Chapter 309
Vincent had never seen Lucas like this before.
Lucas’s face was gaunt, his hair a mess, and there was a whole pile of cigarette butts scattered at his feet.
When Vincent walked in, Lucas let out a bitter laugh, took a hard drag on his cigarette, then flicked it away and ground it out. He looked at Vincent with an unreadable expression and asked, “You’re here because of Lydia, aren’t you?”
He’d already been kicked out of the Bennett Family. His parents and even Andrew didn’t care about him anymore. For Vincent, an outsider, to show up now-it had to be because of Lydia.
These past few days, with nothing to do but wait around, Lucas couldn’t help but replay everything that had happened over the years in his mind.
He suddenly realized that every time the whole Bennett Family picked on Emily, it was always to vent for Lydia. They’d always thought Lydia was soft-hearted and kind, someone who’d never snitch on them even when she was picked on.
Lucas thought, ‘But if Lydia hadn’t said anything, how would we have even known she was being bullied in the first place?’
Lucas stared Vincent straight in the eyes, a mocking grin on his face. He sneered, “Let me guess-did she tell you, ‘It’s not Lucas’s fault, it’s all my fault, everything’s on me? Then she started crying in front of you, all aggrieved and pitiful?
“So you just assumed I was bullying her, and now you’re here to stand up for the girl you love?”
Vincent choked on his words, unable to come up with a retort. Because that was what Lydia had said to him—and honestly, he had come here to confront Lucas for her sake.
Seeing Vincent’s expression, Lucas knew he’d hit the mark. His grin grew even more mocking as he said, “Vincent, you and Andrew were always the smart ones in our circle. But now, both of you have been played by Lydia. Isn’t that just hilarious?”
Vincent frowned, snapping, “Lucas, Lydia is your sister. How can you talk about her like that?”
Lucas wasn’t fazed by Vincent’s rebuke. Instead, seeing Vincent now just reminded him of his old self-so dumb it was laughable.
Seeing Lucas like this made Vincent’s anger flare up for no reason. Vincent had always been the aloof, distant type. If it weren’t for Lydia, he would never have set foot in a place this remote and unlucky.
He thought, ‘In the end, this is the Bennett Family’s business. Sure, I could give Lucas a piece of my mind as Lydia’s future husband, but I can’t interfere. Let the Bennetts handle their own mess!’
With that in mind, Vincent forced himself to calm down. Frowning, he asked, “I heard you’ve been waiting here for days. Who are you waiting for?”
Lucas lowered his gaze, and he murmured, “I want to apologize to Emily. She’ll forgive me, just like she always did before.”
He thought, ‘No matter how badly I messed up, Emily would always forgive me. She’d even be the one to comfort me. We’ve grown up together since we were kids-there’s no way that kind of bond just disappears. Emily will forgive me.’
But no matter how much Lucas tried to convince himself, the panic and fear inside just wouldn’t go away. Almost without thinking, he pulled out another cigarette and lit it.
Vincent hadn’t expected that the reason Lucas came to a place like this was actually to find Emily. Instinctively, he glanced around and asked, “Why are you waiting for her in a place like this?”
Lucas exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, and then he said, “Emily bought eleven burial plots here. One of the staff told me he overheard her mention that one of them was for herself.”
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Vincent was stunned, his face full of shock. He exclaimed, “What did you just say?”
