His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius by Derk Blaylock

Chapter 1400:

With a scornful chuckle, his voice turned icy. “You are not the one who suffered, yet now, you play the saint, having the nerve to preach forgiveness? Who do you think you are?”

Lucas’s words were brutally direct, showing no restraint even though Faye was his niece.

His biting criticism left Faye speechless, her head bowed in shame. Her face was red with humiliation, a tempest of emotions swirling within her.

She had never imagined that Lucas would scold her so openly in front of so many people! He showed her no leniency whatsoever.

This was the first time Lucas had ever reprimanded her this harshly.

Faye’s eyes welled up with tears, feeling both angry and hurt.

Meanwhile, Ryan, seated beside Vincent, barely dared to breathe.

He was stunned that Lucas would treat Faye like this.

had always adored

because of Belinda, Lucas had

just how much Belinda meant to

wave of despair

for him, Lucas still refused to forgive

circle had crumbled. People who had once fawned over him with eager smiles now openly mocked him without hesitation. His family’s business also teetered on the edge

and his mother tiptoed around his father,

Ryan fully grasp how vital Lucas’s friendship was to him. That was why he was so desperate to mend things with

attempts had all

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to support him, a faint spark of hope flickered in his chest—only for reality to crush it

with Lucas and his friends to its former state, only one

Belinda. If she could forgive him, all his troubles might dissolve. That was his sole path forward. But the thought of Belinda granting him forgiveness felt like an impossible dream, weighing heavily on

stung and upset, she blinked back tears and murmured, “I’m sorry, Uncle Lucas. I