Chapter 100: The Project Bid

"Are you okay?" Lucas asked.

Lily was sitting before their breakfast table at the villa, feeling weird all over. She was gassy and burping like a man. She angrily told her husband, "I told you we shouldn't have eaten seafood last night!"

Lucas lovingly kissed Lily's cheek. He said, "I'm sorry."

He studied her closely and asked, "Do you want to sit this one out?"

'Sit this one out?' Lily thought. "No way! I am not letting you go to Koplin without me! Especially since we are taking Aiden with us! And I still can't get over the fact that you scheduled this in the middle of Axel going back to his hometown."

Lucas laughed. He reminded, "Our enemy is gone."

"He is dead," he repeated. "Major Patton had given a go signal. It's been over a month, Lily. It's over. And Aiden needs to get out more. Besides, you promised to take him to Koplin Troop Command."

"Alright, fine," Lily insisted. "All the more reason not to sit this one out."

Lucas smiled and suggested, "Maybe some soda water wil