Chapter 31

The drive back home was tense. Ella couldn't figure out how Lucas, had heard what Lily said or how he had just suddenly appeared. She also couldn't get the picture of hickeys covering Lily's neck, out of her head. Yeah, it most likely wasn't Lucas who put those there, but with Gen's constant worry, she could not prevent from thinking; what if ... What if Lucas really did have something with Lily and got angry at her because he didn't want Ella to find out? Ella tried to shake that thought from her head. Lucas really wasn't like that. "Were you planning to tell me?" Lucas's voice was soft, his fingertips tapping on the steering wheel, grey eyes focused on the road. He couldn't think of any reason why, Ella had kept Lily's behavior towards her, a secret. It angered him, that Ella didn't have enough trust in him. They were mates, they should be able to trust one another. "H-honestly I d-didn't plan to at first ... but after