Even though she kept mentioning Lucas’ name, he was still reluctant to do so.

If he trusted her, he would have believed what she told him in his father’s mourning hall, where she swore that she would never betray him!

If he trusted her, he would believe that of all the people in this world, she loved him the most!

If he trusted her, he would never have hidden his grandmother’s bracelet to deliberately hide the truth.

But… what if he had never trusted her from the very beginning? At the thou