Chapter 87: Leaving The Past, Behind

At the bar with Lucas.

11:46 p.m

Jade and Lucas were seated in their usual spot. The bar man offered him a cup of champagne. He gulped it down his throat at once.

Hey, don't even think about getting drunk, okay?" Lucas warned.

"I'm not." He poured another drink into a wine cup. "I'm not drunk but I'd like to get drunk."

Lucas watched how he gulped it down his throat again. He looked so sad and messy.

"Don't overthink, Jade. Time heals all wounds." Lucas advised. "I'm sure you'll forget about everything with time. He pay him at the back."

"About what you just said..." Jade poured another drink. "Don't believe that drivel. It's a lie" He started at the glassy cup and poured the third cup down his throat. He closed his eyes to the thought of it and gulped it down in pain.

Jade drove home, collapsing on the sofa chair in