Gwen's entire body stiffened when she saw Stefan's reaction. She furrowed her eyebrows and immediately realized what she had done. "Luke is…someone that I used to know."

"That's the name of my old boss," Kurt said as he stepped into the house. "He passed away some time ago."

Since he had promised Stefan that he would go along with his act and pretend to be acquaintances, that was what he had to do.

He strode over to Gwen and reached out to shake her hand. "Long time no see, Ms. Larson."

Gwen widened her eyes in shock when she saw who it was. A split second later, her gaze changed to one of incredulity. "Are you…Kurt?"

"Yes, that's me." Kurt chuckled. "I thought you had forgotten me."

"Why would I?" Gwen shook her head, and her gaze fell on Kurt's broken arm. "I just never thought that…"

Kurt was one of the bravest and most ruthless of all of Luke's men. Out of all of them, he had been selected to become Luke's personal bodyguard and had assumed this role for many years. Thus, it was safe to say that Kurt was one of the most outstanding fighters in Sea City.

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hesitated when she first laid eyes on him. She could not believe that the formidable man she once knew would

I chose not to because the woman I love lives here. I eventually returned to Sea City and

were loyal to him had all become fugitives and were forced to

the only job I can hold down is delivering food. I wanted to save up some money to eventually start a

bullies away, but he even brought me to a clinic to get me treated, which was

into a bitter smile and turned to gaze at Gwen. "Isn't this embarrassing? I don't even have the guts to go see the woman I love in this state.

Gwen was touched by Kurt's story. "You… You chose to start your life afresh amid

glanced at Stefan. "Have you gotten the

and placed the

Gwen gestured at the seats before her, indicating for Stefan and Kurt

took their seats, Gwen opened the takeout bag, revealing two portions of food. She got some clean tableware from the kitchen and prepared the food. "We're all going through a hard time

at Kurt and asked,

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