Chapter 994

Lucy had been itching to ask the question, restraining herself until Thalassa was seated at the dinner table. She couldn’t care less whether Thalassa was going to eat the food or not.

Inviting Thalassa to lunch was just a ruse, a courtesy for Bruce’s sake. If Lucy had it her way, she’d march right over to Thalassa’s place, grab her by the hair, and demand to know what she was up to with Bruce last night!

Bruce hadn’t come home all evening, leaving Lucy tossing and turning, a sleepless mess.

She’d called him repeatedly in the early hours; he didn’t pick up. Later, when she called again, his phone was conveniently switched off.

Knowing Bruce’s roving eye, Lucy figured that if he wasn’t home at night, there was always another woman.

She felt like ants on a hot griddle, desperate but helpless.

came, and so did Bruce.

know

with Thalassa, stating they had spent the night

she devised a plan, masking it as a meal invitation to accept Thalassa

hand, and glanced toward Thalassa.

phone about the situation and

slip up; if she did, her mother’s video might become a

looked up, startled by Lucy’s interrogation, and caught Bruce’s icy glare, which

answer Lucy directly. Instead, she retorted, “Being Bruce’s daughter, we naturally had matters to discuss. What else could it be? Or are you implying

a look laced with scorn and

imply that Bruce was worthless, a

read her meaning clearly. At home, Lucy had him under her thumb, leaving

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