Thessy approached him gently.
"What’s wrong?" she asked, her voice soft. "Why are you in such a bad mood? Can I help?"
Lucian glanced at her.
Then he let out a tired, bitter laugh.
"I had a fight with my girlfriend," he said.
Thessy frowned slightly. "What kind of fight?"
Lucian’s jaw tightened.
"So bitch sent her edited photos of ," he said coldly. "Now she thinks I’m cheating."
Thessy’s lips twitched slightly.
’He... called that?’
She clenched her fists subtly.
"Do you know who it is?" she asked.
Lucian shook his head.
"No," he replied. "She won’t even show the photos."
His eyes darkened.
"But if I find out who that two-faced bitch is..." he continued slowly, "I’ll make sure she regrets it."
A chill ran down Thessy’s spine.
She forced a small laugh.
"Yeah... that kind of person deserves it."
She turned and walked away, her expression stiff.
Behind her, Lucian’s gaze turned cold.
A dangerous thought flickered through his mind.
’If I kill her... It’s the sa as killing Lana.’
His fists clenched. ’Damn it...’
He suppressed the urge.
Then, he picked up his phone again. He called Lana.
This ti, the call connected.
For a brief second, Lucian froze in disbelief.
Then panic rushed in.
"Please don’t hang up," he said quickly, his voice urgent. "Just listen to ."
He took a shaky breath.
"If after hearing everything... you still think I don’t deserve another chance..."
His voice softened.
"I won’t force you."
Lana paused the mont she heard his voice.
’Why does he sound like that...?’
"Speak," she said finally, her voice calm but distant.
Lucian didn’t waste a second.
"I’m sorry," he blurted out, the words rushing out as if he had been holding them back for too long.
"I know I ssed up. I know I should have told you everything earlier. I thought I was protecting you, but... I only ended up hurting you."
His voice trembled slightly.
"I promise... from now on, I won’t hide anything from you again."
Lana didn’t respond imdiately.
She remained silent, letting his words settle.
Then, slowly, she spoke.
"Is that true?" she asked. "Is there really nothing else you’re hiding from ?"
There was no hesitation this ti.
"Yes," Lucian said firmly. "There is sothing else."
Lana’s brows furrowed slightly.
"I’ve been hiding my mories," he continued. "From my past life."
For a mont... everything went still.
Lana’s eyes widened slightly, her grip on the phone tightening.
’He rembers... too?’
Lucian took a breath before continuing.
"You can ask anything," he said. "I’ll answer everything honestly... as long as you co back to ."
His voice softened.
"As long as you beco my girlfriend again."
Lana didn’t reject him imdiately.
Instead, her gaze turned sharp, her mind already racing.
’This is my chance...’
If he truly rembered everything, then there were answers she had been searching for all along.
She narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Fine," she said. "Then answer this."
Her tone turned colder.
"In my previous life... why did you always treat so coldly?"
There was a brief pause on the other end.
Lucian exhaled slowly.
"Because by that ti... Thessy already had control over your life," he said. "You were constantly being monitored. If I acted too close to you... It would have drawn suspicion."
His voice lowered. "I couldn’t afford that."
Lana’s expression didn’t change.
But inside, her thoughts churned.
’So it wasn’t indifference... it was calculation.’
She didn’t dwell on it.
Instead, she asked another question, her tone sharper this ti.
"Did you ever sleep with Thessy in my previous life?"
Lucian’s reaction was imdiate.
"No."
His voice was firm, almost sharp.
"I never touched her like that," he said. "I always kept her at a distance."
Lana’s gaze flickered slightly.
But she didn’t stop there.
"Think carefully," she said. "Was there ever a mont, any mont, when she was in your bed? Even for a short ti?"
Lucian fell silent. Not because he was unsure of his actions, but because he was thinking.
His mind quickly connected the dots.
’Ambiguous photos...’
He exhaled slowly.
"There might have been situations where she got close," he admitted carefully. "But not in the way you’re thinking."
His tone turned serious.
"She’s capable of manipulating appearances," he added. "If she could send you misleading photos now... then she could definitely do the sa in our previous life."
Lana fell into a heavy silence.
It beca painfully clear that it was Thessy who had resorted to evil thods to sow discord and misled her in her previous life.
"All right... I understand, and I accept your explanation."
On the other end, Lucian released a long breath he hadn’t realized he had been holding.
However, before that relief could settle, Lana’s voice ca again, softer yet firm. "But I still need a break."
The call ended abruptly, leaving behind a hollow silence.
Lucian lowered his phone, his expression darkening almost instantly as the warmth drained from his face.
His fingers tightened slightly around the device, and a cold thought crossed his mind.
’So she still wants distance... fine. Once she wears that jade bracelet, I’ll make sure she learns properly.’
He did not have to wait long.
The very next day, Lana wore the jade bracelet.
By the ti she returned to her university classroom, she felt unusually at ease, almost... too at ease.
Then the drowsiness hit her.
At first, it was subtlea slight heaviness in her eyelids, a soft blur creeping into her vision. But within minutes, it beca overwhelming.
Her head dipped slightly as she tried to focus, her fingers pressing against the desk in a futile attempt to stay awake.
’Why am I suddenly so sleepy...?’ she wondered, her thoughts sluggish and scattered.
In the end, she could no longer resist it.
By the ti she found herself in Axel’s office, she barely had the strength to question how she had gotten there.
When he suggested she rest, she simply nodded, too tired to argue. The mont her body sank into the sofa and her eyes closed, darkness swallowed her whole.
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