Chapter 712


    There were two special rooms upstairs in the Riveras’ mansion. One was the room where


    Emily used to sleep in with Maxwell, and the other was the room where Luna used to sleep in. These


    two rooms had remained the same as they were 15 years ago and no one was allowed to step inside


    the two rooms without Lucas’ permission.


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    Lucas closed the door, pulled out the chair from under the dressing table, and sat down on it. The little


    chair was too small for a man who was over six feet tall. Still, it contained precious childhood memories


    in it.


    There was a ten-year age gap between him and Luna. When he was young, he spent more time with


    Luna than his parents did with her. Every night, he would be the one to read stories to lull her to sleep.


    It was such a peaceful family life back then.


    Later, Maxwell was caught having a secret family outside of the marriage, causing Emily to fall into


    deep anguish. The two of them fought more and more with each fight getting more and more violent.


    Every time they fought, Lucas would carry Luna back to her room and read stories to distract her from


    the fight so that she would not be frightened by what was happening outside the rooms.


    Things seemed to get worse after that as the rumors of Luna not being Maxwell’s daughter started to


    spread. One day, while Lucas was in school, in a bid to dispel the rumors going around outside, his


    grandparents took Maxwell and Luna to do a paternity test.


    Emily saw that as an insult to her and to Luna too so she refused to let her go. That event was the


    straw that broke the camel’s back and the trust between Maxwell and Emilypletely crumbled into


    dust. After that onest violent fight, Emily left the Riveras with Luna and the two of them were never


    seen again.


    A yearter, Maxwell took another wife who had a daughter that was the same age as Luna and that


    little girl was none other than Lucas’ beloved stepsister – Anya Rivera. Even though Lucas was still a


    kid who had no say in the things that went on in the family, he stubbornly refused to let Phoebe and


    Anya stay in the room where Emily and Luna used to stay.


    Maxwell, to his credit, respected Lucas’ wish and thus, he moved to another room with Phoebe. In the


    beginning, Lucas did not ept Anya as his stepsister and even though they lived under the same


    roof, he would pretend both Phoebe and Emily did not exist.


    After some time, he noticed Anya bore many simrities with Luna. Her movement, expression, words,


    and even the cherry-red mole between her brows reminded him of Luna. It did not help that Luna loved


    to follow him wherever he went and no matter how coldly he treated her, she would still look at him as if


    he was the best thing in the world.


    Slowly, he came to ept Anya and in the end, he poured all of the affection he reserved for Luna on


    Anya. He made sure Anya never had to suffer any sadness or hurt but now he came to realize Cedric


    was right – Anya had been spoiled rotten by Lucas!


    ‘Anya seemed to have gone to the point of no return in her quest to make Jeremy hers. She’s no longer


    the kind-hearted girl I used to know. In fact, the scheme she pulled had be more and more


    vicious… I can’t believe she would hurt Joey like that just so she could frame Corinne. She’s be


    so evil that I don’t think there’s ever a chance of her redeeming herself anymore,’ thought Lucas.