A Perfect Lie Hides Behind My Billionaire Marriage (reese and hudson)

She was so frightened that she bit down on Lukas' lip with all of her strength. Lukas felt a sudden stab of pain and immediately pulled away from her.

Lukas fixed Reese with a stern expression, his tone serious, "Reese, you know they say women are made of water, but sometimes I wonder if you're made of cement."

Reese was taken aback, "Cement? Why on earth would I be made of cement?"

Lukas pointed to the corner of his mouth, which now had a tiny crack in it, "Well, look, you had just chipped off the corner of my mouth!"

Reese couldn't help herself and burst out laughing.

The cell phone continued to ring.

When Lukas saw that Reese was still smiling, he couldn't help but look at her hurt, "Baby, you just bit me and you're still smiling so happily!"

Reese was a little embarrassed, "I really didn't mean to do that. My phone rang and I got a call. Can you please let me take it? I'll make it up to you, I promise."

the call, but how are you going to make it up to me for the bite on my lip? You see, it's slightly

save this for another day?" sighed Reese.

help but chuckle. He looked at

and he couldn't let it go. He had to go through it step by step,

kissed Reese gently on the cheek and stood up, albeit reluctantly, letting

picked up the phone and

phone, "Reese... Why

on the other end was laden with alcohol. He denied being drunk, but his speech and manner betrayed

of concern

he protested, "I am not drunk! I... I'm perfectly sober! But, Reese, you don't know... when I was overseas... I missed you so much. I thought about you every day, every moment. I finally convinced myself to come back to the United States, but... why are you acting colder than before? What did I do wrong? I just want to see you, even if it's from a distance, just like in the

their predicament. She tried to console him, "Clearly, you're in a drunken state right now, and it's not a good time to have this conversation. We'll have this conversation when you're sober,

you'll avoid me when I'm sober. I know it. You don't want to talk to me. You

for her to fathom why Luther would utter such words for no apparent reason

feelings towards Luther, but he was the older brother who had protected her for so many years. He had taken care of her for five years, and she wasn't the type of person to