chapter34 #Lucsmine

he didn't know how it happened, one minute, he's single, trying to put his life together and the next thing he knows is that he is engaged to none other than Jasmine Yang.

to say he was confused is an understatement.

he was in office just like every other work day, doing the one thing he knows how to do best. which is working. when his sister called him. he would normally just ignore the call and talk to her later. Luna was probably calling to whine about something completely silly like, her friend wearing the same outfit as her but she kept calling so he to pick up.

"what ever you have to say, it better be important"

"I know for a fact that you and jasmine are not actually dating, she isn't even your type. then why in heavens name did you propose to her?!"

"what is this girl yapping about?" he thought out loud

"I'm yapping about your engagement with Jasmine. it's all over social media. her and her friends posted pictures of her wearing the Lin family heirloom ring with hash tags like #engaged or #Jasmine and Lucas forever, #Lucsmine. I mean...seriously? lucsmine? is that the best she could come up with?..... you know what, I think everything is fake, you look so uncomfortable when she is around. there is no way you'd propose..... just say the word brother, me and my girls will find Jasmine and scratch her eye out... hello?.... brother?.... are you still there?"

Lucas listened to ever word his sister was saying but his brain was in turbo overdrive trying to process everything.

'engagement?.. heirloom ring?.. forever?.. lucsmine?.. why does the universe hate me?'

"brother!" his sister practically shouted over the phone, snapping him out of this confusion induced trance.

"you didn't propose, did you?" she calmly asked.

"no"

"can I scratch her eye out?"

"no"

he isn't much of a drinker but he decided to go home and get as drunk as possible.

when he told his best friend Ethan Long his predicament the next day, Ethan laughed at him for good two minutes

"Lucas and Jasmine, sitting on a tree

K. I. S. S. I. N. G." Ethan sang between laughs

"it is not funny" he scowled

"it is pretty funny" Lucas sent his friend a death glare "you know what to do. make it crystal clear to Jasmine and tell the media that the whole thing is just a false alarm. it is as simple as that"

"you know I hate this kind of confrontations especially with women"

"the only other option is to marry a woman you didn't propose to and suffer silently"

"shut up" Lucas groaned as Ethan continued to laugh "will you come with me"

"when I confront Jasmine, will you come with me?"

"No" Ethan answered immediately

"come on. please" Lucas practically begged

"you want me to hold your sweaty little hands when you end things with your overbearing girl pal" Ethan cooed teasingly

"forget it, I'll talk to Jasmine myself" Lucas snapped

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when he reached the restaurant where he and Jasmine agreed to meet up, he wished someone was there to hold his sweaty little hands.

the first thing he noticed is that, Jasmine had managed to reserve the entire restaurant. he agreed to come to this particular place is because it is always packed with high profiled people. he was hoping that when finally cut ties with Jasmine, she would respectfully accept it without throwing any tantrums because of the people around. but it seems like the Jasmine and the universe have their own plans.

Lucas sat opposite his supposed fiancé who was wearing a bright red body hugging tube dress and a huge smile/grin on her face

they stayed silent for a while. Jasmine still had that weird grin on her face and Lucas was trying his possible best not to choke on her perfume.

'this is so weird Lucas thought

normally, Jasmine is the one initiating a conversation. always talking and talking but she was just sitting there looking so proud and happy with herself. it creeps him out. the sooner he ends 'thing' with Jasmine the better it would be for his mental health.

"why did you post those misleading pictures and who gave you that ring?" Lucas asked with all the venom he could muster, which is a lot but the thick skinned Jasmine seemed unaffected.

"your mother gave ma the ring on your behalf" she said with a 'duh' look on her face.

'of course'

regardless of how many times Lucas has told his mom to stay away from his personal life especially his love life, she wouldn't let him be. he even had to date random girls to appease her.

"sorry for the inconvenience but you have to give that ring back to my mother"

Jasmine giggled in response as if he had said something funny

'what does this girl take me for?'

"I'm not going ask again, give that ring back to my mother. or else" Lucas was totally furious

"you can't do this to me! why can't you see that I love you so much!" Jasmine want ballistic. shouting and screaming about how much she loves him

"I'm sorry but I am in love with someone else, we are in love and I want to marry her" Lucas lied. he should just left her to scream her lungs out but he is too much of a gentleman to leave without making sure she had calm down and not hurt herself. but what she seem to have enraged her all the more.

"who is she!, who the hell is she!"

Jasmine's face turned red with anger. she was literally flipping tables. instead of telling her to back off like his brain told him to, he panicked and blurted

"I'm in love with Grace Tang"