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Chapter 34. Who Was That?

작가: J Cruz
last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-03-25 21:42:42
Lucas POV

I was caught off guard when my friends asked about the engagement ring.

“Who was it for?” Jacob pressed.

He even looked at Oliver to get his reaction, hoping my best friend would spill the beans, but like them, Oliver knew nothing.

“No one.” I fibbed, not wanting them to know who I bought it for.

I averted my gaze, but it was a wrong move because it glanced in Oliver’s direction.

He was watching me with that sharp gaze of his.

I knew by the way his eyes narrowed into slits that he already guessed for whom I intended the ring.

Still, I feigned nonchalance.

Oliver liked Katherine. I knew it.

Besides, even though I bought the ring with Katherine in mind, I had no intention of giving it to her.

To me, Katherine is already part of a distant past. The gap between us was too wide, irrevocable, and nonrecoverable.

“Come on, dude! “Fess up! We already knew it. You had been dating her on and off for five years. It does not take a genius to make a good guess as to her identity.
J Cruz

Hello My Loves, Sorry for updating late tonight. I had been out since this morning to attend to some personal matters. Will try to update another chapter tonight if I still can. Love, J Cruz

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i really like how you keep the comments coming. thank you so much.
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Oliver is more of a man than Lucas at the moment so I’m keeping my fingers crossed for them. Maybe Lucas needs to learn the hard way….
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