Chapter 8
Lucas and I sat down in the cafe.
Logan stood under the big tree outside, watching him warily through the glass.
“What do you want to talk about?” I took a sip of coffee and asked him calmly.
Lucas showed a flattering smile on his face. “Lila, I’m so glad you’re okay. I thought…”
His voice cracked, and his eyes welled with tears.
But I just felt bored and looked at him blankly.
“Lila, I know I was wrong. It was all Sofia, that witch, who deceived me. She’s a spy sent by France. The poisoning and bullet–taking for me were all part of her act. She fooled me!”
I lowered my head and stirred the coffee in my cup, raising my eyebrows slightly. Although I was somewhat surprised, it had nothing to do with me anymore.
“Lila, I didn’t really want to drive you away. I didn’t want to divorce you. I was just too angry that day. I thought you really practiced voodoo to curse Sofia’s child.
“I didn’t expect it was all her lies.” Lucas suddenly reached out to grab my hand.
I pulled my hand back, avoiding his touch.
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Lucas’s smile faded. He forced a grin. “Lila, are you still mad at me? Come home with me. I’ll make it up to you.”
Logan had already rushed in and sat down beside me, glaring at him.
“Mr. Kensington, please have some self–respect. Don’t touch my girlfriend.”
Lucas was stunned and stared wide–eyed. “Lila, how can you be with him? We’re husband and wife!”
I sneered. “Mr. Kensington, from the moment you threw me into the jungle without hesitation and left me to fend for myself, we could never be husband and wife again.”
Lucas stared at me blankly. Meeting my cold gaze, a flash of pain and guilt crossed his eyes. “Lila, it’s all my fault.”
He smiled bitterly. “I was too stupid. I trusted the wrong person and let you down.”
He hesitated for a moment, then spoke again, looking at me with hopeful eyes. “Lila, can we… go back to how things were?”
I looked at him coldly without saying a word.
Lucas was deeply hurt by my cold gaze. He lowered his head helplessly, and tears streamed down his face.
Logan and I stood up, held hands, and left.
Half a month later, I received the divorce papers that Lucas had sent me.
He transferred all the properties and assets under his name to me, keeping only the island villa for himself.
I signed without hesitation. Since he was willing to give them away, I had
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no reason not to take them.
The next year, I heard that all of Lucas’s men had defected to his sworn
enemy.
Because over the past year, he had developed a drinking problem. When he drank too much, he would go crazy, cursing Sofia and his men for sowing discord.
Lucas couldn’t sleep at night without drinking. Every day he didn’t eat or drink, just kept drinking. He wasted away fast.
Seeing him in such a ghostly state, no one wanted to deal with him anymore.
Later, on a stormy night, he drank more than ten bottles of strong liquor and fell from the rooftop.
Few people went to that island, and his body was not discovered until more than half a year later. By then, only bones were left.
No one collected his body, so the hospital called me.
While answering the phone, I was coaxing the child in my arms and replied impatiently, “Just cremate him and scatter the ashes in the sea.”
After hanging up, I tossed the baby to Logan without a word. “Your kid, your problem.”
This child took after him–he’d been troublesome since I was pregnant.
Logan flipped through documents while skillfully taking the child and holding him. “Hush, baby, don’t cry…”
It was a sunny day.
I changed clothes and went out for a morning run.
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