Lucas frowned when he heard my questions, and his hesitation fueled my curiosity even further. “Is it something you can’t tell me?”

 

Lucas shook his head after a brief pause. “Well, not exactly. Seeing that you two aren’t that close, I suppose I could tell you. Your family set its sight on a decent project that would resolve a company crisis back then, and I happened to be in charge of that project. When Nathan came to me, I told him a man like me who could die anytime wouldn’t have much use for money, and I offered to give him the project if he let me marry his daughter.”

 

“And my dad said yes?” I asked with a helpless chuckle.

engagement in the newspapers. After that… Well, you already know the rest of the story,” Lucas

from home after refusing his request firmly. Even so, given how well things were for them then, I’m pretty sure they managed to get their hands

and the two

but I would’ve given him the project even if he didn’t

profile and missed out on events throughout the past two years, but they are indeed one of the two most prominent

 

at me without saying anything, and I looked down at myself to see if there was anything wrong with my outfit. “What? Is there something

as he said in a serious tone, “Believe it

before, and now Lucas told me the same thing! How come I don’t remember

 

you mean

a long time ago, and that he had been paying close attention to

he had thought of something, Lucas broke into a smile and said, “I suppose that could be the case. Who knows, we might’ve been the best of friends if I

all of a sudden, and it seemed like the

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