"Let me hug you for a while," Jackson murmured tenderly. "The driver will be here soon."

He then glanced at the woman in his arms before turning around to take a glimpse at Lucas, who was standing not far away, watching them.

The two men's eyes met.

Moments later, a black car slowly drove up toward Jackson and Serenity. Jackson turned his gaze away and led Serenity into the car. Serenity turned around and climbed into the car, unaware that Lucas and Aria had been standing not too far away from them all along.

Aria pursed her red lips silently until the black car disappeared on the horizon. Only then did she raise her head and said, "Lu..."

But just as she opened her mouth, the rest of her words never escaped her throat as she noticed the expression of the man in front of her. Lucas's face, which had always been strikingly handsome, which had always looked cold and distant, now seemed to be in a violent struggle, almost as if Lucas was trying his hardest to restrain his feelings,