The impact of the smash forced Lucas to instinctively take half a step back.
In the blink of an eye, the bouquet and the box of snacks he had carefully carried across the ocean crashed down. They shattered all over the pavement, looking exactly like the broken, pathetic apology he was trying to offer.
A wave of deep sadness washed over his face, but Beatriz didn't give a damn about his emotions anymore. She turned on her heel, walked straight inside, and slammed the heavy door shut in his face.
With that single barrier between them, it felt as if they were separated by an entire universe.
Lucas stood frozen, staring blankly at the front door of the villa. In his dazed state, his mind involuntarily drifted back to the very first time he met Beatriz.
As a star alumnus of Asteria Univer
