Chapter 4

That evening, Lucas carried me all the way down the long, winding mountain path.

I felt guilty and kept telling him to let me walk, but he ignored me.

He stayed silent, carrying me the whole way until we finally reached the bottom—nearly an hour later.

He always kept to himself, never saying much and always seeming a bit aloof.

I'd been in the club for almost two years, and I still had no idea he was even a member until that day.

After I graduated, Ryan took a job as a doctor at a hospital in Seaside City.

I…