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Now, things had changed.
He was the careful one.
The genius had fallen.
I couldn’t turn him away. I took Grandpa home
and went to the coffee shop with Lucas.
He looked at me, crying.
“Riley, I’m sorry. I should have believed you.
It’s my fault…”
“If you want to say that, I’m leaving.”
I interrupted him.
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I didn’t want to hear it.
I frowned, Lucas shut up, and changed the
subject.
“Riley, I liked you, but I didn’t know…”
“I married Sunny to make you jealous. I
thought you’d come back.”
“I can wait. Three years, five years, ten years,
I can wait.”
“But Sunny betrayed me, and stole all my
money.”
He looked sad.
I stirred my coffee.
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The latte art disappeared.
Like Lucas, getting hurt again.
He shouldn’t be like this. I met him when he
was sad, but he still had pride.
Now he didn’t, he shouldn’t be this way.
“Do you want revenge?”
I asked.
I didn’t want to hear about love.
If someone screws you over, you screw them
back!
Lucas’s eyes lit up.
“I can give you money to start. You have to
work hard.”
“I have one condition: no love. Focus on your
career. Deal?”
He was a business genius, but too emotional.
Lucas nodded.
We had a deal. I made the rules.
Lucas left, smiling, with the two million I gave
him.
He was lucky I helped him. His mom wasn’t.
The company went bankrupt, Sunny ran away, and she lost money and blood.
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Her illness made her suffer and she left blood
everywhere!
When Lucas wanted to jump, Lucas’s mom
saw the news.
She lost hope, took pills, and died.
When Lucas came home, he found her dead.
Her body smelled, but he hugged her, crying.
He used my money to cremate her,
After that, he had no weaknesses.
I liked him like this. A good money–making
machine has no feelings.
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