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Actually, I didn’t hate animals.
It was just that Jason’s parents didn’t like
them, so I couldn’t either.
That year, I begged Jason for a long time
before he reluctantly agreed to secretly bring
a kitten home for me.
But before the kitten reached me, my
adoptive mother discovered it.
She threw my kitten away.
She scolded Jason for wasting his time on
trivial things, unfit to be heir, disappointing
her.
She also locked me in a dark room to reflect.
If I influenced Jason again, she would send
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me back to the orphanage.
I didn’t understand why a kitten could get us
into so much trouble.
But I didn’t dare to rebel.
After all, I really didn’t want to go back to the
orphanage.
To appease my adoptive mother, I knelt on
the ground admitting my mistake, crying and
vowing never to bring any animal home again. My adoptive mother’s tense face finally
relaxed.
I was locked up for a whole week.
When I came out, the kitten had become a
stray.
I couldn’t find it.
Heartbroken, I wandered around the park.
alone.
I unexpectedly saw Lucas holding a large
bowl of cat food, squatting down to feed the
stray cats.
The cold moonlight bathed him, as if coated
with a soft light.
It was a Lucas I’d never seen before.
Lucas’s background was similar to mine.
No, he had it even worse than me.
Lucas was an unaccepted illegitimate child.
His father was drunk, and his mother planned
to seduce him on a specific day, hence his
birth.
Lucas was the most embarrassing person in
the whole family.
No one looked down on him.
No one treated him like a person.
Insecurity and gloom constantly enveloped
Lucas.
Only the stray cats and dogs in the park.
would gently rub against his legs.
I thought having a cat would help.
If, one day, I left him again.
Given Lucas‘ sense of responsibility, he
definitely wouldn’t abandon the kitten.
Of course, I wouldn’t let him know these
thoughts.
I kissed his lips.
“Having a pet will make the house more
lively.”
The word “child” made Lucas‘ eyes tremble.
He mumbled, unable to speak for a long time.
“Okay, Lucas?”
I didn’t want to let Jason off the hook for
what happened in my past life.
But the Yu family was powerful, what if
something happened to me…?
Lucas, don’t do anything reckless again.
His dark eyes fixated on me.
The only sounds were our breaths.
I was nervous and urged him, clinging to his
neck.
“Please?”
“Yeah, okay.”
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