Chapter 553



However, Lucas did not leave the hospital.

He made his way to Verena’s hospital room.

Upon entering, he found Verena in bed, her cries muffled by the bedcovers.

Despite Verena’s distress filling the room, Lucas’s face remained an expressionless mask.

Verena’s expression turned to one of disbelief, her eyes wide and her lips quivering. “What… What are you saying?”

Lucas settled into the chair next to Verena’s hospital bed, his long legs crossed with effortless poise. “I’ve given this a lot of thought and realized I never truly understood what it meant to care for someone deeply before. When you and I were together, I convinced myself that this is what liking someone must feel like. But the truth is, I was with you because you pursued me relentlessly. I admired your persistence, and being around you felt comfortable, so I went along with it.”

His tone remained casual, but to Verena, his words struck her like a thunderclap.

Verena shook her head, her voice quivering with disbelief. “No! That can’t be true! You’re lying! If you didn’t care for me, why did you propose to marry me back then?”

Lucas offered a faint, detached smile. “Marriage never meant much to me. If it did, I wouldn’t have married Belinda so easily.”

Verena’s expression stiffened, her face pale.

Lucas’s lips lifted into a faint smile as he spoke. “It wasn’t until I fell for Belinda that I truly grasped what it means to like someone. I want to see her constantly, just to be near her. Simply watching her fills me with a sense of calm. When I sense she’s upset, it leaves me restless and concerned. I can’t tolerate anyone speaking ill of her. And if I see her with another man, the frustration eats me alive because I want her to be entirely mine.”

When Lucas talked about Belinda, his features softened with tenderness.

Then, he turned to face Verena, his expression turning icy. “Those emotions… I never felt them for you.”

Hearing those words, Verena felt like her heart had been shattered.

She had never considered the possibility that Lucas had never loved her.

All along, she had believed he had merely changed his heart, thinking Belinda had momentarily ensnared him.

For her, this was a crushing revelation.

“Going forward, unless absolutely essential, I won’t meet you again. Don’t bother calling me. The therapist I found for you is already returning to the country.”

With that, Lucas rose, turned away, and left.

“I don’t believe you! You can’t tell me you never loved me! You’re lying!” Verena cried out in desperation as Lucas walked away.

But Lucas didn’t pause.

He strode right out of the hospital room.

Verena collapsed into tears, her cries echoing in the room.

She couldn’t come to terms with this.

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