A Perfect Lie Hides Behind My Billionaire Marriage novel Chapter 158

Reese gazed up at Lukas in disbelief, her expression deeply moved. "Lukas, I..."

She wanted to apologize, to express gratitude, but her words eluded her for a moment.

After a brief silence, she blurted out a somewhat muddled question, "Didn't Ricardo say the letter was a fake?"

Immediately, Reese felt the urge to strangle herself for asking such a bewildering question. How could she stumble over her words like this?

Now she finally comprehended why Lukas had shown no curiosity when the maid mentioned Alexa using the letter to threaten her.

He had already been made aware of it.

Lukas looked at her with a mocking glint, "By this point, are you suggesting that I threatened Ricardo to tell you that?"

Reese bit her lip, "Mr. Strakovski, I'm sorry. Thank you."

Lukas discerned the implications of her words.

"Sorry" acknowledged her misunderstanding, and "thank you" appreciated him for retrieving her letter back.

He huffed disdainfully, "You don’t have to say anything. Originally, I had doubts about giving you the letter. Now, knowing how conniving you are, if I had received the letter initially, I would've handed it over and asked you to get out of my sight."

Reese accepted the letter from Lukas without examining it.

She looked at Lukas with a conflicted expression and a tinge of guilt in her tone, "Mr. Strakovski, I wasn't aware you helped arrange Gerald and Alexa's marriage for this reason. I’m sorry."

Lukas's gaze turned icy as he responded, "No need for that."

Reese bit her lip, "Anyway, thank you, Mr. Strakovski."

Lukas turned and strode towards the floor-to-ceiling window, no longer focusing on Reese.

Reese, clutching the envelope, turned around and left, heading outside.

She reached her room and finally opened the letter that had preoccupied her thoughts.

As she finished reading, she understood why Lukas had acquired the letter but chose to keep its contents hidden.

By the way, he was only worried that he might become upset.

Reese noticed a conflicting attitude in Lukas for the first time. Although his face appeared distant and almost cold, his heart emitted warmth.

Before this, Reese had entertained countless speculations about the letter. However, upon reading its contents, the reality behind the words struck her, and she understood why Lukas had hesitated to deliver it to her.

In the end, the depth of Lukas's actions deeply moved her.

The letter, a poignant message from her departed mother, unveiled a truth Reese had never known—she was not the biological daughter of her mother and Ricardo.

Reese also began to understand Ricardo's deteriorating treatment of her since her mother's passing. She realized that it stemmed from the revelation that he held about her true origins.

Years ago, during Gemma's pregnancy, a heart-wrenching betrayal unfolded. Her husband had betrayed her trust and fathered a child with another woman. This child, born just two months after her own, belonged to her husband's mistress.

When Gemma’s time to give birth to the child came, she find it difficult to deliver. And at that time, Ricardo was still at the side of the mistress.

All of these matters led to the tragic passing of her offspring. The child died on the operating table. Consumed by grief, Gemma went hysterical and found herself dragging her crippled body to the rooftop of the hospital, contemplating jumping off the building, contemplating committing suicide.

She carefully stored the letter and summoned both the housekeeper and the family doctor.

Reese taught Little Reese a lesson in the living room, her hand gently stroking its head. "You can't scratch people in the future, all right? Both Lukas and I saved you."

Regardless of the cat's understanding, Reese continued to pet it affectionately.

The family doctor's arrival came with a touch of surprise. "Was Mr. Strakovski scratched as well?" he inquired.

Reese recalled that she had recently received rabies and tetanus shots.

Blushing slightly, she explained, "Mr. Strakovski got scratched by a cat. Please come upstairs with me."

Guiding the doctor, Reese headed to Lukas's study and knocked on the door.

Lukas was engrossed in a mint candy, swirling it in his mouth out of irritation.

Upon hearing the knock, he presumed it was Reese returning after reading the letter.

After all, while he was at home, the staff wouldn't venture upstairs.

With a sour expression, he approached the door and swung it open, addressing Reese in a frosty tone, "Didn't I tell you to leave immediately? Is the plain language too complex for you?"

His annoyed words were cut short as he noticed the family doctor standing beside Reese.

###