Chapter 15

"Huh..." Lucian let out an exaggerated sigh, placing his hands behind his head as he stared up at the ceiling. "I'm not taking it the wrong way. I'm simply suggesting something casual." Turning his head toward me, he added, "Be my lover. No emotions involved—just a purely physical relationship." A sharp pang shot through my chest as Declan's warning echoed in my mind: 'Lucian is a playboy.' My lips pressed into a thin line as I recalled how he had once asked me to be his girlfriend. But now, his demeanor had shifted entirely—reducing whatever connection we had to nothing more than a physical arrangement. I felt a pang of uneasiness in my heart. "You say that to all your lovers, don't you?" I scoffed, raising an eyebrow in curiosity. In an instant, he grabbed my wrist and pulled me down, pinning me beneath him. My breath hitched, my body momentarily frozen. Before I could react, his voice turned serious. "You're the first," he murmured. "Yes, I had a girlfriend once, but that ended five