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She drew her leg up and inched closer Holy crap, she really couldn’t believe all of this His family truly wasa wreck Like a TV show Each ti thatshe knew about his family--about him

God, she really was lucky when it came to the whole family department

"Is that why you drank so hed, but the sound ithout huot so that he was in Baton Rouge "Is he okay?"

"Yes No" He closed his eyes and exhaled heavily "He’s going to be okay He just gothe just got so about her was focused on him "From his ex or about her?"

"About her She was in a bad accident Not expected to survive That right there’s gonna kill him Heyeah, he loved her Hard-core" Lucian’s chest rose with a heavy breath "Sheshe kept soe"

"What?"

For a long moment, she didn’t think he would answer, but then he did "She has a kid He’s pretty sure it’s his"

Her hand flew to hera hand, he dragged his palm down his face and then dropped it to his stomach "How do you keep someone away from their child? How do you do that?"

Julia didn’t have an answer It was obvious how e hurt Lucian The way he cared for his brothers and sister was a real thing The man who raised him may not have showed him what loyalty and love was, but obviously their rained in him

"I don’t know," she said quietly, and she really didn’t kno so story there

A couple ofhis chest was now falling and rising more deeply and evenly Was he?

Lucian was passed out Just like that Dead to the world and drunk, and he still od She s when he turned his cheek into her palm

On the surface, this man and this family had it all, but Julia realized that inside him, inside all of them, it wasn’t what it seemed He could have the world, but it didn’t mean the world was kind in return

Because she was silly, because there was a good chance she was slipping further and further into this world of his, getting far too involved, she kissed his forehead She kissed his cheek and then she curled up next to hi with him because she knew he needed that

He needed her

Chapter 28

Two days had passed since he’d drunkenly found his way to Julia’s bedroo up in theJulia curled up against hi-drums in his head worth it

Lucian couldn’t believe she actually didn’t kick him out of the bed He also couldn’t believe that he’d told her about Gabe Shit, he should’ve kept his mouth shut about that He hadn’t even talked to Dev It was Gabe’s business, but Lucianhe’d found hih he had been drunk, he was sober enough to know that he wanted to talk to her

That he trusted her enough to open up about Gabe and the big family secret As far as he knew, not even Sabrina knew the truth Hell, if Dev hadn’t told her about their father’s death, he doubted they talked about the fa

Not like Julia and hi with Gabe and his sister, things had been almost normal in the house Lucian spent the better part of the day finding neays to seek Julia out while she orking with his sister and coht caht her to his, or he took over her living space

Not since the first night they were together had they slept apart, which was seriously a first for his with Julia were a first

Lucian found hirandmother say? That when the de Vincent men fell in love, they did so fast and hard and without reason? The craziest thought happened Maybe he’d been wrong Maybe it wasn’t lust

Maybe it was soirl puts up with his drunk-ass ras? He should really just punch himself in the nuts at this point

That didn’t stop hi for her

Lucian found Julia in her roo down at her phone "Are you stalking me on socialsoftly, she glanced up as she placed the phone screen down on the bed "Not everything I do is about you"