"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 it was better to

said nothing, effectively allowing him to believe

for the

give up on her, even if she had

ties to Quincy, and he could take his place in Lydia's

"If you came

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

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have

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

retreating figure in a photo, positioning his hand to make it appear as if he was touching her waist.

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

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