Chapter 42

August's POV

I looked at Felix, then at Lee, who was eating in silence at the dining table. I wanted to wait for them to be done, but the looks they were giving me wouldn't let me wait.

"Do you have something to say to me?" I asked seriously.

Chase frowned and then looked at Jeannie, as if trying to ask her what was going on.

"You've been visiting Teresa awfully often nowadays, and you now spend more than a day there. Interesting," Felix answered.

"Well, she is my lover and soon-to-be wife, so spending a lot of time together isn't a bad thing," I replied.

"You are a joke," she mocked, then stopped eating.

“Are you sure you aren't? Because you are here pretending to eat human food,” I mocked her back.

“At least I'm pretending in front of my family, but you? Ha! It's in front of your so-called loyal wife-to-be,” she spat.

"Are you itching for a fight, Samantha?" I asked coldly.

"As if you can stand your ground against me," she answered and then stood up.

"Excuse me for a minute," she sa