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.

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

not sleeping well if he kept waking her up, so 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 else if what had happened during the play was an

to come clean with her. Lucian could not believe that there were actually things that he did not dare to admit. When Roxanne woke

her head and saw the glass of water and hangover pills on the table. Then memories of what had happened the night before came flooding back, and her eyes widened like saucers. I couldn't sleep so I went downstairs to have some wine, and

stop. I'm not going there. Roxanne wondered if Lucian would be bothered by her action, just as he had been six years

the bed, she snuggled into her embrace