Chapter 21 – Breaking Points
Lucas’s POV
“What are you doing here early this morning?” Elle’s voice was sharp, her tone defensive, as though I’d trespassed into her space.
“I was here since yesterday,” I replied flatly.
Her eyes widened. “What…! Are the twins okay?”
“Doris!” she yelled, calling for the nanny.
“I said she left!” My voice thundered back before I could rein it in. “Where are you coming from?” My words cut like steel, low but laced with fury.
“None of your business, Lucas!”
I clenched my jaw. “I said, where are you coming from, Elle? Don’t make me repeat myself.”
She lifted her chin, eyes flashing. “And I said—it’s none of your f*****g business.”
The profanity snapped something inside me. I rose slowly, each step deliberate as I closed the distance between us. “Be ca
