“When you hurt Ashlyn with that crazy stunt of yours at LX Fashion Ltd., I told you that we are only childhood friends at best. There is no romantic relationship between us.”

Lucas’ tone was so cold and distant that Hera felt her heart shatter into a million pieces when she heard that.

“What’s so good about Ashlyn, huh? How is she any better than me? Why won’t you ever see my strengths?”

The look on Lucas’ face was so expressionless that it felt as if he had blocked out all emotions.

“Hera, need I remind you that this is an international piano competition? You’re wasting everyone’s time and energy talking about your feelings as well as badmouthing both me and Ashlyn. You want to know the reason so badly? Fine, I’ll tell you. Mr. Chapman told me at the hospital that you weren’t my childhood friend at all. Ashlyn was the girl in the mountains back then! In order to get closer to me, both you and your mother lied about it and said you were that girl!”

His words shocked everyone present to the core.

“Wait… Is Lucas saying that Hera pretended to be Ashlyn?”

a lie all along? Is Ashlyn Lucas’

with this

accusing her of

had always seen Hera as a mere joke, to begin with, she quickly turned toward Lucas

response when he sensed her gaze from afar, and their

I saved Lucas when I was little? But I have no memory of doing such a thing… Urgh, my head… Why is it

ache whenever she recalled things from her childhood, and she went pale as a terrifying thought formed in her

my memories from my childhood? Lucas would never bother to tell lies, so I know I can trust

those human traffickers. Unfortunately, my sister fell down a cliff while we were making our escape…” Lucas stopped himself mid-sentence, but everyone present could clearly understand what he was trying to

his expression was as

saw that he was suppressing a lot of

it hurt him deeply to bring up such tragic memories, he was determined to do so in order to

felt her chest heaving as an

slandering Ashlyn if you know what’s good for you! I only let you off the hook multiple times because I thought you were my childhood friend, but that turned out to be fake as well. When I was investigating your family, you were the only one whose

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