"What do you think they are doing in there?" Scarlett asked. Lily pressed her ears against the door and heard howls of tears. There was nothing more strange than hearing two grown men crying. 'What in the world is happening?' "If Uncle Liam hurts Daddy, I will give him scrambled eggs!" Aiden declared. Lily, "..." Lily's father was standing behind all of them. He said, "Okay. That's it. I'm taking down that door." "Dad, calm down," Lily said. "It seems like they are having a heart-to-heart conversation." "Why don't you guys order dinner to keep your mind off these two?" Lily suggested. "I - I can buy food, Miss Wright," Ryan offered. After several hours, he was still there, waiting for his boss to come out. "No, it's fine, Ryan. We can call the restaurant, and they will bring up the food," Lily said. They all gave Liam and Lucas another half an hour. The food had arrived, but Aiden remained at the door, determined to see if his father was safe and unharmed. When they f

After that embarrassing experience of exposing herself to Lucas, Lily went to the dining area to join Aiden. Breakfast was already served. Lily thanked the heavens that Lucas showered first before joining them. It allowed her to settle down the shame that was eating her up. When Lucas arrived, Aiden greeted with a bright smile, "Daddy! Good morning!" "Morning, Aiden. How was your sleep?" Lucas asked. "I slept really well." Aiden smiled brightly as he asked, "What about you, Daddy?" Lucas smiled and answered, "Sleep was better today." The three finally had breakfast, and in the middle of their meal, Lucas discussed Aiden's school arrangement, "Aiden will be moved to a school nearby. It's a very exclusive school, and he will always have a bodyguard with him." Lily frowned. She asked, "Who is the bodyguard?" "One of my men," Lucas said. Lily contemplated before she suggested, "Can I bring in someone? I'm sure your men are all great, but I want someone I can trust regarding my

"Since we are talking about this now, why don't we discuss it," Lucas suggested. "You still love Lily all this time?" Shantelle clarified. Lucas hesitated but belatedly admitted, "I never stopped loving her. That will not change." His mother gasped and covered her mouth again. Tears streamed down her face, and she demanded, "Then, tell me? Was she the reason why you disappeared? What did you do? Was it related to her problems then?" "Did you really?" Shantelle repeated. This time, her voice sounded firm. "Do you blame her?" Instead of answering directly, Lucas asked. As he spoke, he tried his best to be calm. "It wasn't Lily's fault, Mom. Nobody knew what she got into. Please don't hate her, Mom -" "I don't hate her," Shantelle said before gritting her teeth. "But my gut feeling says you left to deal with her problems, and what I can't accept is the fact that I lost my son for ten years!" "Why did she have to choose to be in the military? She could have just been a businesswo

"You see, Lucas. Evan told me that you are hiring externally for your accounting audits, and I figured, why not hire Shauna? Shauna is a great accountant!" Sean Ross said. "You see, I was planning to have Shauna work for me at Gravity Ventures -" "Then, why don't you, Uncle? I think it's great that Shauna helped you with the business," Lucas suggested. He did not hide the sudden irritation in his voice. "you are not getting any younger. You should find a successor." "And that will happen, Lucas," Sean said. "It's in the pipeline, but currently, all positions are filled. Gravity Ventures CFO, however, will be retiring in three months." Sean looked at Shauna briefly, saying, "Moreover, my daughter has been working abroad so long that she needs to brush up on local government taxes and other requirements. She can learn best here at the main company, where she can be exposed to more complex books of accounts." "Look." Sean leaned closer to the table. He said, "All I am asking is three

Lucas grabbed her arm and tried to guide her out the door, but Lily swung her elbow, forcing the man to let go. "Lily, please," Lucas said. His jaws were clenched, and brows were meeting. "I don't want you to see -" "It's too late!" Lily yelled. Her body trembled, thinking back to what she had seen. "What happened?" Lily asked. She gritted her teeth, and her hands balled into fists. Lily felt her eyes had turned into a waterfall that it just would not stop flowing! She asked, "Who did that to you, Lucas? Who?" Lucas immediately tried to wipe the uncontrollable tears that soaked her face. He said, "Lily, stop -" "No! How do you expect me to turn a blind eye to what I have seen? Lucas! Tell me who did that to you, and I will hunt them down!" Lily declared. "Ahh!" Lucas grunted. He ran his finger through his hair as he took a full turn. "I did not want you to see this early on -" "Well, what did you expect, Lucas? With us living together, it was bound to happen!" Lily pointed