Chapter 128

She prepared for Lucas’ return with care, donning a green dress with elaborate beadwork around the neckline and elegant heels. Hearing the helicopter come in to land, she breathed in deeply and crossed her fingers for luck.

He would probably still be angry with her because he hadn’t received her text and she had behaved badly at the hospital. She was still brushing her hair when Lucas entered the bedroom.

"I called Josefina and asked her to put dinner back an hour because I knew I was running late," he told her, pausing directly in front of her to gaze down at her with shrewd dark golden eyes. ‘How have you been?’

"Good, really good. Lucas: I sent you a text from the hospital, but I don’t think you got it, Layla said uncomfortably. I owe you an apology for some of the stuff I threw at you.’

"You were very distressed."

Layla muttered guiltily, 'It wasn’t the right time or place to spring all that on you.' I was in a bad frame of mind.’

"Understandably," Lucas cut in, stroking a long, s