~Didn't you Hear~

"Oh Lucas, it's..." Her words were cut off by Lucas's hands. Fear glowed in his brown eyes as he unexpectedly cupped her face, staring at her.

She was taken aback by the suddenness of it and would have lost her balance if Lucas weren't already clinging on to her so passionately.

"Why's your face so red? Your eyes are swollen. Were you crying? Who hurt you? I need to know right now," he asked, alarm vivid in his voice.

Lucas Stone had been Nadia's best friend since her first year in college. He was the only friend that stayed with her and was the only one that was still here.

They were so close that people could easily mistake them for childhood friends, if not a couple, despite them only having met for the first time in school while they were studying different courses.

Lucas had been the next thing she needed after Kaia got too old to support them. He was her knight in shining armor, her angel sent from above.

He met the kids when they were only a few months old and has been the fath