The Girl They Ignored Returned as the Woman Seven Men Would Die For novel Chapter 87

Hearing Mika say she was leaving, Lucas felt his heart inexplicably skip a beat. He opened his mouth, instinctively wanting to make her stay.

Right at that moment, Seraphina suddenly raised her voice and clamped an iron grip on Mika's wrist.

"No!"

Perhaps the sudden, shrill shriek completely broke her gentle, quiet persona.

Both Quincy and Lucas instinctively locked their eyes onto Seraphina.

Realizing her slip-up, Seraphina immediately softened her tone, stuttering as she tried to explain herself to Mika.

"Lucas invited you specifically for this party. How could you ruin everyone's mood just because of me? Mika, I'm really fine, I promise."

But considering the jarring shift in her tone, the explanation was entirely unconvincing.

Mika didn't rush to reply. Instead, she stared quietly at Seraphina's face, which had flushed scarlet with embarrassment. For a moment, an eerie silence settled over the luxurious guest room.

With his attention diverted, Lucas looked at Seraphina's flustered, reddened face, and a dark shadow of suspicion finally surfaced in his cold eyes.

He hadn't forgotten how Seraphina had hinted at the horse track that Mika had a complicated family background, implying that even her rescuing him at Mount Azure might have been a calculated move to get close to him.

But if Mika was truly trying to scheme her way into his life, why would she willingly throw away this perfect opportunity to connect with him today just to protect Seraphina from rumors by leaving early?

Lucas couldn't help but recall the day she saved him. She hadn't even told him her name. Over the entire week he spent in the hospital, she never visited once to leverage the situation.

In stark contrast, Seraphina's knee-jerk reaction just now made her look exactly like... someone utterly desperate not to lose her chance to get close to him.

Catching the doubt etched on Lucas's face, the smile on Mika's lips deepened slightly.

Of course, she had no real intention of leaving.

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