Chapter 28. Playing with Fire

Lucas’s POV

I knew it! I fucking knew it. I knew something was going on between them—it was so obvious. That day at her office, he knelt so close to her. His protectiveness toward her, his sudden cold mood whenever he sees the two of us together. I knew it.

This is sick! How could he? How could he do this to his best friend’s daughter?

I couldn’t stop pacing back and forth around my office, running my hands through my hair in frustration. Anger and rage burned inside of me.

I couldn’t explain why I was this mad, but I was. He is older than she is; I mean, the age difference is clear. Whatever they think they have together, it’s not going to work. It can’t. Shimma is better off with me—I know it.

“What do I do now?” I mumbled, still pacing around in confusion, when the door to my offi