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Lucas rubbed the bridge of his nose, a flicker of amusement flashing in his eyes. “No need to worry, Mr. Calvin. My fiancée–no one dares even think about touching her.”

“Your fiancée?” Mr. Calvin blinked, as if suddenly remembering Lucas’s engagement. His expression darkened. “Hmph, so what if you’re engaged? If you ever treat her badly and she dumps you, I’ll personally find her someone ten times better.”

Just then, a voice called out urgently from ahead. “Wait! Don’t go—you haven’t even told me your name!”

Lucas and Mr. Calvin turned toward the voice. Up ahead, a teenage boy in sportswear was eagerly circling around Sloane.

Sloane ignored him completely and walked briskly toward Lucas and Mr. Calvin.

Lucas’s face darkened at once, his instinct driving him forward—but Mr. Calvin stopped him with a hand, his voice half–teasing, half–meaningful. “Getting tense already? She’s only eighteen. Give it two more years–once she really blossoms, suitors like him will be lining up around Stonebridge.”

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to be friends!” the boy insisted, still tailing after

Lucas, Sloane looked instantly relieved

eyes melted in a heartbeat. He strode forward, stepping between her and the boy

voice laced with quiet

stiffening. He slowly looked up–only to find not just Lucas standing there, but also his own grandfather, staring at him like

Hawthorne…” Howard stammered, voice trailing off to nothing. He feared almost nothing in this world–except for two people: his grandfather, and Lucas. And today, fate had decided to

you up to again? Sloane is Lucas’s fiancée and my new

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world flipping upside down. He’d finally found a girl who caught his eye–only to discover she was someone else’s