The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 502

It was one disaster after another.

I never expected Lucille to walk in right at that moment and accidentally blurt out Ferris's connection to our family.

Her casually referring to Ferris as her son-in-law left both Caspian and Leon staring in shock.

Leon handled it slightly better, since he already knew about my relationship with Ferris, but even he was surprised to hear Lucille use that title.

Caspian, however, was completely blindsided. He fixed his gaze on Lucille, a mix of astonishment and curiosity in his eyes. "Ms. Lowell, Ferris is your son-in-law?"

"No!"

This time, Lucille and I shouted in unison.

"I have nothing to do with him," I rushed to say, even more panicked than she was.

Lucille looked flustered. "He's not my son-in-law anymore! Selena doesn't even like him, and our family wants absolutely nothing to do with him..."

"Not anymore? So he used to be?" Caspian's frown deepened, the suspicion clear in his piercing gaze.

She was just making it worse. I realized that if I let Lucille keep talking, the entire truth would spill out.

I quickly cut her off and offered a half-truth. "Ferris and I dated a long time ago, but we broke up. My mother just has a habit of calling him her son-in-law."

It was a mix of truth and lies.

We had been together, but not in a romantic relationship. We were about to split up, though not officially yet. But Lucille calling him her son-in-law really was just a force of habit.