Although his eyes were looking at her, his gaze appeared to be looking through her. Just who was he looking to substitute?

There was a time when he kept imagining what the little girl would look like after she had grown up. The women that he dated would more or less bear some semblance to that imaginary woman.

However, Serenity wasn’t the one who had saved him all those years ago. It was actually Lynette, the lady sitting before him.

He had seen her photos from when she was around 8 or 9. Sure enough, she looked a lot like the girl from his memories.

However, the grown-up Lynette was completely unlike what she used to look like. She shared similar facial features with Serenity, especially their eyebrows and jaw, but he could still easily tell these two people apart.

What’s more, the aura they gave off was completely different.

“Lucas?”

The sound of Lynette’s voice snapped him out of his thoughts. “You’re not a substitute,” he said.

“Then... were you really looking for a