TROUBLE IN PARADISE

CHAPTER 75

Lucas looked at Angie with a sad look on his face before leading her back to the bed. “It’s nothing for you to worry your head about. Just know that I need to do this for my family or things are going to get bad.”

He couldn’t bring himself to give her the details. It was the biggest mistake he had ever made in his entire life and he only had one shot at redeeming it, but at what cost.

Angie’s words continued to ring in his head. Wasn’t his family going to inherit all he was fighting for? But that was the problem. If he didn’t somehow get this thing over the line, there would be nothing left to inherit.

“You’re scaring me Lu……what is it? What did you do?” Angie asked again, her fear coated with a deep sadness.

She really loved Lucas. He was the only man who truly cared about her in her young adult life. Despite their age gap, his overbearing tendencies and sometimes narcissistic behavior, she loved him dearly and would do anything for him.

“I said it’s nothing to worry about,