Chapter 4

But I was planning to break up with all of them today, so naturally I didn't have a friendly expression.

"Oh, goodbye then." I turned to leave.

But he grabbed my leg.

"Lucy, are you... are you abandoning me too?" He sat on the ground, looking lost and deeply hurt.

I sighed and slowly crouched down.

His eyes lit up for a moment: "I knew it. Only you, Lucy..."

SLAP

I smacked him across the face.

He was stunned.

"Are you fucking brain-dead? Is dating all you can think about?"

I finally vented all my pent-up frustration, laying into him: "For fuck's sake, you go through 31 girlfriends in a 30-day month. Haven't you been scammed enough? That lovesick brain of yours is so rotten even zombies wouldn't eat it!"

"And how old are you anyway? An 18-year-old little boy dyeing his hair blond - you think that looks good? And those clothes - I can practically see up to your thighs. If you weren't a guy, people would think you were working the street corner!"

"You're so young but you're not focusing on anything good. Running off to nightclubs with women in the middle of the night - have you finished your homework? What are your test scores? Do you even remember Newton's laws?"

"Your poor parents were so unlucky to have such a wasteful brat!"

My tirade left him completely dumbfounded. He forgot to cry and just stared at me with his big eyes.

After a long while, he finally stammered: "Lucy, you're so mean... You've never yelled at me before..."

"Just looking at you pisses me off." I stood up, about to walk away. "Let's not see each other anymore..."

"I'm sorry..."

Unbelievably, an apology came out of his mouth.

"Don't leave me, please..."

He hugged me from behind, pressing his body tightly against my back.

"My... my parents got divorced. They just give me money but never pay attention to me..." Lucas choked up. "From now on... will you look after me?"

His voice was like a helpless kitten, pitifully hard to refuse.

"It's... it's late. You should go home," I said, my throat feeling dry. "I need to find a hotel..."

"Then I'll come too..." he said.

I kept reminding myself not to trust men's lies.

All men in this world are terrible, always taking advantage of innocent, honest girls like me.

But my mouth moved on its own, just like when I first met him:

"Okay."