Chapter 283

“Don’t you all have better to do? What are you still standing around for?”

The frosty voice of Lucas cut through the daze the crew was in.

“Captain Nolan, Ms. Berry, please enjoy your dinner.”

“We’ll be heading back to our rooms first, Captain.”

With that, the crew slunk away.

Now this was the icy Lucas they were used to. For a moment, they wondered if that man who had stolen the cake off the woman’s plate was another man entirely.

Jenny did not know how she managed to return to her room.

Her legs felt like lead as she dragged herself along while her heart ached dully in her chest.

The pain was enough to push her to the brink of a mental breakdown.

She clenched her fists tightly, fighting to hold back her tears.

Jealousy, hate, anger, bitterness, everything that was negative welled in her and threatened to swallow her up.

What right does that Ashlyn woman have to Lucas’ heart?

Back at the restaurant.

steak on Ashlyn’s plate, a

she raised her

“I want some.”

like a petulant

that he was an incredibly picky eater with a poor appetite

her steak toward him. “There, you can have

the steak happily, leaving her to shake her

got up and prepared to get another portion for herself when he tugged her

with pleasure. The intimacy that came from sharing and exchanging foods

that normally graced his

he was like a little boy

thought he was acting

eat mine!” he repeated firmly when he saw that she remained unmoving. His tone brooked no room for

with no other choice, she sat back down and sighed. “Lucas, I seriously think you should see a therapist. This is a

while he fixed his

and mental requirements for

no choice but to conceal the fact that his mania had been getting a lot

not want to scare

want her to

You’re not sick; you’re the healthiest man around,” she mumbled to herself softly before digging into the steak

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