Chapter 196 Teasing

(Lydia)

I looked at Thomas open-mouthed.

To be honest, I was expecting a reaction completely opposite to the one I had gotten. His eyes were shining with a protectiveness that had been missing from him all this time.

My lips trembled with an unspoken emotion and I wanted to throw my arms around him to pull him closer but we were outside, and the kids were just a few feet away.

Thomas Lombardi’s future wife.

Those words went round and round in my head until I was flushed from head to toe.

Why did I love him saying that?

All the stress of what I had found out melted away from my body, replaced by a warm feeling that only Thomas had given me. I felt like twirling my hair in my hands and batting my lashes with the smoldering look he was giving me.

For the moment, I merely breathed out and stared at him, my entire focus was arrested by him as he continued to talk.

“I don’t care who it is, your co-workers, your management team, or any random person on the sidewalk. If they’re messing with y