Chapter 35

"Mr. Lucas, the ginger tea is ready," the servant's voice came through.

"Bring it in," Lucas commanded in a deep voice.

The servant placed the ginger tea on the nightstand, bowed slightly, and left the room, closing the door behind them.

Lucas held Aveline down. "Ave, drink the ginger tea. It'll make you feel better."

Aveline continued to struggle. "No, no, get away from me. I want to go home."

Lucas said, "Drink it, and I'll take you home."

Aveline turned her head and flopped onto the soft bed. "I don't want to go home. I want to live in a big apartment, like one of those 300-square-meter ones!" Lucas pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. "This is it. You can stay here from now on."

"Who are you?" Aveline asked.

"Look at me and see who I am," Lucas said, grabbing her chin gently.

Aveline stopped struggling and stared at him for a moment before saying, "Oh, you look familiar, like my scumbag ex-husband."

deepened. "We haven't divorced

raised her hand. "After the divorce, I'll have a cute guy on my

right. It'll

darkened. "We haven't divorced yet, and you're already planning for

tilted her head. "Why not? We haven't divorced, but you can still hug other women. Why can't I think about handsome guys? Hey, don't be so unreasonable." Hugging other women? What

a mix of emotions. He knew she was drunk and couldn't let her go

and brought it

shook her

her intensely, then drank a large mouthful of the tea himself. He held her chin and kissed her, forcing the

"Mmm!"

a mouthful of ginger

finished coughing, her lips were blocked again. This repeated a few more times until the teacup

lie down and then went to the bathroom. When he came back, she was already

cheeks were flushed, her long eyelashes curled, and

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was warm, likely from the alcohol. The room was quiet, with

under her hand was warm and resilient. She instinctively touched it

next second, her

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