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    Chapter 3356 How Could My Real Feelings Be Anything Less Than Genuine?


    Luca tried to keep talking, but she could not hold it in any longer and broke down crying.


    Just thinking about her child still being in Abel''s hands made her heart ache, and she cried even harder. The thought of all the things Luke had done for her in secret pained her even more.


    Luke had not done anything wrong, but it hurt that he had done so much and never told her. Luca knew he meant well. He wanted to shield her from worry.


    However, when it came to something like this, she was involved too and could have helped. Yet Luke did everything on his own, keeping her in the dark for her own good, and that hurt her deeply.


    Luca felt helpless. It seemed he still saw her as someone fragile.


    It pained her that she could not do anything to help and that Luke had to shoulder everything alone.


    When he saw her tears, Luke knew he had made a mistake by hiding the truth. She wanted to stand by his side through it all, but he had only thought of protecting her.


    When it came to the issue of the Ind of Despair, they were not on the same page.


    The things he did to protect her did not always feel that way to her.


    Luke took the initiative to apologize, "I''m sorry. I just wanted you to feel more at ease, which is why I didn''t tell you."


    Luca began crying even harder.


    Luke, now panicked, grabbed tissues from the coffee table and gently wiped away her tears. Each tear that fell from her eyesnded heavily on his heart, tearing it into pieces.


    "Luca, please don''t cry. Watching you cry breaks my heart," Luke soothed her in a gentle voice. Her cries swept through him, turning his once unbreakable resolve into something achingly tender and soft.


    Watching her eyes swell and redden, he wished he could cry in her ce.


    "You did it for my sake." Luca choked out between sobs. "But I care about our child too."


    "I know. I was wrong." Luke surrendered, apologizing again. "I thought this would make things a little easier for you."


    "Only knowing that our child is safe would make me feel at ease." Luca continued sobbing.


    If he had told her about all this sooner, she would not have been so frightened and caught off guard by Abel. Even her dignity had been stripped away. Her child was her weakness, and Abel knew it all too well. He was using it to crush her.


    "Alright, alright, I get it. From now on, I won''t keep anything from you," promised Luke. His heart was breaking as he listened to her cries. "Okay, okay, don''t cry anymore. This is tearing me apart."


    Luca sniffled, listening to his promise. After a while, she pushed him away and took a tissue to wipe her own eyes.


    "It''s all your fault," said Luca. "If you''d told me sooner, I wouldn''t have been so terrified." "It''s all my fault," Luke admitted in a low voice. "I was wrong."


    "Yes, you were. I tell you everything, yet you don''t tell me anything about what you''re doing. Do you think I''m useless? That I can''t save our child?" Luca''s eyes were still red.


    She thought about the three years she had spent on the Ind of Despair and how she had grown stronger. At least now, she was no longer a burden to him. "Luke, I''m capable now. I won''t hold you back. How could you..."


    Then, she felt wronged all over again and was about to cry.


    Luke''s heart ached as he listened to her usations. Everything he had done had a simple goal, and it was to protect her.


    "That''s not what I meant," replied Luke, worried that she would misunderstand. He fumbled to wipe the tears from her face again. "Alright, I promise you, from now on, I''ll reach out to you first whenever anything happens."


    "From now on, whatever happens, we face it together." Luca still was not satisfied and pressed him for more assurance.


    "Alright, I promise. I''ll face it with you no matter what. I won''t handle things on my own." Knowing what she truly wanted, Luke had no choice but to agree.


    Otherwise, she would cry even more.


    Luke could not bear to see her tears. They broke his heart every time.


    When he saw her still crying, he cupped her face and said in a helpless tone, "Luca, do I need to put it in writing to stop the tears?"


    A softugh slipped from Luca''s lips,Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    Luke let out a sigh of relief when she stopped crying and gently kissed her forehead.


    "You..." She had Lukepletely at a loss. "Since you came back, I haven''t seen you cry once. I thought you had toughened up, but I guess you''re still my little crybaby."


    He yfully tapped her nose.


    "I don''t cry as much anymore," replied Luca. "But I was really scared today. And when you told me everything, I just felt... so helpless."


    "Alright, let''s not talk about it. Look, your eyes are all red." Luke felt helpless. He let her go


    and pressed the inte. "Jason, bring two ice packs in here."


    "Yes, sir."


    A momentter, Jason walked in with the ice packs. He paused at the sight of Luca''s red, puffy eyes, quickly handed the ice packs to Luke, and immediately left. He dared not to


    linger and risk his boss'' displeasure.


    When the office door closed, Luca could not help but giggle.


    "Am I that scary?" asked Luca in a soft voice.


    "Of course not." Luke went to the lounge, took out a towel, and wrapped it around the ice pack to protect her skin.


    Luca followed him, watching as he wrapped the pack before gently cing it over her eyes.


    She closed her eyes obediently and chuckled. "Jason looked at me like I was something out of a horror movie. He practically ran out of here!"


    "He was just afraid of me." Luke held the towel against her skin carefully, treating her like the rarest treasure.


    The coolness soothed the puffiness and redness from all her crying, making her feel much better. "I''ve never thought you were scary," murmured Luca.


    "Then what do you think of me?" Luke nced at her, eyeing her rosy lips and feeling a sudden urge to kiss her on the lips.


    However, with a major meetinging up in half an hour, he could not dy it just to steal


    a moment with her.


    He sighed with frustration. He was the boss, yet his schedule was so jam-packed that he could not make time.


    Luca pondered for a moment, a soft smile curving her lips. "You... You''re the man I love


    most in the world."


    "That answer feels a little half-hearted," Luke''s smile mirrored hers. His usually serious face softened. It was warm like a spring breeze.


    "I mean every word. How could my real feelings be anything less than genuine?" Luca protested. Just then, she felt the ice pack lift from her eyelids, and when she opened her


    eyes, Luke''s lips were already pressing down onto hers.


    "Mhm..."


    The kiss came unexpectedly, sweeping over her like a powerful wave.


    Their lips lingered together as they poured out their love for each other. His passion nearly overwhelmed her.


    Luke''s embrace tightened, as though it was driven by an intense desire to fuse Luca into his


    very soul.


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