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Lucius’s actions surprised Violet. She cried out in alarm, “What are you doing?”

Silent and determined, he grasped her firmly. “What are you trying to do?”

Ignoring her pleas, Lucius marched forward with long steps, straight for a special passage. He was seemingly indifferent to her protests.

Fear engulfed Violet as she struggled to understand his motives.

The special passage was brightly lit and harshly illuminated his face, revealing his icy demeanor. Trying to break free, she stopped when he violently shattered a lamp on the wall.

She finally quieted down, panted, and scowled at him.

Fresh blood dripped from his fingertips, falling to the floor drop–by–drop. His face was dark and brooding, but he showed no signs of pain, as if his hand had become severed from his nerves.

Lucius then released her, his voice heavy with emotion. “Do I mean nothing to you?”

Confused and unsure of how to respond. She was overcome with sympathy as she stared blankly

at his wounded hand.

He pressed for an answer, “Speak!”

Hesitantly, she asked, “What do you expect me to say?”

“Define what I represent in your life!”

What did Lucius mean to her? Agatha had already taken up residence in his heart. What would he

do if she declared her feelings or love for him? Surely, he would mock her.

“In reality, we don’t have any relationships, do we?” she responded cautiously,

was laced with a bitter

a cold smirk crossing his face, and agreed. “You’re right.

from sight. She felt uneasy as she glanced at the puddle of blood on

returned to her office to pack her belongings and went home because she was no longer in

door, she recalled her forgotten promise to join him for a

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upset, she reasoned. He was a proud and aloof man, yet she

a huge gap between them?

brightly in the

from George that night

Violet, can you come over now?”

“What’s happened?”

to be bandaged. Please, we need your

awake. It had been hours since they parted.

all

and his blood clotting is poor. He

of bed and dashed

on?” Naomi asked after being awakened by the

though she was already rushing out

the chill against her thinly–clad body, but there was no time to dwell on it.

a voice from a car that had just stopped before her, driven

driver.

you,” he explained, offering her a phone.

arrangement, expressing

most opulent hotel in the city. There, she was ushered into a penthouse,

Violet, I’m glad you can make

led her to the room where Lucius

wine in one hand, his other hand was bandaged, and blood oozed

and dropped to the floor.

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