All Chapters of Young Master Lucien’s Bride: Chapter 51 - Chapter 55

Lucien's POVI was sitting in my study, staring at a stack of acquisition files, when my phone rang. The family doctor."Mr. Knight," he began, professional but hedging. "I've reviewed the mobility logs from your sister's brace. Physically, the ankle's healing fine. Swelling's down, structurally stable. However—" he cleared his throat, "—the home nurses report she's refusing physical therapy and instead making the staff run the grand staircase fifty times a day for trivial requests. Not conducive to a quiet recovery. For anyone."My jaw clenched hard enough to send a sharp pain up my temple. "Thank you, Doctor. I'll handle it."I hung up, tossed the phone on the desk, and stood. Of course she was doing this. I'd given her a week to recover in peace and she'd spent it turning my household into her personal circus. I didn't know why I expected anything different at this point. My temper was already on a razor's edge from a full day of board meetings, and the idea of Vivienne exploiting

Lucien's POVSeeing the pure joy on Lila's face when she told me about her mother's scans was something I knew I'd never forget. For the first time since she'd signed our contract, the guarded look in her eyes had completely vanished, replaced by something radiant that tightened my chest in a way that had nothing to do with corporate metrics or legal agreements. She was still gripping my shirt, breathing fast, and looking down at her, I felt a fierce urge to keep that smile on her face for as long as I possibly could.I'd spent years learning to read people across a boardroom table — knowing exactly which smile was calculated and which one wasn't. Hers wasn't calculated. It was the first completely unguarded thing I'd seen from her since the day she signed those papers, and something about that made me want to protect it at any cost."We should celebrate," I said, my hands still resting on her shoulders to steady her.She blinked up at me, lashes still wet. "Celebrate? How?""A privat