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

The rooms on the upper floor were concealed

study, followed by the gym, and finally to the bedroom at the end of the hallway. The bedroom was spacious, featuring not only a bed but also a small

and a bathroom of about ten square meters.

settled in. “The basement is the entertainment area,

well–designed and generously sized functional

floor, Marion felt it might not be as difficult to

a shower,” he said

was quite large.

towards the bathroom. She could feel the heat

Outside Lucas’s House

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

raised her hand to cover her face, trying

decided that the situation was easily resolved. Later, when

with

believed he was a smart person who could not possibly be oblivious to why she

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

on completely getting rid of

as despicable or shameless, she indeed

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