Chapter 50

50 (Lucian’s POV) Surprise Steam

Lucian

I stepped into the room, dropped the file onto the couch, and headed straight for the bedroom-and everything else

vanished.

Mara.

She was spread across the bed in black lace lingerie, tied loosely, deliberately, like a gift meant just for me. The suspender belt, the garters… it was a vision crafted to destroy all coherent thought.

Whatever conversation I had with my father-gone. Just like that.