The Real Heiress Rules the World

Chapter 272 Nothing Left to Call Home

Chapter 272 Nothing Left to Call Home

Madam Tessa had hoped to case the tension between mother and son, but Lucas shot her down with a single, icy sentence.

“She’s not my mother.”

To him, he’d never had a mother.

Madam Tessa let out a long, heavy sigh. She knew the bitterness weighing on Lucas’s heart, and it pained her that she could do nothing to help.

All she could hope was that Sloane would return soon. At least when she was around, Lucas could smile.

Lucas had been busier than ever-flying from one country to another, barely stopping. Samson and the others hadn’t seen him in three months.

The moment Samson heard Lucas was back, he went straight to the airport to catch him.

When he spotted Lucas dragging his suitcase out through the arrivals gate, Samson grinned and strode up with open arms, slapping a hand onto Lucas’s shoulder. “Lucas! Finally! Come on, the guys are getting together tonight to welcome you back.”

slow down. He shrugged Samson’s

cold, just three curt words with no

his face. He hadn’t

moment, he caught up quickly, trying to smooth things over. “Come on, don’t be like that. It’s been forever since we all got together. Just relax a little, blow off some

dragged his suitcase

him, shamelessly squeezing into the car. He muttered under his breath, clearly feeling wronged. “Now you don’t pick up calls, don’t answer messages, and you vanish for months at a time. You never used to be like this, no

his laptop, eyes filled with cold irritation. “Keep whining

out.”

shut his mouth immediately and zipped an

the car again, broken only by the sound of

brows faintly furrowed as he stared

his chest. He knew Lucas hadn’t had it easy all these years, and it was only after meeting Sloane that he started to seem

just three months after she left, Lucas had grown

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hesitated, then finally asked, “Do