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.”

shrugged Samson’s hand off and kept

cold, just three curt words with

on his face. He

things over. “Come on, don’t be like

even look at him. He dragged his

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

glanced up from his laptop, eyes filled with

out.”

immediately and zipped

the car again, broken only by

brows faintly furrowed as he stared intently at the screen,

a tight feeling in his chest. He knew Lucas hadn’t had it easy all these years, and it was only

after she left,

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272 Nothing Left to Call

Samson hesitated, then finally asked, “Do you miss

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