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.

the first time he’s carried me‘ she

the situation. Lucas carried her upstairs effortlessly. The rooms on the upper floor were

finally to the bedroom at the end of the hallway.

of about twenty square meters, and a bathroom of

as she settled in. “The basement is the entertainment area, and the floor below has the wine cellar.”

and generously sized functional areas.

it might not be as difficult to accept as she initially thought. The division

he said then

was quite

bathroom. She could feel the heat rise

43 Outside Lucas’s

not, as a ‘fake couple‘

her face, trying to calm

resolved. Later, when Lucas came out, she

conversation with him.

not possibly be oblivious to why she

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

was more focused on completely getting rid of him.

shameless, she indeed needed assistance. So bluntly speaking,

lit up with a message from