Chapter 142

Lucas opened his mouth, but the words just wouldn't come out right. Whatever he said sounded lame and hollow. Looking at the young couple standing in front of him, he suddenly felt like all his strength had been drained away. He never thought everything would come crashing down because of him. "Elizabeth, you carry the Kaiser blood. How could I ever hurt you? Everything I did, it was all for our family to be whole again!" "A whole family?" Elizabeth almost laughed out loud at those three words. "Lucas, are you out of your mind? We are already 'whole'—just not with you. Your idea of 'family' isn't ours, so stop trying to force a connection." Of course Elizabeth knew what Maddox had done—he was clearly manipulated by Lucas. A man like Maddox who'd even kneel for his son's sake had obviously reached his limit, desperate enough to try anything. And the person who had nearly cost her life turned out to be the one who gave it to her? How ridiculous. Same title of 'father,' yet the contrast c