Chapter 54

He swaggered over to the liquor cabinet, grabbed a bottle of booze, poured half a shot, and downed it in one go.

The spicy, potent taste of alcohol lingered in his mouth.

His fist smashed hard against the wall.

He had lost control!

He had fallen for a woman who tried to drug him, tried to possess him, a woman of extreme greed and vanity….

Allison was already gone as the first light of day began to creep in the next morning.

She hadn’t slept a wink.

As she was leaving Magnolia Gardens, Lucian stood at the second–floor study window, his gaze fixed on her.

Was she that eager to leave?

Those tricks lose their magic when overused.

was just a maid, how could he possibly fall

clenched into a fist, as if he

scent, it was on that

it on Penelope too.

were clearly not the

Allison was left weak. She had to rest

she knew she couldn’t fall apart, her mother still

check–up at the hospital, Allison went to the small garden behind

walk Grace here almost every day.

how Grace

transplant would occur tomorrow,

lake’s edge when she suddenly noticed a figure about to stumble into

and steadied her, “The lake is right there…”

The person’s voice

if

had run into

and my vision hasn’t fully recovered. I’ve been stuck

your eyes getting better?” Allison’s voice

Miranda smiled. She held Allison’s

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