He had received this package when he had paid Irene''s debt.


    The day he had paid Irene''s debts, he had gotten Mr. Swen to send him Irene''s grandmother''s bracelet. He told them to send it to the ce where he was studying foreignnguages.


    When he received her grandmother''s bracelet, he was nning to find a good time to return the bracelet to Irene.


    He never thought that he would return home to see Irene and Sam talking together.Còntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org


    Knock! Knock!


    There was a knock on the door.


    "Mr. Lucas, I''ve cut some fruits for you! Have some!" Irene stood outside the door of his room with a te in her hand. It was the fruits that she had just cut.


    Lucas ced the bracelet back into his bag. He walked to the door but did not open it. "I''m not eating."


    He knew that those fruits were meant for Sam.


    Irene had expected this answer from Lucas, but she still felt a little sad. She wanted to repair her rtionship with Lucas, but Lucas was like a prickly porcupine. Although she knew that he was a good porcupine, she could not get close to him.


    She took the fruits back to the kitchen and ate them slice by slice.


    She usually did not eat fruits. Fruits were expensive, and she could not afford them, especially mangoes.


    She knew that they were expensive, so she had deliberately bought them.


    She did not like the smell of mangoes. She bore the scent and took a bite. It was surprisingly sweet. The scent grew pleasant.


    She immediately thought of Lucas. He was like that too. He might look fierce and scary, but he was actually kind.


    In Aryadelle, after Avery and Elliot reached the restaurant, they began ordering food.


    Soon, Eric arrived.


    Eric had a ck baseball cap on and matching shirt and trousers. He looked like he had just gotten done exercising.


    When Avery saw Eric, she immediately gave Elliot a look to ask him to control his emotions.


    Elliot picked his ss up and drank some water.


    "The traffic was quite bad, so I''mte." Eric sat down opposite them and took off his cap.


    "How''s retired life?" Avery looked at his face. He still looked the same. She smiled and asked, "Why didn''t you bring a bodyguard?"


    "I''m retired. I don''t need a bodyguard."


    "If someone were to recognize you right now I''m sure that would cause amotion! You should still hire


    one or two bodyguards. It''s not like Ortwo


    you''re short of money anyway," Avery said.


    "I do have bodyguards, I just didn''t ask them to follow me," Eric picked up the menu. After ordering some foodphe returned the menu to the waiter.


    "When are you and Nadia getting married?" Elliot asked.


    Avery


    her mediately nudged Elliot with


    her elbow. "He doesn''t necessarily need to get married! When he


    decides to get married, he will send us an invitation."


    Soon after, food was served. Avery picked up her cutlery, about to dig in.


    Right at this moment, La, together with the prince of Creolia, knocked on their door and entered their private room.