Chapter 17
Lucas hated that Ella left, and he hated more that the man he could barely stand to look at was standing right in front of him.
“I’m going to ask you one more time. What the hell are you doing here?” Lucas demanded, ready to cut through the bullshit and get right to the damn point. He didn’t want to drag this out any longer than they had to.
“When I heard you were in Willow Cove I couldn’t stay away,” he said, moving through the house like it hadn’t been twenty-six years since the last time he stepped foot in it.
“Why not? Haven’t you done enough damage?”
He shrugged. “I had my reasons.”
“And none of them are good enough. Just because you didn’t have a great relationship with Joe doesn’t mean that you could keep him from me, make me go through life thinking he was dead.” L
