Zachary narrowed his eyes. He seemed to have deduced something through Lucas' silence. "If Miss Corinne and I weren't husband and wife, why would I take a child from her back then?"
Lucas snapped back to his senses and glared at him. "I'd like to know the answer to that too!"
Zachary looked at the infuriated Lucas and responded calmly, "Make I ask your surname?"
"It's Rivera," Lucas answered coldly.
Zachary asked further, "And what is your relationship to Miss Corinne?"
"She's my sister."
Zachary nodded. "I understand. Your anger toward me stems from your belief that I've wronged your sister."
"Wronged? That's an understatement!" Lucas roared. "The harm you inflicted on her can hardly be described as a mere 'wronging'."
Zachary then replied, "I don't remember anything, so I can't offer you an explanation for your accusations at the moment."
Lucas had always been gentle in character, but he could no longer help himself from gritting his teeth. "Do you then expect me to just let you off the hook so you can spend your days away with Sophia with the child that you took from my sister?"
Unfortunately, Zachary shook his head and said, "As someone with amnesia, both your statements and Sophia's are the same to me. It's one-sided. I find it difficult to trust either side completely."
Lucas retorted with a cold sneer, "So you're willing to continue staying with Sophia?"
Zachary lowered his gaze in deep contemplation and responded, "I'm more inclined to believe your version of events for the sole fact that my son and Corinne's son are the spitting image of each other. While I won't go back with you on an impulse, I don't intend to stay with Sophia either. Sophia might not let it slide under those circumstances, and we might risk the lives of innocent people. Sophia came back to the country to deal with her father's assets. After that, she plans to take Benjamin and me to a private island she purchased. She wants to isolate us from the world. I hope you can lend me a hand before that happens."
Lucas eyed him warily and asked, "What sort of assistance do you need?"
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