MAYA'S POV
That shameless woman.
No matter how bad and sour her marriage is, she's still married. Yet she openly flaunts her closeness with Lucas? The audacity she has.
Lucas Banner is a man any woman would want to be with—handsome, powerful, commanding, and backed by Oliver himself. He could have anyone, but he chooses to pour his attention on Elora? Elora of all people.
I watch through the glass door as they sit together, smiling and talking like they belong in their own little world, and that makes my blood boil. I can almost taste the bile in my throat. What does he see in her? She has no refinement, no proper education, nothing that would truly make her stand out…except that pretty face of hers. And even that isn't enough to keep a man like Lucas satisfied for long.
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