Lucas didn’t answer right away. He just leaned against the headboard, eyes half closed. At that moment, he no longer looked like the powerful heir of a great family, but a man suffocating under the weight of fate.
Liam hesitated, then pressed on, “Victoria has lost her memory now. She doesn’t remember anything and still thinks you’re her fiancé.”
He paused, eyes reddening. “You could keep her with you—she would depend on you, and she’d fall in love with you. Why not try to hold on to her? For once… you could live for yourself.”
Lucas slowly opened his eyes, his gaze settling on the faint, cold moonlight outside the window.
He said softly, “If I really did that, she’d live her whole life inside a lie.”
Liam’s breath caught.
Lucas went on, his voice hoarse, “She has the right to know t
