Chapter 78 Is This Your House?

"Then I'll… I'll…" Thalia glanced around, eyes wild. She suddenly grabbed a ceramic ornament off the cabinet and pressed it against her belly. "If you don't let me see your phone, I'll smash this down—right here!" Lucien stared at her for a long, silent moment before exhaling heavily. "You really have to see it, huh?" "Yes," she snapped. "I do!" "Fine." Lucien handed her the phone. "Knock yourself out." His phone was simple—an email app, a few new apps, and WhatsApp. Thalia combed through each one methodically. The emails were mostly work-related, back-and-forths with subordinates, chiefly his current secretary and her own cousin, Mason. The news apps were unremarkable. He only ever browsed the finance section, and the algorithm fed him nothing but stock updates and economic trends. Then WhatsApp. Right at the top, the most recent message was from his mother, Brenda. Her contact name was "Mom". Brenda wrote, "I've been getting frequent headaches lately. Is there somethi