Chapter 314

Lucas was instantly pissed off. "…You’re actually thinking of staying? Come on, wake up. Julian and I aren’t all that different, stop romanticizing him. And trust me, Mrs. Archer isn’t any more generous than my mom!" Claire’s head started throbbing from all his yelling. She hung up and shot him a text: Don’t forget tomorrow morning. Lucas, fuming, chucked his phone onto the desk. He leaned back in his chair, yanked his tie loose in frustration, his brows knotted tight like a storm was brewing behind his eyes. ＊＊＊ Around 5AM the next day, Claire was already up. She’d faked sleep at first last night, but before she knew it, she'd really dozed off. She vaguely remembered Julian coming in once… but the truth was, he’d popped in and out several times through the night. Wearing her loungewear, she stepped out of the room. She caught sight of Kenneth in the kitchen, Michael hadn’t arrived yet. The house was dead quiet. Claire didn’t head downstairs right away. First, she wandered into the liv