Chapter 2728

Gasps erupted around them, and Coco was stunned.

She found herself in Lucas's arms.

“Sorry I'm late,” Lucas said softly.

Those few words brought tears to Coco's eyes.

Although she had boldly retorted Aubrey and the others just now, only she knew how nervous she had been, feeling as if she were on a battlefield.

She gradually calmed down with Lucas protecting her now.

Lucas looked at Aubrey and her friends coldly. “Aubrey, do you want to have a word with my girlfriend?”

Aubrey panicked as she noticed Lucas’s voice was laced with anger.

"Lucas, it was just a misunderstanding. I… I was just..."

"A misunderstanding?"

Lucas snapped his fingers for the waiter who was distributing drinks.

He took a glass of red wine and handed it to Aubrey.

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

Aubrey turned pale. She wondered if Lucas was asking her to throw the drink on herself.

Doing so at a banquet would be utterly humiliating.

Aubrey looked toward Caleb, who was standing beside Lucas, for help.

He hesitant