Chapter 371 It's Only The Beginning

• Matthew could feel the weight of the tension in the air as he sat at the dining table. It was suffocating, pressing down on him with every second that passed. He had expected resistance—Brandon and Lucas had never liked him—but the sharp hostility in Lucas’s voice still took him off guard.
• “So, Matthew,” Lucas began, his voice laced with sarcasm. “When did you get back in town? Last I heard, you disappeared after what happened between you and my little sister.”
• Matthew forced a polite smile. “I came back recently after my sister lost her husband.”