The Bride’s Revenge

Chapter 43 Outside Lucas’s House

Marion kept a composed face. She had figured out that Jameson was not giving up. She pursed her lips and looked up at Lucas with a hint of embarrassment. “I probably won’t go back tonight.”

Her hand tightened nervously, fearing Lucas might not let her stay over that night.

“Moving in early might be a good idea,” he said casually.

He turned off the TV, and the surveillance footage disappeared. Lucas put down the remote control and gazed at Marion. In a calm and unhurried manner, he added, “I forgot to mention, Mrs. Craig,

our house has only one bedroom.”

Was he joking? Marion found it hard to believe. After a pause, she cautiously asked, “In such a large place, you only have one bedroom?”

“It seems that you don’t quite trust me,” Lucas remarked, as he rose from his seat and walked toward

her.

Marion watched him approach. “Wha–what’s happening?”

“Let me take you upstairs for a tour.”

A fresh scent of wood wafted through the air, growing stronger. Marion looked at Lucas as he once again lifted her into his arms. She hesitated to say she did not need to be carried but felt it might

offend him.

it was not the first time he’s carried me‘ she thought to herself.

upstairs effortlessly. The rooms on the upper floor were concealed behind

to the study, followed by the gym, and finally to the bedroom at the end of the hallway. The bedroom was

twenty square meters, and a bathroom

on the bed, Marion heard Lucas speak as she settled in. “The basement is the entertainment area, and

villa was expansive, with well–designed and generously sized functional areas. Despite

it might not be as difficult to accept as she initially thought. The division of space was reasonable, and each room seemed just right.

not interrupt her thoughts. “I’m going to take a shower,” he said then entered

was quite large.

pinched herself and glanced towards the bathroom. She could feel

Outside Lucas’s

not, as a ‘fake couple‘

raised her hand to cover her face,

the situation was easily resolved. Later, when Lucas

with

a smart person who could not possibly be oblivious to why she insisted on getting married in the

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Lucas was not something she could break off in the short term, she

on completely getting rid of

she indeed needed assistance. So

this, her phone suddenly lit up with a message from