Chapter 29

At this point, Lucian’s face darkened, “Get out!”

Allison paled.

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She clenched her teeth and her forehead beaded with sweat, “Mr. Lindberg, I really can’t afford to lose any more credits. If I do, I’ll have to delay my graduation. I…”

Seeing Lucian’s cold and uncompromising demeanor, Allison became anxious. Plus, she was out of breath from running; she felt her vision blur and was about to faint. When she came to, she found herself in Lucian’s arms.

He pinched her waist hard, “Throwing yourself at me? Trying to tempt me? Allison, you’re making me sick.”

didn’t.” Allison struggled, but the man’s arms were as hard as iron. She was trapped in a strange yet familiar embrace, seeing nothing but coldness and disgust in the man’s eyes.

leaned in closer, his mocking voice near her ear, “Who was it then, who drugged me that night,

even

and in her confusion, she forgot

was just Penelope’s stand–in.

of annoyance in his chest. She had deceived him with this

at the Flanagan family’s house as a maid who got a distinguished guest’s clothes wet, she avoided him deliberately to draw his attention every time

that he found himself longing for her, despite trying so hard not to think about her. He subconsciously saw her in

he had been treating Penelope as a substitute for

but she couldn’t

look at him, grabbing her face tightly, “Misunderstanding? The misunderstanding is that you are taking advantage of your resemblance to Penelope and deliberately impersonating my fiancée. You’re just a lowly maid; did you ever ask yourself, are you worthy? Even if you try to imitate Penelope, you’re not her;

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