<strong>Chapter 790:</strong>


    She knew it; in Lucas’ heart, there must be a space reserved just for her!


    However, Lucas’ subsequent words plunged Verena into an abyss of despair again…


    “From now on, there’s nothing between us! We owe each other nothing!” Lucas’ voice was calm, unnervingly so. Not a hint of emotion had crept into his tone. But to Verena, his words hit her like a bolt of lightning, splitting her world in two.


    Her eyes widened in shock, her breath hitching as she stared at him. Disbelief painted her face.


    “Lucas, w-what… What did you just say?” Her voice quivered as she spoke. For a fleeting moment, she wondered if she had misheard.


    Lucas’ lips curled into a faint, detached smile. His words came out low and hoarse, each one deliberate. “From now on, you and I are strangers.”


    The weight of his statement hit Verena like a crashing wave. This time, there was no mistaking it.


    Lucas was severing all ties with her.


    If they happened to pass each other on the street, he would pretend not to know her. That was what he meant, wasn’t it?


    Verena’s heart felt like it was squeezed painfully in her chest.


    How could she have been so naive earlier?


    Minutes ago, she had clung to the foolish hope that Lucas wouldn’t do anything to her because he still had a ce for her in his heart. But now, reality had shattered her illusions. Lucas was using this matter to sever ties with her for good.


    He was truly heartless!


    How could he be so cruel to her?


    “No! Lucas, I was wrong!” Verena cried out, her voice cracking under the weight of her desperation. Her trembling hands clutched at her chest as tears streamed down her face. “I truly realize my mistakes now! Please… Don’t do this. Forgive me just this once!”


    “Get out,” Lucas said firmly, his toneced with finality.


    “Lucas, don’t do this to me!” Verena pleaded, her voice breaking as she took an unsteady step toward him.


    Lucas’ eyes flicked up to meet hers, cold and unrelenting. “Or would you rather I have security escort you out?”


    Verena’s face turned ghostly pale.


    She continued to cry, but she stayed silent.


    What was the point of speaking now? Nothing she said would change a thing.


    By the time Verena walked out of the Triumph Consortium, she couldn’t even recall how she had gotten out of Lucas’ office.


    It was over! Everything was over!


    She had known from the start that the failure of her n meant Lucas would show her no mercy.


    But she had never expected the final result to be like this…


    Yet, despite the crushing defeat, Verena clenched her fists. She wasn’t done.


    There was absolutely no way she was going to give up on Lucas like this!


    Since the n this time had failed, she would simplye up with another one. A better one.


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