Lukas gently hugged her, and she immediately started crying, her body was shaking. Lukas was not sure why she was crying, but he had to calm her down.
After a while she did calm down and looked at Lukas with eyes that were saying that she was hurt.
"It’s alright. Tell me, why are you so sad?"
Lukas, while patting her head, asked if he had to because she looked devastated and hurt.
"Y... You don’t spend time with me, you don’t come at night, and seeing me in the office, you always left"
Bella said she was aggrieved and complained she felt like he had wronged her and her feelings.
"Ah! That, because I was busy preparing for the exams and also seeing you in the office, makes me relax. That’s why I always give you responsibility and go away. It’s not like I am running from you, it’s more like I am depending on you."
Lukas said he was not sure where she got such an idea from, but she sure was creative in her spite.
"No, you are just saying this to comfort me, you don’t mean that."
Bella, saying this, took a step back, and she was still a bit angry, but Lukas’s words did work on her.
Lukas just took a step forward and hugged her tight and told her how much he loves her and how much she meant to him because sometimes you have to express your feelings through your body, and she was maybe feeling lonely as she doesn’t have anyone in this world beside Lukas, and now he was kind of ignoring her.
Bella, after hugging Lukas for fifteen minutes straight, was calmed down and also was motivated to work hard and took a three hundred thousand dollar check. If Lukas was not there, she could spend this in whatever direction she thought was the best.
"Okay, I won’t be spending it, but I am taking this because what if we need something or something breaks apart?"
Bella said then took the check. She was now a calculative boss in the company and tried to budget out everything. Ashmika always tested her limits in these circumstances.
Lukas, after pacifying Bella, left the office and went towards where Annie lives. He was not using his McLaren, as it attracts a lot of attention, he was going with Jay and Roy as usual.
Lukas, reaching the building, saw the Ferrari he gifted Annie, it was red and still looked brand new.
So she still takes care of it, that’s a good sign.
Lukas smiled seeing the car, it means she was home, and his mood was also great, so he could maybe handle the situation better.
His car was parked just beside Annie’s, and he walked towards the building. Jay and Roy wanted to accompany him, but he just shook his head in denial, as he needed to be in a deep and private conversation with Annie.
Lukas directly went to her floor, then he knocked on her door. He was wearing her favorite blue and was in a happy mood.
The door opened with a surprised face. Annie was wearing a weirdly loose outfit, which looked super cute on her, and also she was wearing several hair rollers on her hair, she was not prepared to face Lukas at all.
" Hi "
Lukas said, then entered the apartment. She was super embarrassed as there were chip packets and fast food boxes here and there, and the whole apartment was a mess.
[Ding!! Mission: Tell Her Your Secret. Minimum Reward: $10,000,000]
[Ding!! Mission: Let the secret remain secret. Minimum Reward: $100,000]
Lukas suddenly saw the mission and was relieved he was taking ten million home today, he sat down on the couch, which was filled with clothes.
"I am sorry, it’s just nobody comes to my home, so I clean the apartment when I am free."
Annie said she was on the opposite couch from Lukas. Lukas, hearing her voice, remembered how confident she is, Bella is just too opposite from her.
"I don’t mind. So how are you?"
Lukas asked, he was smiling and looked at Annie kindly. Annie smiled back, and a tear dropped down from her left eye before she had the time to cover it up.
"I am good. What about you? Are you fine? How is your lover? What was her name again? Bella?"
Annie asked suddenly, although she was crying. Unlike Bella, she was a headstrong and confident woman, so she didn’t need extra hugging to calm herself down.
"Eh! You know about Bella? How ? "
Lukas asked, he was now confused, and he was also not sure if today was a good idea to do this.
"So you really are in a relationship with her? I was just saying out of spite, as she was very beautiful"
Annie looked shocked hearing the response, she was guessing Lukas would deny the claim and maybe give her an apology, and they would go back to how they used to be.
[Mission Completed. You told her your secret. Reward: $10,000,000]
Lukas, hearing what Annie just said and seeing the notification from the system, was shocked, his mouth twitched, and he didn’t know how to respond anymore because he was a little caught off guard in this situation.
"Actually, I was here to talk with you about this and us. Bella is my lover. Till today I was hiding from you because I was afraid of losing you permanently, but I am even more scared of not talking with you before now. I am scared, and that’s maybe a human quality, but as a man I have to admit my wrongdoings."
Lukas said he was taking full responsibility for his actions, he was not lying anymore, and he was confronting his fear, which was losing Annie forever.
"T... Then what about me? Was I a nobody in your life?"
Annie asked, tears were flowing from her eyes like a broken dam, and she could barely open her eyes because they were almost full with tears.