Chapter 2:

Ignoring the disdainful stares, Belinda approached Lucas, setting the cake on the coffee table with a strained smile. “Lucas, I brought the mousse cake you requested.”

Without even glancing at Belinda, Lucas slid the cake toward Verena, saying in a charming voice, “Here, you can have it now.”

Verena responded with a bashful smile. “I just mentioned it casually.”

“I didn’t expect you would actually ask her to buy it.” A jolt of realization struck Belinda, her eyes widening in shock. She felt as though her heart had been pierced by a knife.

The cake she had spent nearly five hours to get… It was meant for Verena?

“Verena, you see how deeply Lucas cares about you now, don’t you? He would fetch the moon for you if you desired it.”

Belinda just spent five hours getting it. Don’t let her efforts

fists clenched at her sides. She felt

toward Belinda, meeting

on the coffee table at home.

face

tales

to keep Verena out of harm’s way. Now that

words. Their marriage had merely been a strategic move. With his objective fulfilled, Lucas now

smiled. But her smile

of hope. “Lucas, in all our years together, was I nothing more than just a convenient

Belinda delusional? Does she truly expect Lucas could have

she see herself? She’s

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