Pretending to work on his laptop, Lucas stole glances at Lina, who had been unusually quiet ever since they got married and left for the airport. Up until the last minute, Lucas feared that she might change her mind and back out of the agreed contract. That fear of his was the main reason he insisted they marry on the day Lina officially divorced Adam. He was aware that his actions might have seemed insensitive, showing little concern for Lina and her daughter's feelings, but his primary motive was to whisk Lina away before she had a chance to reconsider.
The cold-blooded investor hesitated to admit that he had started to develop feelings for the woman who had entered his life like a hurricane, pulling him into a deep sea of unfamiliar emotions.
As Lucas thought back to their first encou
