Chapter 1112
Shortly after, Lucas contacted Khloe
After hearing what he had to say, Khloe showed no particular reaction. She fell silent for a moment before replying softly, “Thank you, Lucas.”
“Khloe, is what you’re doing really appropriate? Nick is in a lot of pain.”
Lucas understood Khloe’s plan very clearly.
From the very beginning, she had never hidden it from him.
Because Lucas and Nick were close friends, and because of his identity and background, he could not only help her continue investigating Lacuna, but also serve as a natural part of the arrangement to deceive Nick.
In truth, Lucas did not want to be involved in something like this. But Khloe’s reasoning left him no room to refuse-neither emotionally nor logically.
Her goal was to save Nick’s life, even if it meant sacrificing their relationship. 1
More importantly, she was the mother of his friend’s child. Even if she was, in a sense, emotionally coercing him, Lucas still couldn’t refuse. 1
And above all, he was a businessman.
Khloe had promised that once the matters involving Lacuna and Nick were resolved, she would transfer five percent of her inherited assets to him, along with an additional three percent of Morrison Group’s
shares.
From that moment on, Lucas would have a solid foundation in the domestic business landscape.
That had been the ultimate reason he followed Nick and Khloe back to the country.
But Nick was still his friend. Watching him suffer, Lucas couldn’t help but feel conflicted.
Still, he had business integrity. Since he had agreed to Khloe, he could not back out halfway-even if what he was doing made him uncomfortable.
“That doesn’t sound like something you would say,” Khloe replied lightly, her tone calm and emotionless.
Lucas couldn’t understand her. Only a short time ago, she had been so deeply in love-now she could become so rational, so detached, in an instant.
“I don’t really believe in emotions,” he said after a pause. “In the end, people only have themselves. Profit is everything. But I still hope the two of you could have had a better ending. Because I know that if fate hadn’t interfered, you two would have grown old together.”
“No one can be certain of growing old together until the very last moment,” Khloe said softly. “Trading an uncertain illusion for a real chance in front of me… I don’t think it’s a loss.”
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She let out a faint laugh.
She had long since understood this. No one can hold on to a love for a lifetime. Not her, and not Nick.
She loved Nick-but the best way to love him… was to let him live. Even if, in his future, she was no longer part of it.
“But using such an extreme method… Nick might end up hating you for the rest of his life.”
“For his personality, hatred might actually be a good thing.”
Lucas fell silent.
Khloe’s composure was far beyond what he had expected.
Indeed, Nick was proud and stubborn. If he ever found out Khloe had done all this for him, he would
never accept it-not even at the cost of his life.
And even if there were other ways to separate, as long as his feelings for her ran deep enough, they would only weaken his will to live.
So, for safety’s sake, Khloe had chosen the most decisive path… To make Nick hate her. Even if they became strangers from that point on, it would maximize his chances of survival and recovery. Without emotional ties binding him, with his abilities, Nick would surely recover quickly.
Only then did Lucas realize that Khloe had likely already run through every possible outcome countless times. This final step-she must have considered it for a long time. That was why she could face it with
such calmness now.
“Is it worth it?” Lucas asked helplessly.
By doing this, she would have to face public scrutiny and the weight of her own conscience
