The Billionaire's Nanny

Ex-wife?

"You do know you have been fucking a married man all along don't you?" Sarah smirked as she saw the horror written on my face from her words.

I could not breathe.

I thought I had received the greatest shock for the evening, but this shock hit me raw, at my most vulnerable moment. Suddenly it made sense what he was trying to close with Sarah. They had still been married all along. He never divorced her.

"Lucas is that true?" Martha spoke first, seeing as everyone else was too shocked to speak.

I turned to Lucas, hoping and praying I would not see the guilt that danced in his eyes, the proof that whatever she was saying was true.

But Sarah had not come here unprepared today. She had her facts right and as much as I wished it was not the case, she was right even now.

Lucas looked at me with pleading eyes like he was begging me to understand him, but I could not. Not this time, not after he had lied to me, again. Not after he had deceived his whole family for six years. Even Mia was just as petrified as the rest of us. Mouth hanging, eyes wide, and brows furrowed together.

"Bro tells me this is not fucking true," Robin said angrily. I could not tell if his anger was at his brother or the situation. I though felt an ire for both. Lucas for deceiving me and this awful situation which we found ourselves in a night that was supposed to end happily.

"It's not," Lucas said coldly, "at least not all of it is true."

She chuckled humorlessly, and stepped closer to him—why could this bitch not fucking keep her distance from Lucas?— "Baby, you don't have to lie about it. Tell them I'm still your wife..."

"Ex-wife!" Lucas barked, grabbing her hand and tossing her away. He turned to me and attempted to hold me, but I jerked back almost instinctively.

"Please do not touch me," I whispered. It was the only way I could hold back the tears. I could not trust myself to still keep a straight face after he touched me.

"Chris, please just let me speak," he said with pleading eyes and attempted to touch me again.

"You don't owe her an explanation, Lucas. I'm the one you owe an explanation I'm your wife."

"Would you shut the fuck up and let me fucking speak Sarah!" Lucas yelled in frustration. His nose flared and his jaws were tense, his fingers raked through his perfectly cut hair and I had to hold back from melting into his arm as he reached for me again. "I had not divorced Sarah all these years because I did not have the heart to. Fuck I tried, so many fucking times to do it, I just could not. In my heart, I truly hoped she would come to our senses one day and return to our family and make us whole again."

"Well ta-da, you got your wish," I said sarcastically, waving my arm across Sarah. "I hope you're so happy now. Heavens finally granted your prayers."

"I am happy, but it's only because I did not get what I wished for. I got something way better," he said calmly.

"You lied to me." I said accusatorily, "you said you were done with her, and now I get to find out you're both still fucking married."

"We were married, not anymore." He shot Sarah a glare, "I signed and sent the divorce papers days ago, hoping Sarah would end it without a fuss."

She shook her head bitterly, "I am not fucking signing any divorce papers. I was dumb and ambitious and stupid years ago, and I walked out of our family, but I am not making the same mistake twice."

"Neither am I!" Lucas said with brutal coldness. "I made a horrible mistake of loving you and giving you everything because I was young and dumb. It's a blunder I had to pay dearly for with my heart Sarah and I will not pay for it twice."