Irene felt as if she had been showered with gifts. She happily nodded!

"Mr. Lucas, thank you! Thank you for letting me have lessons with you!"

"Do you like having lessons that much?" Lucas looked at her.

She flushed with delight. Her eyes sparkled once more.

"Yes!" said Irene. after giving the matter some careful thought, she said, "Actually, Mr. Lucas, I don't like going to lessons, but I want to go to college. Only by going to college can I find a better job. The only way I can support myself is if I were to get a good job."

"Eat up." Lucas ended this heavy topic.

Irene immediately headed to the kitchen to grab some utensils.

"Mr. Lucas, you treat me well," said Irene after a few she got a few spoons of food into her. "Other than Grandma, no one has ever treated me this well."

Lucas was confused. "How am I treating you well?"

her. "Mr. Lucas, although you look fierce, you're a nice person. Many people look nice, but when they see me, they look disgusted. They would even call me ugly to my face. They look down on people with

what she said, and his

to look down on you

really, thank you for

the tutor

glasses which made him look scholarly. Whoever saw him could immediately guess that he was a

I won't disturb you while tutoring Mr. Lucas," Irene said politely and poured the teacher a

glass, drank some water, and asked, "Where

nap." Irene looked at the time. It was almost half past three. "Sir, please wait for a while. I'll go get

immediately headed to Lucas'

by the door, she reached her hand out to knock on

There was no response.

a deep breath and opened the door. The room was a little dark. The curtains blocked out the

scent unique to Lucas, reminding Irene that

She

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