Chapter 54

Luke rose from the chair when he saw her.

“Babe, oh God!” he murmured. His voice was full of longing for her.

Seeing her here brought a little smile on his lips though she broke her heart when she ran away from him again. But he could forgive and forget. Her presence now was the most important to him. He slowly walked to her.

“Sir, Sir Reed is here to see you,” Beth announced with eyes full of pity for him.

He halted and his brows knitted. He clenched his fists. He thought Beth was Isabelle.

“Fuck!” he cursed. He was seeing things again.

He turned from Beth and raked his fingers through his hair. He took the bottle of brandy on the table and drank some of it. Reed uttered something as he looked at his cousin’s back.

“Beth, can you make your Mr. Contrero a cup of black coffee? Make it a strong one please,” he told her and she nodded.

But before she left she said to Reed in a