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Chapter 178
Knowing Austin would try to sto
stop him, he quickly slipped inside before Austin could react.
A flash of anger crossed Auster’s face as he quickly caught up to Lucas. Sure enough, Emily, who had been lost in her creative world, was frowning, clearly disturbed by the commotion.
He grabbed Lucas, who was about to barge past him, and yanked him back. “Mr. Bennett, if you’re looking for your sister, you must be lost. That’s trespassing, you know. I could totally call the cops.”
Lucas angrily shock off his hand. “Since when does a pretty boy like you get to bull into the Bennett family’s business? Get lost. I need to talk to Emily alone. She’s my sister, not y
t yours.”
Austin didn’t even get mad at the insult. “Thanks for the compliment. Even if for me, so if anyone needs to leave, it’s you?”
pretty boy, I’m Emily’s pretty boy She’s the one who rented this place
“You…” Lucas was so stunned he couldn’t even finish his sentence. He honestly never expected anyone to wear the label “prettyboy” like a badge of honor, and for a moment, he was completely speechless.
Emily, who had been annoyed by the interruption, found her irritation vanish instantly thanks to Austin’s comeback.
She put down her paintbrush, grabbed a wet wipe to clean her hands, and walked in from the balcony. “Mr. Bennett, are you lost! Your sister isn’t here.”
Lucas frowned, clearly annoyed, and deliberately stressed the word “Sis, I really need to talk to you about something important…
“Mr. Bennett, if you keep calling me your sister, then please leave Emily’s voice was sharp, full of disdain and anger.
He was the one who said he didn’t have a sister like her, that Lydia was the only one he recognized.
And now he suddenly starts calling me that again? Doesn’t he find it disgusting? Emily thought, feeling a wave of revulsion.
Lucas froze, clearly not expecting her to yell at him like that.
But Austin, as if he’d just been handed a royal edict, planted himself right in front of Lucas, all smug. “Did you hear that? Your sister in’t here”
Hejutted out his chin, looking so pleased with himself that if he had a tail, it’d be wagging straight up to the sky
Seeing him show off like that, Emily’s anger inexplicably faded a file. But Lucas’s anger was boiling over.
He had no idea how to roast Austin, That thick skinned gigolo was immune to insults anyway, so he just took it out on Emily instead.
“I came here today to bring you some good news, Emily. Don’t be so clueless. You don’t know a good thing when you see it!” he shot back angrily.
Maybe because her anger had faded a bit, Emily didn’t even bother getting upset at his accusation. She just asked calmly, “What now?”
Lucas was still annoyed, but when she asked, he couldn’t help but look smug. “You always say we only trust Lydia and not you, so went out of my way to investigate the kidnapping of you and Lydia. I’ve actually found some clues.”
He litted his chin and looked at Emily. “Yeah, I know you’re always scheming and playing tricks, but since you keep complaining about being treated unfairly, I actually took the time and spent two months” allowance to look into it.
“The moment found something, I came straight to you, just so you’d know how much I value you. That way, you can’t say I’m always siding with Lydia
anymore”
He looked so full of himself, it was like he had “you should be grateful to me” written all over his face.
“Seriously?” Austin thought, at a loss for words. “I swear, the people from the Bennett family were all stupid.’
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Emily was just speechless. She had no idea why Lucas would go out of his way just to bring that up
That whole mess was already in the past, and the Bennetts had long since made up their minds about her. Emily thought, So why digit all up aga
now?‘
Emily never could wrap her head around the Bennetts‘ logic, but what Lucas said did pique her interest. She asked, “What cles are you talking about?”
