Chapter 18: I'm Just A Normal Human Male After All.

Lucifer gave them a polite nod before returning his focus to Gwen, who continued speaking.

"These dumb bitches really need to learn that there are boundaries, especially when it comes to other people's significant others. I mean, I'm supposed to be your girlfriend, yet they still try flirting with you in front of me! How rude is that?!" Gwen complained with indignation evident in her voice.

Lucifer found himself growing more annoyed as she continued venting her frustration; however, he decided to let it go as there was no point getting worked up over such petty matters.

"You should know why they act like that even in front of you," Lucifer pointed out.

"Huh?" She asked with a confused expression on her face.

She didn't understand what Lucifer meant.

"Gwen, you're one of the most beautiful women in the world. And I love you more than anything in the world. But everyone knows what your beliefs are, and they think that it's foolish.

So, they don't respect it and see no reason to think of us as a couple." He explained to her while caressing her hand gently.

Gwen felt like someone had slapped her hard across the face after hearing those words come out of Lucifer's mouth.

She looked down at their joined hands and wondered why it didn't feel right anymore.

She lifted her gaze to stare directly into his deep blue eyes, searching for any indication of falsehood, but found nothing except sincerity reflected in them.

"No, I'm not asking you to change yourself, Gwen. What I'm saying is that you need to decide what's more important to youyour faith or our relationship.

Does a single ritual mean more to you than what we have together?" Lucifer pointed this out, hoping she would realize the foolishness of her own ways.

Gwen bit her bottom lip hard and looked away, refusing to acknowledge what he was telling her.

Lucifer let out a long sigh and took hold of both her hands again, gazing straight into her eyes once more.

"I promise I'll always be there for you no matter what, but if we want things to work out between us, you have to compromise as well. It's not about sex but about being honest with your own feelings as well. Don't force your views on me and expect me to follow along blindly like everyone else."

Gwen couldn't bear to listen anymore as tears began falling freely down her cheeks.

She pulled her hands away from his grasp and quickly stood up from the table, running out of the cafeteria without looking back.

Lucifer watched her retreating form disappear into the distance and let out a tired sigh.

He wanted to go after her but decided against it, knowing it wouldn't solve anything.

'I already betrayed her by having an affair with my mom. It's not something I could ever tell her.

Along with my own growing lust for more women, She won't be able to accept any of these, so I need to stop trying to convince her of something that's impossible to achieve in the first place,' Lucifer thought to himself while leaning back in his chair as he closed his eyes and rubbed his temples to soothe the headache that had started forming.