The Bride’s Revenge

Chapter 119 Would You Like a Sweet?

“The noodles are delicious, thank you.”

Upon hearing his words, Marion glanced at the bowl and found that the noodles were already finished. She thought she must have comforted Lucas. “Oh, okay then. Shall I go back now?”

“Yeah.”

Before leaving, Marion hesitated about whether to take the empty bowl on the tray with her. As she reached for them, Lucas suddenly leaned down, and their foreheads touched.

Although they separated quickly, Marion could still feel his touch. She felt embarrassed and blushed slightly, “Sorry, I just wanted to take the bowl away…”

“Did it hurt?”

As she spoke, her forehead suddenly felt warm.

One of Lucas’s hands was at the back of her head, and the fingertips of his other hand gently touched

her forehead.

Close as they were, their breaths entwined, and Marion could smell the scent of the man.

She stared blankly at him as he approached, and wondered if he was going to kiss her. Should she close her eyes?

Before she could decide, he released her. “No swelling.”

back to reality, realizing her unfounded thoughts. Her

and eyes slightly moving, “Not

noticed that she was still wearing her clothes from that evening.

a little silly. “I meant I’ll go take

“Okay.”

sat on the

too–his biological mother passed away when he was young, and his stepmother, who entered his life, seemed

to Lucas’s marriage was calculated and devoid of affection.

it’s really

that she

sweet?”

hand had already opened up to reveal the mango–flavored candy tightly

You Like a

her palm. Someone had once told her to eat candy whenever she

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as if in a trance, she recalled something from her childhood.

or sixteen sat dejectedly on the steps, and suddenly a guy in his twenties reached out and handed her a candy, saying, “Eat a candy whenever you’re unhappy.”

walked over, picking up the candy from Marion’s palm, “Is it sweet?”

words, Marion

She

Lucas.

candy and after so many years, she still liked the taste.

tried