The Billionaire’s Maid Bride

Chapter 216

“Lucian, folks like you who are loaded may talk about pride, but for a poor sod like me, pride is priceless. If I’d known you had a thing for virgins, I would’ve kept myself pure and then spent a night with you. That way, you’d have had to marry me, right?”

Sometimes, the sharpest weapon wasn’t a blade, but words that cut like a knife.

As her words hung in the air, Lucian’s gaze turned colder, a vein on his forehead pulsing. He was afraid he’d hurt the woman before him if he didn’t control himself.

“I don’t want to see you with Jason again. If I do, I’ll make sure you disappear from Northfield.”

“Disappear how?”

The woman’s hair spread out on the man’s pillow, a smile playing on her lips, seemingly unafraid. “Jason’s into me. You should go talk to him. What’s the point of talking to me? You guys are right; I’m a gold digger. I just want the dough, and I’m happy when a rich guy’s chasing me.”

Before Allison could finish, a hand was around her throat.

twenty–one tough years. If you plan on killing me, it’d be a relief, really.

eyes. Sometimes, death can be a relief. Living

father and brother in heaven and see

wanted to tell her father and brother how hard things had been for her and her mother these past

wanted to visit her grandmother

wanted her grandmother’s embrace.

hospital with no money. Her mother’s condition was deteriorating; she could not afford surgery or hospital stays. She was moved from

with the man

lost

mental institution, under

and he released her abruptly. She breathed heavily, her voice hoarse.

at her, motionless.

to leave, but the man was on top of her. She didn’t

Lindbergh, shall we continue?”