Chapter 73

ELORA'S POV After I dropped Maya at home that evening, my nerves were killing me, my guts were tangled so tight I thought I might choke on them. The thoughts of seeing Lucian again after I literally shoved him away like trash… But still, I had to do this. I only had one mission tonight—to get Lucian to give me a ticket to the auction. Nothing else mattered. When I pulled into the mansion's driveway, I noticed his car in the garage. My chest tightened. He was home. Of course he was. Fate loved to test me when I was at my weakest. I stepped inside the house and went straight to the masters bedroom, but it was empty. No sign of Lucian. Then I walked down the hall to his office. My knuckles hovered over the door for a moment before I finally forced myself to knock. “Come in,” his deep voice answered. I opened the door and found him behind his desk with papers scattered across it, his reading glasses perched low on his nose. He looked up, surprise flashing across in his eyes before he maske