Chapter 154
I interrupted Anthony’s words and said, “Ava, you go to the parking lot with the senior, I’ll talk to Dr. Rivers for a moment.”
Ava nodded and went to the parking lot with Cole.
Cole glanced at Ava, hesitating to speak. “Ava, are you and Skylar hiding something from me?” He finally blurted out.
Ava felt a bit uneasy, “No, what could we be hiding from you?” She said.
Cole raised an eyebrow, “You seem to know Luther, and your relationship seems pretty good. I remember in college, you mentioned him many times in front of me.” He said.
Ava hadn’t expected Cole to remember so much from their college days. She pursed her lips, looking at Cole with a complicated expression. If he could remember so many things, why couldn’t he see that she liked him even way back then?
Could it be that when she was in college, her infatuation with him was not that obvious?
Feeling a little disheartened, Ava said, “Look, this is not something I can easily tell you, but please stop mentioning Luther in front of
Skylar. She doesn’t want to hear anything about him.”
Cole was a smart person, and hearing this, he nodded understandingly and didn’t say anything more.
Meanwhile, I confirmed that Gerald and Ella would register for marriage tomorrow. I thanked Anthony and then left.
Ava drove me back to Hill Crest One Residence.
-Both of us had things on our minds and didn’t talk much throughout the ride.
After the car stopped, Ava finally asked me, “Do you think Cole knows that I like him?”
I shook my head, “I’m not sure, but I feel like Cole is not the kind of person who pretends to be oblivious. He probably hasn’t realized
it yet.”
Hearing this, Ava felt
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My expression changed slightly. “Probably not.” I said.
Ava glanced at me. “Are you still bothered by what happened back then?” She asked.
I smiled self–deprecatingly. “Does it mean that if I go, I don’t care about what happened back then?” I said.
Ava frowned at my statement. “I didn’t mean that. I just feel that Luther doesn’t seem like the kind of person who likes to show off. Moreover, considering his status, which person in Mediopolis wouldn’t be eager to get close to him? He’s organizing an alumni gathering in such a grand manner even before he returns. It doesn’t seem like he wants to reconnect with other alumni but rather to meet someone in particular.” She said.
My face turned ugly. “This has nothing to do with me.” I spoke with a cold tone.
As I spoke, I opened the car door, seemingly intending to get out.
Feeling helpless, Ava grabbed my arm. “Your foot is sprained, don’t be so reckless, or else you will just hurt yourself. I won’t say anything about him anymore, okay?”
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In fact, both of us knew deep down that, given Luther’s status, this behavior was obviously driven by a different purpose,
Ava’s usually cold face showed a rare look of helplessness.
She got out of the car, assisted me out of the car, and helped me walk into the house,
Hill Crest One Residence was seldom seen with servants.
However, just as Ava helped me inside, a servant came forward, taking the initiative to assist me in getting inside the house.
Ava didn’t want to go in, so she bid farewell and left immediately.
I was supported by the servant and entered the house. I immediately saw Lukas sitting on the sofa. To my surprise, he was cuddling Little Skylar. Little Skylar, who had always been afraid of Lukas, looked pitiful, seemingly hesitant to struggle, and stared at me with big eyes, meowing twice.
My mouth twitched slightly. I had planned to go upstairs directly due to my injured foot, but seeing Lukas holding and cuddling Little Skylar, I couldn’t bear it.
I let the servant support me and walked over to sit on the sofa in the living room, calmly looking at Lukas. “Mr. Strakovski, may I see Little Skylar, please?”
Lukas scratched Little Skylar’s chin with his hand and raised an eyebrow, saying, “Are you afraid that I’ll mistreat it?”
I forced a smile, “Mr. Strakovski, stop overthinking. I just haven’t seen Little Skylar for a day, and I missed it a little.”
Lukas didn’t insist and, considering my determination to save the little fellow, he got up and handed Little Skylar to me.
As Lukas approached, I caught a faint scent of mint from him. When Little Skylar landed in my hands, it immediately relaxed, rubbing its head against my palm affectionately, purring loudly.
Lukas’s eyes flickered. It seemed that Little Skylar was a discerning little creature.
He stood in front of me, looking down at me from a superior position, showing no intention of leaving. He asked, “How did you hurt your foot?”
The oppressive feeling from Lukas’s presence was too strong, causing me to feel flustered. I lowered my head, rubbing Little Skylar, and replied, “I accidentally sprained it.”
Lukas looked at me with a smile that wasn’t really a smile, “Is that so?” He said.
I raised my head and saw Lukas’s eyes, which seemed to see through my soul. I hurriedly lowered my head again, feeling even more guilty, “Mr. Strakovski, I really did just accidentally sprain it.” I said.
I thought to myself that I had indeed accidentally slipped from the water pipe and sprained it. Technically, it wasn’t lying.
Lukas’s eyes darkened, unable to decipher his expression. Unexpectedly, I was willing to tell the truth to Anthony but not to him.
Well, he had guessed it when he was outside the hospital, right?
Lukas looked at me, who was petting the cat with my head down. He didn’t continue to press for answers, only saying in a cold voice, “Let’s go have dinner.”
After he spoke, he turned and went to the dining room.
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I blinked and looked at Lukas’s back. The servant came forward to help me up.
I murmured to myself in my heart that he seemed to believe my words now.
At the Rhodes l’amily villa, Ella’s parents were discussing her marriage with Gerald. Although they were angry, their daughter was already pregnant, leaving her with no choice but to marry Gerald unless they wanted to terminate the pregnancy and let Ella carry the stigma of having had an abortion and marry someone else.
At that moment, a servant came in with a square–shaped parcel, saying, “Miss, your package has arrived.”
Ella was absent–mindedly listening to her parents and picked up a fruit knife from the coffee table to open the package.
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