Chapter 543

“All right, Lucinda. Just be careful, okay?”
“I will.”
Paige was already waiting outside the Norwood family villa. The moment she spotted Lucinda stepping out, all dressed up and poised, she rolled down her window and waved. “Lucinda!”
“Paige.” Lucinda walked over and slipped into the passenger seat.
Paige glanced over and frowned. “Have you been dieting again? You look even skinnier lately.”
Lucinda gave a small, bitter smile. “Not on purpose.”
She just hadn’t been able to eat much. Her mood made everything taste bland.
“You were already perfect at 100 pounds. You really don’t need to lose any more.” Lucinda was probably down to ninety-five pounds by now.
“I’ll try to eat a little more.”
Paige started the car and pulled out, but almost immediately, they ended up face to face with a sleek black luxury car. Read full story at.net
Lucinda’s heart skipped a beat. That was Connor’s car.
It was barely past nine. She’d thought he wouldn’t show up this early. Now Paige had seen him, too.
Paige watched as the car glided past them without stopping, then turned to look at Lucinda, noticing how her face had gone pale. “That was Connor’s car, wasn’t it?”
Lucinda nodded, her expression stiff. “Yeah.”
Paige looked confused. She pulled over and checked her mirror, watching Connor’s car roll through the gates of the villa.
He was definitely heading to see the Norwoods.
“Lucinda, wasn’t he coming to see you? Are you sure it’s okay for you to just leave with me?”
Lucinda stared at her hands, not
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sure what to say. She felt torn. How could she possibly explain to her friends that she wasn’t the Norwoods real daughter, or that Connor didn’t actually love her?
How could she even say it out loud?
If she told them, would any of these high-society girls still want to be friends with her? Would she ever be able to hold her head up in this world again? Just thinking about her feal father living in some tiny village
working the fields, made her want to
disappear. It was humiliating.
“Paige, I just… I don’t want to deal with him right now.” She tried to sound annoyed, even though her heart hurt.
Paige immediately caught on that something was wrong. “Lucinda, what’s going on between you and Connor? Weren’t things fine just a little while ago?”
Lucinda’s eyes stung and turned red.
Paige got even more anxious. She hesitated, then asked, “Did he… did he do something to hurt you?”
Stuff like this happened all the time with rich families. But Connor was supposed to be different. He was always cold, always distant, never caught up in drama or gossip. He didn’t seem like the playing type.
“Paige, I really don’t want to talk about him right now. Even if he shows up today
with gifts, I don’t want to see him. Let’s just go shopping, okay?”
Since Lucinda didn’t deny it, Paige assumed she was right.
She gaped at her. “Lucinda, who is it? Who would dare try to steal your boyfriend? Just tell me who it is and I’ll handle it for you!”
Lucinda shook her head softly. “Paige, I’ll deal with it myself.”
Paige frowned, not satisfied. “You’re seriously too nice. I warned you, with Connor’s status, there’d be girls all over him. I told you to keep an eye out, but you never listen.”