Chapter 114 - Heartless Stepbro

Lena stiffened immediately. Her face turned an alarming shade of red, her breath catching in her throat. She clenched the wooden railing tightly, trying to calm the wild pounding of her heart.

"W-What is it?" she asked, voice barely steady.

Lucas noticed her reaction—her shifting feet, her bitten lip, the way she was practically vibrating with nervous energy. He frowned slightly. "Let's go somewhere private."

Lena's brain short-circuited.

This is it.

Her fingers twitched against the wood. Is he finally going to acknowledge me as a woman?

After everything—the stolen glances, the tension, the… questionable encounters—she had waited for this moment. The way Lucas had called her out alone, his serious demeanor, his insistence that they be alone…

H-He's finally going to confess?!