Chapter 27

Lily smiled knowingly, waving a manicured hand in greeting. Oh, she knew just how much Ella hated her. Lucas placed his hand on Gens' lower back, fingers tracing her spine absentmindedly. A spot he loved touching when he couldn't touch more in public, without embarrassing the both of them. "A nurse came while you were gone. MJ will be out of surgery in about an hour." Lucas told Ella, kissing the top of her head. The trio had been in the waiting room for almost an hour, Lucas in the middle trying to ignore the tension between the two women. Half an hour in, Julian had joined them, totally oblivious to the death glares being thrown between Lucass' soul mate and Lucass' best friend. "Family members of Mary-Jane Black?" A short, burly surgeon called out, a friendly smile on his face. The four of them stood up and walked over to the man. "Julian Black, her father." The surgeon smiled, introducing himself. "Mary J