Lucas purchase Mr Liam family restaurant

Renee stormed out of Edward’s office, Edward Lucas informat on land and properties on sell. Renee heart pounding. The restaurant—the place where she’d grown up, where her dreams had simmered over steaming pots and sizzling grills—was now in Lucas’s hands. She couldn’t accept it.

Determined, she marched to Lucas’s penthouse, her knuckles rapping sharply on the door. When he opened it, his eyes widened at the sight of her.

“Renee,” he said, his voice colder than the marble floor. “What do you want?”

“The restaurant,” she spat out. “You sold it to Edward.”

Lucas leaned against the doorframe, his jaw clenched. “And why should I care?”

“It’s my birthright,” Renee said, her voice trembling. “My mother sacrificed it to save my father—the same man who’s lying in that hospital bed, fighting for his life.”

Lucas’s eyes flickered with something she couldn’t decipher. “Your father was always more important to you than anything else.”

“Because he’s family!” Renee’s anger surged. “And you? You were