Guilt began swallowing Lucas's whole system, as he continued to walk away from Emily without looking back to see her face once, even if that was the initial reason he chose to get down and ‘accidentally’ bump into her.
How much pain could he still inflict on her poor soul? How hurt had Emily been all this time, while he could do nothing but add to the heartache every single time he tried to run away, hide, and embrace cowardliness?
What would it be of hearing Emily's love confession and reciprocation, if he was still bound to marry Vivian anyway?
Speaking of that woman...
It has been weeks since he last got to talk to Vivian before she left the pack and came back with her parents. Like he did avoid Emily, Vivian was avoiding him just as much.
And he understood the reason behind her su
