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.

and

demanding to know

they had spent the night together. “Thalassa is my daughter,” he said. “What could we possibly be doing?”

accept Thalassa as Bruce’s daughter, with the true intent of grilling her in front of Bruce about the specifics of their interaction. Lucy’s questioning was urgent, blunt, and

his cutlery in hand,

her over the phone about the situation and the reason for Lucy’s lunch

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

Lucy’s interrogation, and caught Bruce’s icy glare, which was laden with

Bruce’s daughter, we naturally had matters to discuss. What else could it be? Or are you

shot Bruce a look laced

imply that Bruce was worthless, a jab at

clearly. At home, Lucy had him under her thumb, leaving him breathless. He recognized the insult in Thalassa’s

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