Dead silence blanketed the hallway when Rachel posed her question. Luke narrowed his eyes and looked at her. The coldness in his eyes could seemingly freeze the air in that area.
While looking at Rachel, he spoke coldly," What if I say they're not as important as Gwen?"
He had known Gwen before his brothers. Perhaps Gwen did not remember what happened the first time they met, but Luke did. He remembered it all too well.
The smile on Gwen's face, her teary eyes, and her hair that fluttered with the breeze because of the wind; he remembered every single detail.
At that time, he just arrived at Sea City without any education and background. He worked in a restaurant as a part-timer. He thought that as long as he was willing to work hard, he would eventually make a good future.
However, things did not turn out the way he thought they would. He spent his day moving bricks on the construction site to earn money. Very often, he was bullied because of his feminine, elegant appearance.
The day he first met Gwen was during a sunny day when he was tormented yet again. He was beaten to the ground by his co-worker and smeared with dirt. At that time, Gwen was only 17 years old. She followed her father for inspection at the construction site. When she saw how he was tormented, she immediately opened the car door and got out of the car.
"Let him go!" yelled the girl dressed in a white dress, her eyebrows pressed together in agitation.
A supervisor obsequiously hissed, "Didn't you hear? This girl asked all of you to let go of him!"
However, Luke was already beaten so badly that he could not get up from the ground. Through his messed-up fringe, he saw her: clean, gentle, and ethereally elegant.
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