Chapter 7 - Lucas Finally Told The TruthLucas confessed that Beatrice had recognized Serena's surname the first time he mentioned the woman he was dating.
She had claimed it was coincidence.
Later, she encouraged the relationship.
“She liked you,” Lucas insisted.
Serena laughed bitterly.
“She liked my address.”
Lucas denied knowing about the old trust.
But he admitted Beatrice had pressured him repeatedly to convince Serena to add him to the deed.
That was why he never corrected her when she called it “my son's house.”
That was why he tolerated every boundary Beatrice crossed.
He had been slowly normalizing the idea that ownership was shared.
Serena asked the question that mattered most.
“Did you marry me for this house?”
Lucas cried.
For the first time, she saw genuine fear in him.
“No.”
She wanted to believe him.
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But trust was no longer something he could request.
It had become something he would have to prove.
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