation. She had suspected

who knew Hilda well

to break her

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