His gentle tone made it sound like it was nothing but a normal and mundane conversation, but his eyes were laser-focused on her face, almost as if he was not going to let even her subtlest expressions escape his notice.

Serenity pursed her lips and told him, "There's nothing to regret at all–it was my decision to do what I did in the first place, so I'm perfectly fine with it."

Besides, even if she had told him earlier, she could still never give Lucas what he actually wanted, because the man