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.

first time he’s carried me‘ she thought to herself.

on the upper floor were concealed behind hidden doors, and

her to the study, followed by the gym, and finally to the bedroom at the end of the

of about twenty square meters, and a bathroom of about ten square

as she settled in. “The basement is the entertainment area, and the floor

generously

the rooms on the second floor, Marion felt it might not be as difficult to accept as she initially thought. The division of

to take a shower,” he said then entered the bathroom, leaving Marion alone

bed was quite

bathroom. She could

Outside

bed or not, as a ‘fake couple‘ they could

her face, trying to calm

resolved. Later, when Lucas came out, she would have an

with him.

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

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that’s true. Although her marriage with Lucas was not something she could break off in the short term, she was

completely getting rid of

as despicable or shameless, she indeed needed assistance. So bluntly

contemplating this, her phone suddenly lit up with a message from Cassie.