Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

The phone line went silent for a moment.

Chloe casually asked, "Didn't you hear they've already tied the knot?" Her eyes locked onto Lucas as she spoke.

Lucas had been staring at the floor, avoiding Chloe's gaze. But when he heard her voice over the phone, he snapped his head up. With Chloe's phone on speaker, everyone around could clearly hear what was being said.

Lucas was taken aback that Chloe would actually call Tara.

Tara's voice came through the phone, as furious as a storm: "That jerk, sneaking off to marry that sly fox behind everyone's back! He used to swear he was done with her, even claimed he couldn't forget you and would wait for you forever, never marrying. I felt sorry for him! Who knew he was living a double life, saying one thing to your face and doing another behind your back..."

Tara was livid: "That bastard, just wait until I get my hands on both of them..." With that, Tara slammed down the phone.

Barely three seconds later, Lucas's phone buzzed. He knew exactly who was calling. Holding the phone, he didn't answer, his eyes fixed on Chloe.

blurted out were his own buried feelings. He truly couldn't let Chloe go and had planned to stay single, always waiting for her. But when Chloe heard those words, her face remained expressionless, with even a hint of impatience and disdain in her eyes. Was

Lucas was something the Moncada family was clueless about. She had been keeping tabs on Chloe's life and deliberately chose to get married on the same day as Chloe, just to see her reaction. But

had turned off his

me or not, Luca's heart

placed a hand on her belly and looked at Lucas:

didn't want to be

He was

hadn't

spot-on, even making him stumble upon Chloe

his chest, making it hard to breathe. The girl who'd been his childhood friend for two decades, who shared his youth was really married to someone else now.

glance, his voice frosty: "Let's

few steps when Connor called out, "Mr. Lucas, hold on a