The Bride’s Revenge

Chapter 40 Lucas Isn’t a Good Person

Marion had not had a chance to react when her left hand was suddenly gripped by Lucas’s own. The next moment, her fingertips touched the firm spot on his neck.

Lucas had squatted in front of her. He tilted his head and invited her to touch his Adam’s apple.

Marion quickly withdrew her hand, stammering, “I—”

‘I just thought about it, but I didn’t want to actually touch it!‘ she thought to herself.

Lucas lowered his head and looked at her. “Don’t want to touch it? Weren’t you curious?”

“No, I-”

For the second time, Marion could not find the words to explain herself. She saw Lucas’s embarrassed

expression.

“You really don’t want to touch it? Your curiosity is easily satisfied, Mrs. Craig.” He spoke casually as if touching his Adam’s apple was as normal as inviting someone over for dinner.

As he spoke, his Adam’s apple rolled up and down. Marion stared at it, her mind had gone blank. Almost involuntarily, she reached out to touch it.

it feel?”

what she had just done, Marion wished she could find a hole to bury herself in. When did she become such

her head and nervously pulled

she must have been out of her

hint of amusement in his dark eyes. He stood up and pushed her wheelchair. “Let’s follow Mrs. Craig’s suggestion.”

face. However, when she saw Jameson

which had been on the wheelchair’s handle, instinctively circled Marion’s shoulders. Marion’s body stiffened as she sensed a

shoulder.

man’s warmth transmitted through the thin shirt to her shoulder, and Marion felt the heat rising on her face

won’t harass my wife anymore. If my wife is unhappy, I’m unhappy. If I’m

Marion. “Let’s go

Isn’t a

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they could move. “Marion, Lucas is not a good person. You

think

slapped Jameson. It was fortunate that he had lowered his head otherwise, she might not have landed that

his face in disbelief, the stinging pain reminding him

him.