Chapter 73

"Alice, you never told us. Mr. Grill is your husband?" Alice's uncle spoke with a smile, the first time her name had been spoken so lovingly in this family. It seemed unfathomable that Alice was Lucas's wife, leaving everyone in awe.

"Have you ever asked?" Lucas spoke coldly, making Alice's uncle visibly embarrassed.

"She is our daughter. Obviously, we have to know," he tried to cover his embarrassment. The revelation had thrown Alice's family into disarray, leaving Lucas to confront the consequences of their lack of inquiry into her life.

As Alice scanned the faces around her, each one looked as if they had seen a deity.

Lucas scoffed, "Daughter? So in your family, you have a rule to abuse your daughter?"

His cold words cut through the air, his eyes harboring a menacing intensity as if ready to dismantle everyone present for daring to harm his woman.

How dare anyone lay a hand on his woman?

Alice, not wanting Lucas to stay any longer, subtly pulled at his clothes. Lucas looked down a