CHAPTER 22:"Don't Be Hard on Yourself, and Don't Waste the Years"  

　　"I wasn't trying to seduce you, I just…"  

　　What could I say? That I was impulsive and dragged him into a staged performance without his consent?  

　　"You just wanted to put on a show for him?" Lucas calmly finished my sentence.  

　　So he had seen through my intentions all along. But why did he seem a bit upset? Was he angry that I had used him?  

　　"Lucas, I'm sorry. I was wrong." My voice was barely audible.  

　　Lucas chuckled lightly, sitting upright as he lit a cigarette.  

　　"Now you know you were wrong? Alright, tell me—what are you doing here?"  

　　I sat up, fumbling to cover myself with my ruined dress, my head hanging low like a child caught misbehaving.  

　　"I agreed to divorce him tomorrow," I began quietly. "But he betrayed me first. I couldn't swallow my anger. I thought if I put a green hat on him before the divorce, it'd feel fair."