Aveline replied, "No need."

She picked up the utensils and began to eat. After nearly a day and a night without food, she was starving and no longer cared about the way he was watching her, almost obsessively. Lucas sat by the side of her bed, his gaze fixed intently on her. He seemed so mesmerized that he reached out to touch her face.

"What are you doing?" Aveline immediately dodged his touch, eyeing him warily.

Lucas' hand froze in mid-air. "Your hair fell in your face. I thought it might get in the way while you're eating, so I was just going to help you tuck it back."

Aveline reached up and tucked her hair behind her ear. "I can do it myself."

Lucas smiled faintly. "You're very capable."

Aveline gave him a look. What was wrong with this man?

Ignoring him, she focused on finishing her meal. Once she was done, she asked, "How's the orphanage?"

Lucas shrugged. "How would I know?"

It wasn't his concern.

"Have you found out who started

at her seriously and said, "Are

silent. Asking for his help would certainly come with a cost. His intentions

"Yes, I'm asking for your help to look into it. I suspect this whole thing was aimed at

curved Lucas' lips. "You're half

"The people who wanted to take Hilda away

smashed up, and everything inside

didn't answer immediately; he just looked at her intently. "There's

were her

want to know now? It might not be in your best interest," Lucas

business. I believe I have the right to know. Whether I choose to acknowledge them or not is

enough," Lucas nodded,

the Cooper family in Larbor City. The person who's been living under your identity

felt a strange sense of confirmation. She had suspected

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