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.

and she was just a maid,

slowly clenched into a fist, as if

scent, it was on

had smelled it

not the same

She had to rest at home

she couldn’t fall apart,

the hospital, Allison went to the small garden behind the hospital.

would walk Grace here

how Grace was doing now.

tomorrow, but she wouldn’t

thought, Allison walked along the lake’s edge when she suddenly noticed a figure about to stumble into the

over and steadied her,

The person’s voice

as if she’d been electrocuted.

had run into

clearly didn’t recognize her and, somewhat frightened, patted her chest, “Sorry, I just had eye surgery recently, and my vision hasn’t fully recovered. I’ve been stuck in my room for a long time and wanted some

your eyes getting better?” Allison’s voice

recovered in a few days.” Miranda smiled. She held Allison’s

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