Bound to my Enemy novel Chapter 146

Chapter 146: Chapter 146.

"I figured I’d give him some time to cool off."

His voice cracks slightly on the last words.

"I thought if I showed up right away it would only make things worse."

Lucas looks straight ahead but it’s clear he’s not seeing this room anymore.

"He shoved her into the car," he says quietly.

"Then they drove off."

He pauses.

"I remember standing there thinking I’d give it atleast twenty minutes."

His jaw tightens.

"Just twenty minutes."

No one speaks.

Lucas swallows.

"And then my phone rang."

My heart drops before he even finishes.

"It was one of Zane’s men," he says.

His voice is barely above a whisper now.

"They told me the car had been attacked."

Noah shifts uncomfortably.

Lucas continues staring at the floor.

"Shots were fired at the car......."

His fingers clench slowly.

"And she was hit."

Lucas laughs under his breath but there’s no humor in it.

"You know the worst part?"

None of us answer.

"I stood there," he says, his voice rough now. "Thinking I was being smart, thinking I was avoiding a pointless fight."

He finally looks up agai and his eyes are darker than I’ve ever seen them.

"I let the love of my life be dragged into that car and drive away."

My chest tightens painfully as Lucas exhales shakily.

"And sometimes I think..."

He stops for a moment, then finishes anyway.

"...if I had just gone after them that night..."

His voice cracks for the first time.

"...she might still be alive... my baby would still be here with me."

For a long moment after Lucas finishes speaking, nobody in the room says anything.

Lucas leans back in his chair and rubs his hands over his face like the story took something out of him.

Caleb is the first one to move, he shifts on the couch and lets out a slow breath.

"Well," he mutters. "That’s... a lot."

Noah elbows him lightly.

"Brilliant observation."

But neither of them are really joking. My mind is still stuck on the picture Lucas hs painted in my head.

I sit back slowly on the couch, my arms folded loosely around myself, part of me wants to say something comforting to Lucas. Another part of me doesn’t know what to say at all.

Because the truth is, I believe him.... Lucas has never been good at lying, even when we were kids, his face always gave him away. And the way he talked just now... the way his voice cracked when he mentioned her..... that wasn’t fake.

But that’s the problem...:.: because Zane didn’t sound like he was lying either. He looked like someone who believed what he was saying.

Which means... one of tem is wrong or worse both of them are. My stomach twists at the thought.

Lucas watches me carefully from across the room.

"What are you thinking?" he asks.

I look up.

"That I’ve heard your side," I say slowly.

Noah raises an eyebrow.

"And?"

"And there’s no way you’d lie to me about something like this. You have no reason to at all."

Lucas nods once, like he expected that.

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