Love Coming From The Least Expected novel Chapter 446

Lucas frowned when he heard my questions, and his hesitation fueled my curiosity even further. “Is it something you can’t tell me?”

Lucas shook his head after a brief pause. “Well, not exactly. Seeing that you two aren’t that close, I suppose I could tell you. Your family set its sight on a decent project that would resolve a company crisis back then, and I happened to be in charge of that project. When Nathan came to me, I told him a man like me who could die anytime wouldn’t have much use for money, and I offered to give him the project if he let me marry his daughter.”

“And my dad said yes?” I asked with a helpless chuckle.

“Yeah, he agreed to it right away and even advertised our engagement in the newspapers. After that… Well, you already know the rest of the story,” Lucas replied with a shrug.

Of course, I do. Nathan asked me to marry a playboy with a bad reputation when I was eighteen, and I ran away from home after refusing his request firmly. Even so, given how well things were for them then, I’m pretty sure they managed to get their hands on the project anyway.

“Seems to me you’ve lost both the bird in hand and the two in the bushes!” I said half-jokingly in an attempt to cheer myself up.

“Now that you mentioned it, that does seem to be the case… I don’t think your dad knows this, but I would’ve given him the project even if he didn’t come to me,” Lucas mumbled while stroking his chin.

“Why?” The Goldstein family is just as powerful as the Lane family! Sure, they may have been keeping a low profile and missed out on events throughout the past two years, but they are indeed one of the two most prominent families in Avenport! There are tons of others out there who would kill to have a partnership with them! The Tanner family is nothing compared to them!

Lucas simply stared at me without saying anything, and I looked down at myself to see if there was anything wrong with my outfit. “What? Is there something on my face or what?”

Lucas shook his head and leaned in closer as he said in a serious tone, “Believe it or not, you and I have actually met a long time ago.”