"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.

didn't know how to explain it to him. Maybe

allowing him to believe he

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

wouldn't give up on her, even if she had Quincy's child. But knowing there was no child made things much

be a clean break, with no ties to Quincy, and he could

her voice suddenly intense. "If you came here

been hers, too. Quincy might have been a terrible partner, but their child had been

apologized. "I'm sorry. I

go. I want to be alone. I don't want anyone around me right now." Lydia turned

his phone, capturing her retreating figure in a photo, positioning his hand to make it appear

the photo anonymously to Mrs. Perez, attaching no message but only the

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