Chapter 47
The people gathered around Lukas soon started chatting among themselves about him.
The man at the center of all their conversations, however, had quietly withdrawn from the discussion, leaning back against his chair. Yet, not a single one of them noticed.
Keeping his mouth shut to avoid wasting unnecessary energy, Lukas simply listened. He couldn’t help but feel that the version of himself they were discussing was vastly different from who he really was.
[This is how it usually is.]
With that thought, he turned his gaze in search of someone who wasn’t like the others.
Scanning the greenhouse beyond the crowd, he spotted Selina seated alone at a distance.
Across from her sat a man.
[Jacob Cooper.]
The second son of Count Cooper’s family.
With a relaxed, amiable expression, Jacob flashed a bright smile at Selina, as if genuinely delighted by their conversation.
Tap.
Lukas’s fingers drummed lightly against the table. The faint sound was swallowed by the murmuring around him.