Lucas Quinn didn't dare to think, he didn't dare to consider the answer.
Because once he thought of it... it hurt, his heart ached.
The Charlotte Allison he knew already made his heart ache, yet now he discovered she had endured even more painful past experiences.
His heart ached, it ached so much...
Charlotte Allison gave a faint smile, "A few years ago, I was prey."
Lightly grasping his always warm hand, which today felt as if it had been plunged into icy water.
She said breezily, "It's all in the past now."
Many details of that year's events had faded from memory, she only knew that at that time, she just wanted to survive, thinking of the Allison Corporation, thinking of her brother on the hospital bed.
Just wanting to live, at any cost and by any means.
Lucas heard this unsurprising answer, his breath stopped, holding her hand, he suddenly didn't know what to say, so he quietly held her like that.
