But he wasn't Lucas.

She had no intention of repeating her past mistakes.

"I don't know you. Either I help you report this to the police, or I'm going home," Aveline said coldly.

The man continued to stare at her, his eyes resembling Lucas'. However, unlike Lucas' intense gaze, his eyes were filled with a pitiable innocence, as pure as a blank slate. Aveline turned to leave. "Let's go home."

Selena followed her, asking, "Are you really going to leave him there?"

Aveline responded, "Why should I care?"

Selena teased, "I thought you might take him in, maybe relive some old feelings. After all, situations like this don't happen every day."

Aveline sighed. "Do I look like I have that much free time?"

Selena chuckled, glancing back to see the man still standing there, watching them, looking every bit like a lost puppy.

"He's still looking at us," Selena noted.

Aveline got into the car. "You go ahead. I'll park the car."

"Okay."

to her apartment, she collapsed onto the sofa, staring

the first time she met Lucas, and

overlapped and intertwined, the faces of the two men merging in her mind, pushing

realizing she couldn't stay idle. She needed

her

unsettling thoughts, and before she knew it,

she answered, rubbing

came through. "Why haven't you

paused, glancing at the time, and realized it was already

sketching. Just wait a

he was her main benefactor, she kept

prepared a couple of dishes, and

and saw the man still in the same spot, now sitting on the curb with his

briefly as her car

she arrived at the

the

of

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