The Bride’s Revenge

Chapter 37 She Called Him ‘Honey‘

Marion looked at Jameson in front of her, never expecting him to say such words! Up until then, he still thought that as long as he coaxed her, she should forgive him and they would reconcile!

The gentleman from her youth had remained in her memories. He had changed long ago, and Marion had known it all along but was unwilling to accept it.

She lowered her gaze and stared at the phone in hand. The thread in her mind had finally snapped. Marion selected Lucas’s number as anger and disappointment flooded her emotions. When the call went through, there was only one thought in her mind.

She wanted Lucas to come over, and pick her up! The phone emitted a series of connecting sounds, and after about five or six seconds, the man on the other end answered. “Mrs. Craig?”

A cool and lazy voice came through the phone, and Marion gripped the phone tighter, “Honey, I’ve finished dinner. Come to my house and take me home.”

“Honey?”

The man,

buttons of his collar, and with a gentle press of

felt the warmth rise in him. His hand moved downward, undoing the

voice on the phone in puzzlement. The man’s voice was deep and mellow, and even though he

glanced at Jameson. Then she added, “It’s getting late. I have a follow–up appointment tomorrow. Come

“Okay.”

phone. She looked at Jameson coldly. “If you’re not busy, wait for my husband to come and take

over. Considering Jameson’s presence, he could not say much, so he used his eyes to signal Howard

the Cartiers‘ gate, his mind filled with Marion’s recent call where she referred to someone as

Lucas

really ask Lucas to come and pick you up? Are you not going to stay at

37 She Called Him