Chapter 2

Sophia promised that Nathan would take good care of Lucky.

Later on, when I saw with my own eyes that the two of them were indeed treating Lucky well, I believed her.

Sophia said, "Don't mention it. Your health still hasn't fully recovered, yet you insisted on coming all the way to the cemetery yourself. Potato will definitely appreciate this."

Nathan sighed. "It's my fault. If my health had been better and I had spent more time with him, he wouldn't have run outside and gotten hit by a car."

The two of them stood there smiling. In a place like a cemetery, it felt especially blinding to look at.

When Sophia and I locked eyes, the smile on her face vanished instantly, replaced by a disgusted look.

She scowled. "Lucas, you followed me here again?"

Hearing how delusional she was, I let out a cold laugh. The moment was so absurd that laughter was the only sane response.

I glanced at her with an icy expression. "I'm not that pathetic."

Sophia's face showed nothing but contempt as she crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.

"You didn't follow me? Lucas, this isn't the first time you've pulled something like this. Do you really think I wouldn't know you? What reason could you possibly have for being at a cemetery? Or did you come early to pick out a burial plot for your mom?

"Let me guess, you're trying to get my attention with this stunt again, right? Last month I already had a specialist look at her, and they said if she'd just cooperated with treatment, she could be completely cured!"

I did not even bother giving her another glance as I turned to leave. "If that's what you want to think, then there's nothing I can do."

My sudden cold indifference made Sophia feel uneasy. Anger flashed across her face as she grabbed my arm, and her voice turned icy.

"I heard you even bought some kind of critical illness insurance for your mom before. Then, you kept using her condition to manipulate me with all your sob stories. Lucas, if she dies, you'd get a nice payout, wouldn't you? That's why you're letting her refuse treatment! You know damn well what you're up to!"

I jerked my arm free from Sophia's grip, and the momentum caused her to stumble back several steps.

Nathan quickly caught her and cursed at me. "Lucas, what kind of man are you? How could you hit your own wife? How low can you possibly go?"

In the past, I would have just laughed off Sophia's belittling and attacks. But now, I would not allow anyone to slander Mom.

I growled, "Sophia, I have had enough of you. My tolerance toward you was never permission for you to insult my mother repeatedly. And you, Nathan. You knew exactly what you were doing and still chose to play the third party.

"The only reason you are still alive is that I donated blood to you. You should be on your knees and thanking me for saving your miserable life and letting you keep breathing! All you know how to do is hide behind Sophia and talk shit. Nathan, what kind of man does that make you?"

My words were like a fuse to a keg of gunpowder, instantly setting Sophia off. She had not expected me to actually talk back to her, and the look in her eyes went from shock to murderous in an instant. She rushed at me to slap my face, but I grabbed her arm and shoved it away.

Seeing that I dared to fight back, she immediately called out to the bodyguards nearby.

"Guards! Hold him down and make him beg for Nathan's forgiveness!"

The guards rushed forward at her command.

However, Nathan stepped in front of them first. He turned to Sophia and said gently, "Sophia, forget it. It is not worth it to get angry over an ungrateful jerk like him."

Sure enough, Nathan's words worked like a calming drug, and Sophia instantly calmed down.

"Lucas, this is the last time. If there's a next time, I won't help your mother anymore!"

After Sophia said that, she took Nathan's arm and walked away without looking back.

I stood with my back to them as the setting sun cast their silhouettes in the fading light. It looked almost like a silent announcement of their victory.

"Sophia, we're getting divorced on Monday! These five years were nothing but me being blind!"

I ignored Sophia's rage and left the cemetery quickly.