Chapter 209

How interesting.

Aurora’s eyes sparkled with amusement as she glanced at Lucas. “Alright, done talking to your childhood friend? If you are, then get back to the room. I’ve been on my feet all day. My back’s killing me. Come give me a massage.” She placed a hand on her lower back, shot him a mock glare, and turned toward the bedroom.

The sight made Lucas freeze. The teasing look she shot his way was pure temptation, knocking the air from his lungs and making his knees weak.

“What are you standing there for? Don’t feel like it?”

Aurora tossed the words over her shoulder with a teasing lilt. “If you’re not up for it, never mind. I’ll go back by myself.”

Wendy clenched her fists, her usually bright, doe-like eyes now clouded with suppressed anger as she stared daggers at Lucas.

She refused to believe it. There was no way her Lukey would actually go.

Absolutely not!

But in the very next second, reality smacked her hard.

“Wait, I’m coming,” Lucas said, and after a beat, realized how it sounded.

His dark eyes shifted to Wendy. “Why are you still standing there? Go inside.”

Just thinking about what Aurora had said made Lucas itch with anticipation.

Ever since Wendy showed up, it had been far too long since he’d seen this side of Aurora.

Whatever the reason, tonight was different.

Wendy stared at him in disbelief. “Lukey, you’re really going to treat me like this? Have you forgotten what my brother said to you?”

At that, Lucas’s gaze turned frosty. “Your brother asked me to look after you, not ditch my wife to keep you company. Don’t overstep.”

Wendy stared at the icy profile of the man in front of her, as if seeing Lucas for the first time.

She never imagined he could be this cold.

Aurora, watching from the hallway, couldn’t help feeling a flicker of surprise herself.

How could this man treat his so-called true love like that right in front of her? It didn’t make sense.

Were they… putting on a show for her?

But looking at the shock and disappointment on Wendy’s face–it didn’t look staged at all.

“Fine. I get it. Lukey, I’ll go,” Wendy said, her voice tight.

The words felt like knives carving through her chest.

It was all Aurora’s fault–that wretched woman.

She already had Lukey, and yet she still insisted on seducing him right in front of her.

Wasn’t that just blatant provocation?

Once Wendy went into her room and slammed the door, Lucas turned to Aurora, his gaze growing more intense by the second.

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That burning stare was impossible to ignore.

“Rora, let me come in and give you that massage. You’ve had a long day.”

There was an unmistakable lift in his tone, barely concealed excitement simmering beneath the surface.

“Sure… yeah, let’s go inside. We can’t exactly, you know, do that out here,”

What she meant was a shoulder rub, maybe a back massage, but somehow the words came out sounding wrong.

The more she tried to explain it in her head, the worse it got.

So, she gave up entirely.

If they were doing this, they might as well go all in.

With that, Aurora walked ahead, pushing open the door to the master bedroom.

Lucas followed close behind.

And just behind the door, Wendy stood frozen, peeking through the crack, absolutely fuming.

Ill will, over and over, rage burning in her chest.

She clenched her fist and slammed it against the wall.

“That bitch! Is flirting the only thing she’s ever learned in life? All she does is throw herself at men–figures, with a face like that. Born to be a damn temptress, wasn’t she?”

While Wendy raged in the hallway, inside the master bedroom, the atmosphere between Aurora and Lucas couldn’t have been more opposite–pure fire and ice.