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.

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,

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

bothered him was the fact that he did not have the courage to come clean with her. Lucian could not believe that there were actually things that he did not dare to admit. When Roxanne woke up the next morning, she

the table. Then memories of what had happened the night before came flooding back, and her eyes widened like saucers. I couldn't

said, no, stop. I'm not going there. Roxanne wondered if Lucian would be bothered by her action, just as he had been

saw Roxanne sitting beside her in the bed, she snuggled