The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 554

lucian's heart wrenched again the moment he saw her smile. He would rather she looked at him indifferently, as she always did, because her affection only reminded him of how things had been between them six years ago. Back then, he had been her world, yet he had taken her for granted. He did not appreciate her and had killed her love for him instead when she left in Brokenness.

thought, Lucian smiled ruefully and averted his gaze. Have some water. It'll make you feel better. Roxanne did not respond for a long while. Just as he was about to check on her again, he felt a weight on his chest. Lucian, the play. Was it really an accident? She asked, her voice fading away as she fell back asleep. Lucian loosened his arms when he realized she had dozed

he tucked her and Estella in before going out of the room quietly. Back at the bar counter downstairs, Lucian sat down in front of the half emptied bottle of red wine that Roxanne had opened. I wonder how she felt when she quaffed all this. Lucian recalled the questions she had asked back in the room, and a sense of selfpity rose in his heart. He knew better than anyone

believe that there were actually things that he did not dare to admit. When Roxanne woke up the next morning, she felt a

back, and her eyes widened like saucers. I couldn't sleep so I went downstairs to have some wine, and I ended up drunk. Then

to him before he left, and he said, no, stop. I'm not going there. Roxanne wondered if Lucian would be bothered by her action, just as he had been six years

her in the bed, she snuggled into her embrace and mumbled her name as she woke