#Chapter 120: Who’s Lucian?

Aria’s POV The minute Silas and I stepped into the kitchen and out of earshot of the kids, he opened his mouth and the verbal lashing began. I’d already braced myself, preparing for it. “You need to tell Lucian about his children,” Silas said, not for the first time. This was a tired argument between us, one that we’d had many times over the past five-years. One that neither side could win. “He deserves to know about his children. And the children deserve to have a father in their life.” “Who’s to say that Lucian would want to have that job, even if it was offered to him? Even if I gave him a chance, Silas, I doubt he’d want them as anything other than heirs. And they deserve better than that.” “You don’t know that’s how he would act,” Silas said. “Lucian is a good man. If you give him a chance…” “I gave him a hundred chances before I left him, and he always disappointed me,” I said. “My kids deserve better, and so do I.” I shook my head. “It’s better this way for all of us.