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.

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

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

that he did not have the courage to come clean with her. Lucian could not believe that there were actually things that he did

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 I ended up

there. Roxanne wondered if Lucian would be bothered by her action, just

snuggled into