Chapter 168
Lucas took the pendant with delight. The pendant wasn’t anything fancy-compared to the things he usually used, it wasn’t even as good as a freebie. But he loved it.
He thought, ‘See? I know Lydia is the best person in the world, truly deserving of my sincerity. She even remembered to get me a gift when she went shopping, and she’d even saved my life before. She is so much better than Emily.
As that thought crossed his mind, Lucas turned to look at Emily, ready to lecture her again. But when he turned around, Emily was already nowhere to be seen.
Seeing that Lucas stood there for a long moment without saying anything after receiving the gift, and kept glancing back, searching for Emily, Lydia couldn’t help but frown, but quickly masked it with a smile. She asked cautiously, “Don’t you like the gift, Lucas?”
Lucas snapped out of his thoughts and saw Lydia looking at him with a mix of nervousness and anticipation, her eyes tinged with a hint of hurt. All his thoughts vanished in an instant.
He quickly reassured her, “Of course, I like it. I love all the gifts you give me. I’ll go hang it in my new car right now.”
He thought, ‘I will let Lydia know that I will give her my truest heart, and that my feelings for her would never, ever change.’ As he swore to himself with absolute certainty, his eyes and expression were full of unwavering resolve.
He took Lydia’s hand and said, “Lydia, I swear I’ll always treat you right. I’ll protect you for as long as I live, no matter what. You’re nothing like Emily. The way I treated her-she brought that on herself.
“Lydia, trust me, I’d never do anything like that to you. Never.”
Lydia hadn’t expected him to blurt out something like that. She gave him a puzzled look, clearly not understanding what he
meant.
She sneered inwardly, ‘Lately, Lucas had been acting weird all the time. He kept saying he’d never treat me the way he treated Emily, but not long ago, he was still doubting me himself.

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