Eve was startled when she heard that statement.

Lucas’s father?

Lucas’s parents hadn’t come to their wedding, and at the time, Eve hadn’t been close enough to Lucas to ask why. Now, seeing how Lucas behaved in front of his father, she could more or less guess what their relationship was like.

Lucas wasn’t intimidated at all by his father, who was truly imposing. Eve, on the other hand, didn’t even dare move from where she sat, and every breath she took was done with extreme care. It felt like she was in the same room as a wild beast, so calm it could deceive its prey, and the moment...