Leo couldn't shake the feeling that Lucian really didn't like him.
While he was warm and jovial with his daughter, every glance he cast in Leo's direction was filled with malice and disapproval. It was clear he was not impressed with a boy getting close to his daughter.
Lucian tolerated Morgan because he knew the guilt she carried over Lily's mother, his wife. That gave him leverage. Leo had nothing. Not even a name to hold over him. Yet judging by the way Lily had spoken of him, he was someone powerful, someone who could easily become a problem. That alone made Lucian's presence at the table a storm waiting to break.
