“Come back to me, Ve. And I’ll give what you want.”
As Lucas suspected, his words stunned Velia. Lucas’s heart ached. Saw with his own eyes how she reacted as she did not want to be near him anymore.
What did I do to make her hate me like this?
Velia gulped her saliva. Shook her head and take off her hands from Lucas.
“No way.”
Holding a bitter taste in the base of his throat, Lucas said. “Why?”
Velia shook her head again.
“You want your job, and I want you. We can use this for mutual benefit.”
Velia shook her head. Again, shook her head. “I have forgotten you, Luc. I don’t love you anymore at all.”
Lucas clenched his jaw hard. “Did I say that I want your love?”
Velia’s eyes are large, rounded. “You mean?”
Harnessing Velia’s stiff body frozen where she st
