"I know you're a good person, but Eugene, why waste so much time on me?" Lydia continued shaking her head. "There's no future for us together."

She had no feelings for him beyond friendship. That was all they could ever be.

"You still can't get over Quincy."

"It's not like that. It's completely over between us."

"If it's really over, then why not give me a chance? Lydia, you're still young. Do you really plan to spend your life alone because of one worthless man?" Eugene pressed, refusing to back down.

Growing up, he had always gotten what he wanted, and he was determined to have Lydia, too.

it to him. Maybe it was better

effectively allowing him to

you're really not thinking clearly. If you had a child together and didn't want to remarry for the child's sake, I'd understand. But now, there's nothing left between you two." Eugene's gaze dropped to

had already decided he wouldn't give up on her, even if she had Quincy's child. But

with no ties to Quincy, and he could take

Lydia snapped, her voice suddenly intense. "If you came here just to say things like that, you should

child hadn't just been Quincy's, it had been hers, too. Quincy might have been a terrible partner,

quickly apologized. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said

alone. I don't want anyone around me right now."

he lifted his phone, capturing her retreating figure in a photo,

to his car and sent the photo anonymously to Mrs. Perez, attaching no message but only the

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