She stood up abruptly, intending to plead her case to the butler.

"Where are you going?" Lucas yelled.

"I'm going to talk to the butler."

"What's the point? Do you think that my dad is going to listen to the butler?" Lucas said calmly.

"It's still better than not explaining myself at all, right?" Irene insisted on talking to the butler.

Lucas had merely wanted to see how she would react. He had not expected her to be this nervous.

"I've explained the situation to my dad." He thought back to how swiftly had she run into the rain and realized that Irene could disappear in an instant if he didn't explain everything to his father. "I told him that I was the one who ordered you to buy this."

She stilled before sighing a breath of relief. "And what did he say? Is he angry with me?"

"He didn't say anything. He left after I finished my food."

to tease me. Mr. Lucas, you are

who said that I'm wrong sometimes." Lucas had never regretted any of his actions

wrong. I was." Seeing how Lucas had not betrayed her, she compromised and said, "Did

ask as many questions as you do."

will need to buy another type of ointment." Sensing the annoyance in his voice, she explained herself and remained quiet after that. He watched as she bowed her head pathetically, and for a moment,

He pitied her.

lived a miserable life. A life that was more miserable than anyone

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She cleaned up the plastic containers on the table and put them

your grades?" he

him to ask such

grandmother

However, ever since her grandmother became

grades had been poor ever since

get into college, then?" he asked. "If you

to college. Thank you for asking, Mr. Lucas. I'll get going now." She

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