"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.

to him. Maybe it was better to

him to believe

together and didn't want to remarry for the child's sake, I'd understand. But now,

give up on her, even

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

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

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

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

I want to be alone. I don't

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

and sent the photo anonymously to Mrs. Perez, attaching no

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