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Everyone in Brisea knew I was out every night, busting Lucas Sterling for cheating. Lucas was always fooling around, never spending two nights with the same woman. He hated me for pushing his first love over the edge. I hated him for barely even looking at me for ten years. We were like two trapped animals, tearing each other apart in the nastiest ways we could find. But when that runaway truck came hurtling toward us, Lucas suddenly lunged, throwing himself over me to shield me. Blood was bubbling from his lips, but he actually smiled, looking relieved. He said, "Guess I've paid you back now. If there's another chance, let me go, okay? I just want to see her again..." I looked down at the steel rod impaling my stomach, but I forced myself out of the wreckage so that I didn't die with him. When I opened my eyes again, I was standing in front of my father and said, "I'll marry into the Foster family." This time around, I'd let him go. I'd return everything he ever wanted, his freedom, and the one he longed for.