“Ouch, who is it?”
Patrick was instantly a little irritated. When he turned back and saw Ashley standing behind him, he
instantly became a wimp.
“Mom, I’ll become a fool if you beat me like this.”
“That would be good, so that you can’t stick up to the outsider every day.”
Ashley was extremely speechless with her youngest son. She did not even know how was Patrick
bribed by Lucas.
Patrick, however, giggled and said, “Mom, I’m not bribed by Lucas. I just acknowledge Yasmeen’s
feelings for him. Moreover, he treats her quite well, doesn’t he?”
“Making your elder sister cry is called treat her quite well?”
Ashley rolled her eyes at her youngest son.
Patrick hurriedly replied, “That was also just to let her vent her tense emotions. I believe Mom is able to
understand it. If you simply just want to disagree with Lucas, then I can do nothing about it. But I think
that without Lucas in this world, Yasmeen may not be happy. Isn’t letting Yasmeen happy what we
want?”
Ashley instantly did not know what to say.
After quite a while, Ashley responded, “No matter what, you have to prioritize your elder sister’s well-
being first, understand?”
“Got it.”
“Get some rest.”
Ashley got up and walked out.
On the other hand, Yasmeen who had run to the door of Lucas’s room was a little intimidated to go in.
She gripped the bottom hem of her clothes and was so nervous that she was at a loss. But when she
heard Lucas’s coughing sound coming from inside, she pushed open the door of the room and
hurriedly walked over.
“Are you okay?”
Lucas was not surprised by the abrupt appearance of Yasmeen. He shook his head but he could not
stop the dry itch in his throat and coughed quite severely.
Yasmeen quickly ran over and poured him a cup of water. When she handed it over, she gently patted
Lucas’s back to let him breathe better but before her hand fell on Lucas’s back, she remembered his
injury.
As she paid special attention to it, she could smell the faint smell of iodine coming from Lucas’s body.
Yasmeen could not help but remember what happened before. She did not know what kind of mood
she should have at this time. She just asked gently, “May I take a look at the wound on your back?”
“It’s no big deal, no need to look. It will heal in a few days.”
Lucas held Yasmeen’s hand and said softly but he still could not help coughing.
Yasmeen’s eyes slightly turned red and urged him to drink some water. Lucas did so.
Both of them were silent for a while.
“Are you in a better mood?”
Lucas broke the silence first.
Yasmeen nodded but she was still staring at Lucas’s back.
She knew best what kind of person Patrick was and how much he cared for herself. So, she was
worried when she learnt that Lucas went to her father alone. However, how come she did not pay
attention to Lucas’s injury at first?
She was with the grievance and sad but wasn’t Lucas the most important in her heart?
Kindness and love were nothing compared to Lucas.
However, she had dwelt on this issue and forgotten Lucas’s injury. How could she do that?
Seeing Yasmeen’s red eyes that kept staring at his back, Lucas eventually sighed and asked, “Are you
blaming yourself?”
“Yes.”
Yasmeen did not retort and her voice was a little choked up.
Lucas held her hand and let her sit on his lap. He stroked her long hair and spoke in a low voice, “Your
mood now is the same as the mood when I learnt that you donated a kidney for me. So, is there any
point for us to consider kindness and love between us?”
“No.”
Yasmeen could not help but embrace Lucas’s neck. Seeing the dark circles under his eyes, she
thought of Patrick’s words and could not help but ask, “Are we still breaking up?”
“It depends on you.”
Lucas’s lips curled slightly.
At this time, Yasmeen was like a child as she became more and more pitiable.
Although Lucas gave the initiative to Yasmeen, he placed his hand on Yasmeen’s thin waist and
embraced her tightly.
Yasmeen, however, did not notice this and said somewhat dejectedly, “You know right, when facing you
I’ve always been anxious and apprehensive. I don’t know when will you like me and start to care about
me. After all, I know your criteria for choosing a spouse and I don’t fulfil any of them. However, I was
really happy after learning that you want to confirm your relationship with me, but simultaneously I
couldn’t help worrying if you were accepting me because of the kidney. So, I’ve been apprehensive and
thinking about many things all day. I’m happy that you treat me well but I’m also wondering at the same
time if you’re accepting me with the grievance because you’re grateful to me.”
“I don’t feel any grievance when doing anything to you.”
Lucas directly held Yasmeen’s hand and put it on his heart. He spoke in a low voice, “Do you hear the
sound here? It keeps beating for you.”
Yasmeen just stared at Lucas like that and was a little bit in disbelief, yet a little puzzled.
Seeing her look, Lucas said smilingly, “I admit I never bothered to think carefully about our relationship
before I learnt that you donated a kidney for me. I even thought I didn’t love you but my elder brother
said something that you might want to listen to.”
“What was that?”
Yasmeen had completely lost the ability to think at this point.
Lucas said word for word, “My elder brother said that I’m a person who will never put myself in a state
with the grievance for people who aren’t related to me. I can be scheming and ruthless but I’ll not give
myself up to emotion to spoil people I don’t care about. Yasmeen, I don’t know when did I fall for you,
perhaps it was at the moment when you donated a kidney for me or perhaps even earlier. I’m already
used to you chasing me. I don’t feel good when I don’t see you and will guess if you’re sick or falling for
someone else and will you be so obsessed with him too. I’ll think about a lot of things, definitely not as
calm as I seem.”
Yasmeen was entirely awe-struck.
Lucas would also be anxious?
He would also worry about her falling for someone else?
These were simply something that Yasmeen thought would never happen.
It was as if the person standing in front of her was no longer the unapproachable man that she adored
but a real ordinary person with emotions and feelings too.
She suddenly pinched herself forcefully and then moaned due to the pain, which made Lucas want to
cry and weep all at once.
“Are you silly?”
“Yes, falling in love with you is the silliest thing I’ve ever done. It is enough for once in my life. So, you
don’t need to worry about me falling for someone else, because loving someone is too taxing and tiring.
Falling for you alone already makes me exhausted, how will I have the time and energy to fall for
someone else? Also, I, Yasmeen Shaw have always been a woman who will be loyal to my spouse
until my death, I…mmm…”
Before Yasmeen could finish her words, Lucas directly clasped the back of her head and kissed her.
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