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?"

me. No one has ever invited me to eat with them," said Irene, listing out the actions that moved 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

she said, and his heart sank

the people who used to look down on

I think so, too, so really, thank you for letting me sit in on your lessons. Hiring a tutor

the tutor

which made him look scholarly. Whoever saw him could immediately guess

I won't disturb you while tutoring Mr. Lucas," Irene said politely and poured the teacher a glass of water. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt

glass, drank some water,

Irene looked at the time. It was almost half past

headed

was by the door, she reached her hand out

There was no response.

opened the door. The room was

unique to Lucas, reminding Irene

She

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