Olivia didn’t expect to see Lucas there.
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She was attending a socialite coffee party today, but those who had once ttered and fawned over her now shunned her like the gue.
Others scrutinized her clothing, mocking her by suggesting the rk family was close to bankruptcy and she couldn’t even afford seasonal clothes.
They even deliberately asked Olivia what prison life was like and what crimes her cellmates hadmitted. If any of them were as notorious as she.
Olivia was humiliated like never before.
For a few moments, she even felt the outside world was no better than a prison cell.
People in prison were ustomed to using force, while those outside were more adept at verbal attacks.
A two–month criminal record seemed brief, but it had ruined Olivia’s entire life.
The members of the rk family constantly professed “guilt” and “indebtedness.” When Natasha bore the brunt of everything, they sat on the moral high ground and treated her with impable respect.
However, when they had to face the trouble Olivia brought, they abandoned their warmth and became stern, let alone giving her money generously as they used to.
Yesterday, Olivia deliberately brought up today’s coffee party, hinting she needed new attire. However, Andrew and Thomas paid no attention. Madeline, on the other hand, only gave her a few sets of her jewelry, which were unsuitable for a young girl like Olivia, to appease her.
Olivia reluctantly picked a slightly better outfit, then returned to her room with a straight face.
She saw the room that Madeline had arranged ording to Natasha’s preferences before her return. She then angrily pulled off the quilt and threw it to the floor with red eyes.
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For a moment, Olivia seemed to see Natasha, who, as a teenager, always wore nd school uniforms or clothes she had picked out for her, sitting by her bed and smiling at her.
She frantically smashed many things.
Finally, she tidied everything up little by little herself.
Olivia thought, ‘I can’t let the rk family see me lose my temper. Otherwise, the barely mended rtionship would return to a freezing point.’
Olivia held her finger, which had been cut by ss shards, with a gloomy
expression.
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Lucas felt a little awkward when he saw Olivia.
Since Olivia went to prison and he helped her get a reduced sentence, he hadn’t visited her again.
Furthermore, his father stripped him of his decision–making power in thepany after he unterally transferred a prime piece ofnd to Ramona.
Lucas was already struggling himself, and he rejected all of Olivia’s attempts to contact him after she was released, giving various excuses.
Only his mother went to the rk family to verbally break off the engagement on his behalf.
However, Lucas and Olivia had known each other for many years, and there was no real conflict between them. Olivia was even the one who understood his
feelings for Natasha the best. Now, being cold toward her and being seen by her on a blind date made him feel somewhat awkward.
He froze in ce, unsure how to respond.
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Esther Kloss, beside Lucas, looked from one to the other, then released Lucas‘ <fnf1a2> Th?s chapter is updated by FιndNovel</fnf1a2>
arm.
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She was not familiar with Natasha, but she had seen Natasha walking toward them in recent gossip news.
Olivia, Lucas’s ex–fiancée, was reportedly released from prison recently.
Looking at the stunned Lucas, Esther wanted to see how he would handle the situation.
Margot had told their family that their engagement was called off, and they had parted ways peacefully. However, Olivia’s expression clearly showed they were still close.
“Lucas, why are you here?” Olivia deliberately ignored Esther, who had taken a step back, and walked straight to Lucas’s side, intimately brushing her arm against his.
To outsiders, those unaware would have assumed Lucas and Olivia were the other couple in the store.
Feeling the gazes from Esther, his blind date next to him, and Natasha opposite him, Lucas jolted and quickly stepped back.
Olivia froze, looking at him with a hurt expression.
After a long moment, she lowered her head and gave a self–deprecatingugh. “You even look down on me now,” she said.
Lucas instinctively shook his head. “I’m not…”
“You don’t need to say anything!” Olivia suddenly raised her voice. “I know no one will stand by me unconditionally except Roderick in the world.”
She turned her face away and said, “I’ve intruded.”
She turned and walked less than two steps, but suddenly began to gasp violently, clutching her chest as she copsed.
Lucas instinctively caught her
Lucas called, “Olivia!”
“Let go of me!” Olivia, in his arms, bit her lip
“Are you having an episode again?” Lucas frowned
“It has nothing to do with you, Mr. Wright.”
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The dramatic scene between the male and female leads made Esther, who was standing nearby, widen her eyes
Natasha sipped the bubble tea Alexei was holding for her and watched them. intently.
The shop assistants watching radiated an intense gleam of gossip in their
‘What’s going on?‘ they thought.
eyes
“Lucas Wright!” Esther, who felt like she was being watched like a fool, looked displeased and lowered her tone
Lucas came to his senses, suddenly feeling Olivia in his arms was as hot as a burning coal.
Ever since his father brought Wyatt, his illegitimate son, back, Lucas hade to terms with reality and was finally willing to ept his mother’s arrangements for blind dates.
Esther was the best match for him among them.
She was the only daughter of a bank president, innocent and easy to appease. Originally, Esther’s parents had voiced a bit of criticism about Lucas’s past, but Margot repeatedly assured them. Coupled with Lucas’s previously good public reputation and his pleasing appearance that girls liked, Esther’s parents finally gave their consent for them to try.
Lucas’s attitude was always lukewarm. It was Esther who was more proactive, which allowed their rtionship to progress.
They might have confirmed their rtionship after today.
Who knew Olivia would suddenly appear out of nowhere?
Lucas jolted.
He couldn’t give up on Esther.
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Because of his rtionship with the Kloss family, Lucas’s father recently began tentatively entrusting him with more authority and also provided more support for his newpany n.
If Lucas breaks up with Esther, he would immediately be reduced to his original form.
“Natasha…” He subconsciously turned to Natasha.
Olivia was Natasha’s sister, and entrusting Olivia to Olivia was the best option.
‘Wasn’t it the same in the past?‘ thought Lucas.
However, before he could finish his words, Natasha’s shocked and disgusted gaze cut him short, and an icy aura emanated from Alexei beside them.
He truly didn’t acknowledge the suffering Natasha endured because of Olivia.
He always downyed it, as if blood ties and favors were paramount.
“Ha,” Esther sneered, looking at Lucas, who was bewildered. “Mr. WrightIt, it seems you haven’t sorted out your ex yet. I’ll take my leave.“Esther Kloss
She was naive, but not foolish.
‘Lucus and Olivia, the two scumbags, are openly flirting before me. Am I still going <i>to </i>be so pathetic as to cling to Lucas?‘ thought Esther.
“Esther!” Lucas called out to her.
Esther paused for a few seconds. Seeing Lucas’s anxious expression, yet still not letting go of the woman, she turned and left in disappointment.
Before she had gone about two yards, she was overwhelmed by anger and turned back, pping him across the face.
“Scumbag!” said Esther.
Lucas was stunned by her p.
‘I was just saving Olivia. Was I supposed to let Olivia lie on the ground? Esther has gone too far,‘ thought Lucas.