Chapter 248

　　Lucas looked down but didn't reach out to pick it up. 　　A moment later, Lucas took out another cigarette. 　　In fact, he never liked cigarettes. He only cared for an occasional cigar. But he began to smoke cigarettes after a gathering with Hari and their friends after he divorced Jessica. 　　Harry told Lucas that Jessica seemed to have been with Terry. 　　After hearing that, Lucas felt upset and picked up a cigarette on the table. 　　The smell of nicotine was very strong. In fact, cigarettes didn't smell or taste good. Yet when the smoke entered one's mouth and lungs, it would numb his senses for a moment, shielding him from reality. 　　That was exactly what Lucas was doing now. He knew Jessica was the plotter. But the question remained whether Jessica was still in love with him or not. 　　Was she? 　　Lucas exhaled a mouthful of smoke and found that the question kept lingering. 　　He couldn't stop thinking about it even when he was smoking. 　　Lucas took out the dumbphone again and read two h