Captivated by the Ruler of the Underworld

Chapter 145 The Trouble with Sweet Nothings

Lucas gave the desperate Flora a final, lingering look before walking away without another word.

Flora Harrison knelt on the floor, her hands clasped together as tears streamed down her cheeks.

She was only five when tragedy struck her maternal grandparents, the heart of her family. Overnight, her father, Lucas Harrison, gained control of the Moore family fortune. Not long after, her mother vanished without a trace, and in less than a month, her father remarried someone from the Chen family, starting a new chapter in his life.

To this day, there was no sign of her mother.

But Flora knew her father had to have the answers.

With no evidence and being so young at the time, what could she possibly have done?

Years had passed, and any possible evidence had surely been erased.

about her whereabouts like a carrot on a stick, promising to reveal more if she

had reduced her to a mere stepping stone in his ambitious

believe her mother was dead. She'd tried using her

gripped her the fear that her father might have imprisoned her mother, that she might

father would push him

mother, who since childhood had always shielded her with tenderness-how she longed just to see

...

Gomez, clad in loungewear, was busy whipping up

Cicery had been hankering for Sylvester's homemade dishes. Indulging

the kitchen counter, stirring away with a spoon in hand as steam rose

the kitchen doorway, Cicery's eyes twinkled with mirth at the sight

before she even came down and knew she'd been watching

waist from behind, resting her head against his back, "What can

him, and hoisted Cicery onto the kitchen island, nestling between her thighs. He propped his hands beside her,