Chapter 144

Lucius snatched up the phone and coldly spat into the receiver, "If you do as much as touch a single strand of her hair, I'll see your entire family buried with you." He ended the call in one sharp motion and immediately blocked the number. After tossing the phone aside, he announced, "I'll handle the Woodwards." Valerie said, "Stay out of it." "Give me a good reason to stand by and do nothing." They weren't just husband and wife in name anymore. With everything that had happened between them, no man could stand by while his wife was being dragged into something like this. When Valerie crooked a finger at him, he puzzledly leaned in, only to see her wrap her arms around his neck and brush her lips lightly against his cheek. "My war with the Woodwards hasn't reached the stage where I need reinforcements," she murmured. The kiss hit him like a quiet spell. For a moment, Lucius forgot that they were supposed to be arguing. … At the hospital, Skyler stared at the disconnected phon