I instantly didn’t know how to respond, so I shyly leaned into Lucas’s embrace while secretly observing the young couple’s reactions.

As the conversation deepened, the atmosphere in the room began to subtly shift into something different.

Jane was completely drawn into the story, her body subtly shifting as she got lost in Lucas’s vivid recounting, shyly asking all sorts of questions.

Trey looked at Lucas with a look that only someone who’d ...