The Man I Shouldn't Have Loved

"Did you circle it because you thought I'd forget?" said Lucian lazily from behind me, which made me jump. I accidentally drew a stroke on the calendar.

He came up to me and hugged me from behind, rubbing his cheeks against mine.

"The graduation ball is an important event. How could I forget about it? My first dance will surely be yours. I even prepared a huge surprise for you."

I broke off from his embrace and smiled a little. "I prepared a surprise for you, too."

Lucian did not notice my out-of-the-ordinary reaction. He patted me and said dotingly, "You and I think so much alike! By the way, will your brother come to your graduation ball?"

My heart skipped a beat.

As I gripped the corner of the table, I looked up and asked him calmly, "Do you want me to invite him? I thought you didn't like him?"

Lucian lowered his gaze to look at me with a complex emotion in his eyes. "He and I have been fighting each other for so many years. I don't want to accept defeat, but I have no choice. I've fallen for you."

I shut my eyes and took a deep breath, worried that tears might fall. Lucian was still lying to me. He only wanted Aaron there so he could play our intimate videos!

He seemed to be in a good mood. He hugged me around the waist as his hands wandered to my breasts. The atmosphere started to turn steamy.

I decided to give Lucian another chance.

"Must we record today?" I asked, my voice shaky. "I don't like it. I don't want to do it."

Lucian was a little stunned. He asked in confusion, "What happened? You always let me do it. You know that this is just a little kink of mine. Can't you let me have this? Don't worry, I won't let anyone see the videos."

Lucian was downright persuasive, sounding very much promising.

This was his go-to tactic; he would coax me softly with that voice of his. He even swore to God he would be punished if he ever betrayed me.

This was why I always caved into his requests.

Lucian thought that I would agree as before. He lowered his head and tried to kiss me, but I moved aside.

"I'm not feeling well today. Let's not do it."

He did not press on the matter and merely shrugged. "Okay, then rest well. I'm going to take a shower."

Hearing the sounds of the shower in the bathroom, I secretly picked up Lucian's phone. I was so nervous, my heart was pounding hard.

I tried entering his phone by keying in the passcode. After three failed attempts, I no longer dared to try.

I placed the phone back with trembling fingers, feeling helpless. I forced myself to stay calm.

The next morning, I started packing up the things I wanted to throw out.

When Lucian woke up, he asked in confusion, "Why are you throwing them out? I thought you liked our matching couple things?"

I continued packing without looking up. "I just don't like it anymore."

Lucian shrugged. "I told you before it's childish."

I no longer replied in the coquettish voice I usually did. I merely said, "We won't use them anymore."

However, Lucian was in a rush to head out, so he did not hear what I said.

After he left, I spent half a day clearing things out. Looking at the rather empty room, my heart ached.

Right at this moment, I received a message on my phone.

[This is Wendy Kensington, Lucian's fiancee. Let's meet this afternoon at 2 at Cafe Luna.]