Chapter 45 Deal with the Devil backfires.

Three hours earlier… Vera stormed out of Lucas Grusham’s penthouse with rage bubbling in her chest. She was greatly offended that Lucas had practically thrown her out. Naturally, she and Lucas had had disagreements in the past, especially concerning work and lifestyle choices. But never over a girl. A woman. Whatever. Especially not a married one. And most especially not over Chase Darwin's fucking trophy wife. Lucas was a highly attractive man, rich, pleasant and appealing. He could get any woman he wanted, and he had certainly had his own fair share of lovers. But Vera had never seen him be so adamant, persistent and damn near suicidal over someone like he was for this Mirabel. “I have to knock him out of this madness.” She left the building, desperately thinking of what to do. From the looks of it, Mirabel was going to spend the night alone in Lucas' penthouse. That was a terrible, terrible idea, no matter if anything happened between them or not. She had to save Lucas, as