Chapter 154: Second Thoughts

Grace woke up and rubbed her eyes; she picked up her phone and saw lots of voicemails from Lucas; she sighed heavily and called him.

Lucas had slept off in his study while waiting for Grace's call. He woke up with a start when his phone rang.

“Grace, baby, please, where are you? Why did you leave like that?”He asked her, Grace rolled her eyes.

“Come pick me up at Cory Hotel” " she uttered and hung up. Without freshening up, Lucas grabbed his car key and hurried downstairs.

“Open the gate quickly”, He signalled the gatekeeper.

***

Micheal returned home after having a pretty bad night and met Mr. Victor sitting down, lost in his thoughts

“What's going on?”Micheal asked.

“I just feel bad at how we've been treating Lucas since after the accident-

Without waiting for him to complete his statement, Micheal went inside; Mr. Victor buried his face in his palm, thinking of how to amend things.

***

Lucas kept on stealing glances at Grace now and then as he drove her home, he finally noticed that her ring was not on her finger anytime.

“Tired of the ring already, huh?”He uttered, finally focusing on the road.

It was Grace's turn to steal glances at him, she stared at him for a long, took out the ring from her pocket and raised it up

“I still have it,” She told him. Lucas ignored her till they got home. He opened the door to get down, and Grace stopped him.

“Gabriel is my biological father, and Ethan was going on and on about how we are not supposed to marry because your father and Gabriel are close friends and also because of how you treated my mother” She told him, inhaled deeply and leaned back on the chair. Lucas got back in and locked the doors.

“Was it true you wanted to go intimate with my mother when Ethan asked you for help?”She asked. Lucas looked away. Grace took a deep breath, kept the ring on his lap and turned to go.

“It was just something I said but I never did. I agreed I made her do a little hard work but that was all. I wonder why she didn't tell Ethan the truth,” Lucas uttered, and he turned to her.

“Grace, I have loved you since I saw you at your mother's funeral, but I was scared, I was scared because I knew what I was. I'm a monster, they made me like this, Victor would cheat on my mother and still beat her up and yet he blamed me for my mother's death-

He stopped and bowed his head

“I was scared that you might not love me back. I had to make sure I had you,” He added, Grace sighed and rolled her eyes.

“I know about the abusive side of Mr. Victor, Ramone told me, you know there was a time I wanted to know everything about you. I thought Victor was dumb, guess what? She stared at him.

“What ”He murmured

“He said they found you on the porch, and you were the same age as Micheal. He didn't want your mom to bring you in, but she did anyway.”She chuckled, and Lucas smiled.

“Well, I wish that was true; he hated me probably because I'm the smartest, likely to become rich kind of kid, and I was a mummy's boy”, “he told her, and Grace chuckled.

“Let's go in.-

“Your ring?”He asked, raising it.

“Well, I'm thinking about it this time; hold on to that one, and I might need a new one because I soiled that one,”, She told him and got down from the car; Lucas chuckled and also got down.

Emily stood outside waiting for them

“Grace, a weird man named Ramone, and Gabriel are here to see you”, Emily uttered; Grace rushed to her.

“I'm going through the back; you and Lucas should better not mention me being in the house” " she whispered to her and ran to the back of the house.

Lucas stepped into the building with Emily, Gabriel sighed when he didn't see Grace

“Where's she?”He asked Lucas.

“She's uh-, she's at a hotel, Cory hotel; she doesn't want to come back to the house”, He stated.

“Lucas we heard Emily say Grace-

“No, I thought she was with him, but he came back alone”, Emily cut Ramone short; Lucas quickly sat next to Gabriel.

“I don't quite recall what your friendship with my father was like, but how is that going to jeopardize my marriage with Grace? That's one. Secondly, how the fuck are you even Grace's father?”He stared at Gabriel. Gabriel stood up and glared at him.

“I would answer that to Grace and not you” He snapped and walked out of the building.

Ramone stood up, patted Lucas on his shoulders and followed Gabriel.

***

Micheal locked himself inside his room paying no attention to Mr. Victor's plea for them to talk. After going to the station and City chamber and finding out that Lucas pleaded his case with money and flew Lexi and his son outside, he felt bitter but still touched.

He also reached out to Lexi on all her social handles but he was either ignored or instantly blocked.

“I just want my son, fuck this stripper”, He murmured, staring at the ceiling, but he knew one other way to get to Lexi, but he wasn't sure he wanted to do it. Face Lucas?, no. He had overheard from Mr. Victor and Ethan that Lucas would be throwing a big party tomorrow night. So he decided he would have to try if he wanted to see his son.

He took out the photo gallery and brought out the paper stuck on the pocket side. It was the note his mother wrote that started all this issue.

She had willed her estate business to Lucas and Emily to manage but also made it a family business. Micheal took the note, went downstairs and threw it into the fireplace.