The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 715 Acted On Reflex

Terrified by Lucian's sudden movement to the point that she didn't dare move, Roxanne reacted like a petrified cat when the man drew close to her. She desperately tried to break free, but he effortlessly seized her hands and locked them behind her back. No matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't break free.

"Wake up, Lucian!" Her eyes brimmed with panic as the distance between their lips diminished. Even her voice had grown a touch tense. Unfortunately, Lucian remained unmoved and continued leaning closer to her.

Only when the distance between them was so negligible that they could sense each other's breathing and Roxanne was so nervous that her heart almost stopped pounding did she sense the man finally drawing to a stop.

Heaving a sigh of relief, she cautiously turned her face and studied his expression to ascertain whether he had awakened. The moment she did so, she met the man's clear gaze.

on an apologetic expression. As he said that, he released his grip on her hands and allowed

But after seeing her reaction, he felt that he should quit while he was

had already apologized. For a moment, her expression froze. She couldn't quite decide between throwing a

and didn't dare budge an inch. Adding to the fact that she had been restrained for too long, her legs had already gone numb by the time she tried to get up Before she could regain her feet, she swayed and toppled forward,

opened his arms and allowed her to fall

at the man who appeared all nonchalant before her. She wanted to reprimand him, but she didn't know where to

when he

use to riposte her before she had

couch carefully, she remained standing there for

sleeping too well in the past two days. I'd finally managed to fall into a deep sleep earlier, so I likely acted on reflex when you

trying to brush off his faux pas earlier