Chapter 78 No Matter What

Marion pursed her lips. She was too lazy to argue with him. “I’ve already packed everything. The things to take are in those two boxes.”

Lucas shifted his gaze to the boxes. “I’ll have the driver come up.”

He paused and looked at her right calf, which, despite being freed from the plaster, was still wrapped in bandages. “Can you go downstairs by yourself?” Marion raised an eyebrow. “Didn’t I just come upstairs by myself?”

Lucas abruptly stopped pressing the elevator button. He retrieved his phone from his pocket and walked to her.

Marion watched as he bent down in front of her. The oxygen around her seemed too thin and instead filled the air around her with his invigorating woody scent. It made her breath quicken.

“Wha- What’s happening?”

“You complained that I didn’t carry you up just now,

He put his hand on her waist as he spoke to her.

didn’t you?”

Before Marion could process the situation, she was lifted into his arms.

When did she complain?

Instinctively, she wrapped her arms around his neck. At the thought of her father waiting downstairs, her face turned crimson. “Put me down! I can go down by myself!”

Lucas looked at her and raised an eyebrow. “I don’t think you can,” he said calmly.

carry her downstairs.

had just finished a call. He turned around and

“Isn’t

it’s

insisted on carrying her,

expression was hard to read. “Her leg is almost healed. It should not be a problem for her

was no need to be so reluctant to let her walk

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Marion on the sofa. “Mar mentioned that her leg was a little sore.” Was it necessary to shift the blame

behind Marion’s waist. Then, he stood up and took out his phone. “I’ll

telling her father that, Lucas walked away and left Marion and Richard staring

Lucas dotes on you, we shouldn’t take it for granted,

blushed. She had no idea how

know, Dad.

“If you had met Lucas earlier, it would have been

awkward. If she had met Lucas earlier,

close to him.

she dared not say that to Richard.

looked at Marion.

felt it was not right to let his son–in–law do all the work. “Lucas, just sit. I’ll

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