From Ruin She Rose novel Chapter 166

Chapter 166

She thought, “They have always told me to be sensible and know my place, to stop showing up where I am not wanted. Now I am following their advice, keeping to my place, and suddenly they aren’t happy about it.’

Lucas grabbed her arm and snapped, “How can there be nothing to talk about? We grew up together. Out of everyone in the Bennett Family, we were the closest-we used to tell each other everything.

“I’m furious that you deliberately put on an act with Austin. I know you only did this to get our attention. I can overlook it, but you have to cut him off, right now.”

When Lucas brought up Austin, the hostility in his eyes was obvious. He continued, “A guy like that, taking advantage of your vulnerability, definitely isn’t up to anything good. I won’t let him succeed.”

He thought, ‘How dare Austin talk back to me like that, and right to my face? I am not going to let that slide!

Emily knew all too well how Lucas never let a grudge go.

As the most notorious troublemaker in Cloudridge, anyone who caught that look in his eyes was doomed-nobody ever came out of it unscathed.

Emily had been planning to ignore Lucas and just walk away, but her steps suddenly halted. She shot Lucas a frosty, furious glare and said coolly, “I know exactly who the real snake is. I’d appreciate it if you stopped meddling in my business.”

That look in her eyes made Lucas freeze on the spot. His grip on Emily’s arm tightened unconsciously. He asked, “Are you calling me a snake? Are you taking the side of some outsider over me?”

Emily’s arm throbbed from his grip, but she didn’t say a word or try to pull away. Instead, she met Lucas’s eyes with a fierce, unyielding glare.

She said, “To the Bennett Family, I’ve always been an outsider. So what I do is none of your business.”

All the color drained from Lucas’s face as he stared at her in shock. He asked, “Why do you keep saying you’re not part of the Bennett Family? Is that something Austin taught you?”

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