Chapter 305 The adrenaline hadn’t fully left my body when Lucian stepped a few paces away, his phone already in his hand. His face had changed. The groom, the newlywed, the laughing man from hours ago was gone. In his place stood the son of the commissioner. The man who understood exactly what this meant. I watched him pace near the edge of the tarmac, one hand running through his hair, his jaw tight, shoulders tense. Carmen stood nearby, wrapped in Lucian’s jacket, Lucian’s eyes flicking back to her every few seconds like he needed to visually confirm she was still there. Still breathing and still safe. He lifted the phone to his ear. “Dad,” Lucian said quietly. Even from a few steps away, I could hear the shift in his voice — respect, urgency, and something painfully vulnerable. “Yes. Now.” He turned slightly, putting his back to us, but not far enough that I couldn’t see his shoulders rise and fall with controlled breaths. “There was an incident on Nathan’s jet,” he con
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