Chapter 738


    Anya waspletely shocked because Lucas had never spoken so harshly to her before.


    “But I really, really love him… You of all people should know that…”


    Lucas knitted his brows together. “It takes two to make a rtionship work. Yours is a one- sided love.


    If the other party doesn’t love you, then it doesn’t matter what you do, he still won’t love you. Why don’t


    you let him go, Anya? Time will heal all wounds and you’ll definitelye out better for it.”


    Anya’s eyes immediately reddened as tears spilled out of her eyes. “Lucas, what’s the matter with you?


    Did Corinne say something to you? Why does it feel like you havepletely be another person?


    Don’t you love me anymore?”


    No matter how annoyed Lucas was with Anya, there was one thing he could not stand to see and that


    was her crying. She was still his baby sister after all. ‘Maybe I was a little too harsh on her…‘ he


    thought.


    Lucas patted Anya on the shoulder in a bid tofort her, “Come now, don’t cry. I only want what’s


    good for you, Anya. Do you know how much it hurts me to see you losing yourself over Jeremy?”


    Anya rubbed her tear–stained face against Lucas‘ arm. “But I really, really love him! I can’t help


    myself…”


    Lucas put his hand to his forehead to quell the throbbing headache that was starting to show itself. ‘The


    gods must be ying a joke on me! Why did both of my sisters have to fall for the same man? Why do I


    have to be caught in the middle?‘


    After sending Anya, who was tired out by all the crying, home, Lucas went straight to his office. Now


    that there were only the two of them, Edmund deigned to ask, “Mister Lucas, how did the talk with Miss


    Corinne go? Did she ept you as her brother?”


    Lucas threw his head back and pinched the space between his brows. “What do you think?” After a few


    seconds of silence, Edmund saidfortingly, “Miss Corinne went through a lot when she was growing


    up in the countryside which gave way to her strong independent character so it’s perfectly


    understandable if she needs some time to process the sudden news.”


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    Lucas closed his tired eyes and chuckled self–deprecatingly. “No, that’s not it. She knew I was her


    brother a long time ago.”


    “She knew before you told her?” Edmund asked with a frown.


    “Yeah,” replied Lucas with a heavy sigh. “She knew from the very beginning and yet she didn’t say


    anything in all the times I treated her harshly. She only sees me as a stranger so… knowing all this, do


    you think she’ll evere to ept me as her brother?”


    “Well… if you put it that way, it would be kinda hard for that to happen. But why didn’t she say anything


    if she knew? Does she not want to be weed back to the family and to know what it feels like to be


    loved by the people who shared the same blood as her?”


    “Maybe that just goes to show how much she hates me…” Lucas curled his lips into a self- mocking


    smile.


    Edmund had witnessed for himself the lengths Lucas would go to to protect Anya from


    Corinne and to be honest, he did think Lucas went overboard a little. Thus, he sighed heavily and said,


    “Have patience, Mister Lucas. I’m sure Miss Corinne would slowlye to ept you eventually.”


    Lucas remained silent because he knew the chances of that happening were very, very slim. ‘ Luna


    isn’t doing this because she’s mad at me… She’s doing this because she doesn’t need me at all! She


    doesn’t care to have a rich and powerful brother or father… No, if she did, she would havee


    running to tell us she’s Luna the first second she found out who she really is. And yet here I am…


    always thinking she’s a scheming social climber who’s h*llbent of marrying a rich guy…‘