Anne’s POV.
I watched from a distance as Clare overreacted to what she had caused. She hired the shooter, yet she was just going to keep acting like the victim. How heartless could she be?!
I would have walked out in disgust, but I was too scared to go beyond the mansion. Until the man who threatened me was presented dead to me, maybe then would I feel less scared.
Lucas had been looking at me for a while even as Clare overreacted. When it seemed he could not take it anymore, he broke out of her arms and walked to me.
“What did he say to you? How do you know that man? Who the hell did you offend Anne?” he demanded with true concerns and a slight hint of desperation visible in his sharp blue eyes. I was stunned because this was so unlike him. He was supposed to walk out as though he did
