Chapter 12

I’m doomed.

Lucas tipped his finger on the back of his black bulleted car, confliction striking hardly on his mind. Will Ava like his surprise or not. For a small shameful moment, he had considered taking out the items in his boot and tossing them into the trash can that he didn’t even know where it was located around the house.

The lady at the gift store had been certain Ava would like it but now that he was standing in front of the mansion, he started to doubt it. Why did he even care if she would like it or not?

He hissed.

His growing will to make Ava happy was an atrocious problem he would have to tackle later. He resolved to just give her his gift and get it over with. Afterall, they had just gotten married and a night of compromission would not hurt him, would it.

He strode into the mansion and up the stairs leading to their bedroom. He halted to the sobbing sound inside, then peeked through the slight open door. What the heck was