Chapter 61

“Lucas, why are you grabbing my phone?!” Olivia was juggling steering the car and trying to snatch back her phone, but with both hands busy, there just wasn’t a chance. By then, Lucas had already unlocked her WhatsApp and clicked on the latest message. Sure enough, it was from Claire. She said she was at a ramen place in a nearby town waiting. Not only did he read that one, but he scrolled up to check a few earlier texts too. The deeper he read, the darker his face got. Veins popped on his temples like they were about to explode, and he clenched the phone so hard it nearly cracked. So it was Julian that picked her up? Meaning, that guy had been tailing her this whole time. Even Olivia, a bystander, could tell his intentions weren’t exactly pure, and yet Claire had the nerve to claim they were just friends? Lucas’s anger was practically flooding the car. Still, he managed to get out a clipped “okay,” punched that ramen shop into the GPS, and barked at Olivia to drive there. He even thre