There were two special rooms upstairs in the Riveras' mansion. One was the room where Emily used to sleep in with Maxwell, and the other was the room where Luna used to sleep in. These two rooms had remained the same as they were 15 years ago and no one was allowed to step inside the two rooms without Lucas' permission.
Lucas closed the door, pulled out the chair from under the dressing table, and sat down on it. The little chair was too small for a man who was over six feet tall. Still, it contained precious childhood memories in it.
There was a ten-year age gap between him and Luna. When he was young, he spent more time with Luna than his parents did with her. Every night, he would be the one to read stories to lull her to sleep. It was such a peaceful family life back then.
Later, Maxwell was caught having a secret family outside of the marriage, causing Emily to fall into deep anguish. The two of them fought more and more with each fight getting more and more violent. Every time they fought, Lucas would carry Luna back to her room and read stories to distract her from the fight so that she would not be frightened by what was happening outside the rooms.
Things seemed to get worse after that as the rumors of Luna not being Maxwell's daughter started to spread. One day, while Lucas was in school, in a bid to dispel the rumors going around outside, his grandparents took Maxwell and Luna to do a paternity test.
Slowly, he came to accept Anya and in the end, he poured all of the affection he reserved for Luna on Anya. He made sure Anya never had to suffer any sadness or hurt but now he came to realize Cedric was right — Anya had been spoiled rotten by Lucas!
'Anya seemed to have gone to the point of no return in her quest to make Jeremy hers. She's no longer the kind-hearted girl I used to know. In fact, the scheme she pulled had become more and more vicious… I can't believe she would hurt Joey like that just so she could frame Corinne. She's become so evil that I don't think there's ever a chance of her redeeming herself anymore,' thought Lucas.
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