Chapter 255:

“I’ll call the servant to help you deal with your injury,” he said, his tone brisk but strained.

With that, he turned and strode out of the room, the door closing behind him soon after.

Outside the room, Lucas leaned against the wall, his breathing uneven.

A storm of emotions swirled within him, leaving him visibly unsettled.

He glanced down, his eyes narrowing at the evidence of his reaction.

The tension in his pants made his jaw clench as he muttered a frustrated curse under his breath, “Damn it!”

Suppressing the emotions within him, he headed to the study, dialing Hooper.

His voice was clipped as he gave the instructions. “Send a female servant to Belinda’s room to help her apply some ointment to her injury.

She fell earlier.”

call, he exhaled slowly, trying to

really needed to calm himself

Belinda struggled to sit up after Lucas

she reached

a world of

thundering in her chest as

on her skin, making her

earlier scene replayed vividly in her

lip as a wave of embarrassment

fever had made

sticky from sweat, and she had

and unsteady, causing the

dressing, there was

softly, her voice still slightly

female servant stepped inside, carrying

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