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.

closed the window, and she was just a maid, how

if he could smell that intoxicating cherry blossom scent…

it was

had smelled it on Penelope too.

clearly not

left weak. She had to rest at home for several days before

couldn’t fall apart, her mother still needed her.

went to the small garden

the past, Allison would walk Grace here almost every day.

how Grace was doing

kidney transplant would occur tomorrow, but she wouldn’t

she suddenly noticed a figure about to stumble into the water. She

her, “The lake

person’s voice

as if

run

I’ve been stuck in my room for a long time and

Allison’s voice was a

few days.” Miranda smiled. She held Allison’s hand, feeling a sense of familiarity.

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