The Abandoned Wife

The following morning, Roxanne had already woken up by the time Lucian did. Her brows remained furrowed while she removed the needles for herself.

Lucian glanced at his empty palm, then shifted his gaze to look at the woman before him. In a hoarse voice, he asked, "When did you wake up? Why didn't you wake me up?” Roxanne was too focused on the task and only realized the man was awake after hearing his voice. She hesitated for a moment, then continued with what she had been doing. "You look like you were sound asleep. Besides, I am feeling better now, so I didn't wake you up."

She did not spare the man a glance as she spoke.

It was worth noting that Roxanne felt as if it was like a dream when she woke up to the sight of Lucian taking a short rest while holding her hand tightly earlier.

But soon after, the memories of what happened last night while she was half-asleep came to her mind.

She knew very well it was not a dream. Lucian had indeed taken care of her for the whole night.

For a bit, Roxanne had no idea how to describe her feelings after coming to that realization.

and the visible signs of exhaustion on his face, she could not bear to wake him up and thus carefully pulled her hand out without him knowing. Evidently, the man was

still asleep, Roxanne decided to take the chance to examine her condition before performing a simple acupuncture

expect Lucian to wake up when she was at the

that she became a little flustered after

"What are you doing?"

languidly straightened his body. A slight frown

the silver needle on the acupuncture point and pulled it out. "I gave myself a body check and felt that acupuncture could help detoxify my

a smile as she turned around. "These acupuncture points aren't too complex. I can do it myself. There's no need to

dark expression to turn even

I took care of her the entire

of rage surged within him. However, at the thought of how Roxanne was still unwell, he had no choice

instant, the whole ward plunged into a deathly

yet for some reason, she dared not question him and only lowered her head to put away her

time that Lucian's deep voice sounded again. "How do you feel