The Bride’s Revenge

Chapter 228 Mr. Craig, Stop Seducing Me!

“What can I do for you today?” the doctor inquired.

Marion instinctively looked at Lucas. “She had a bit of alcohol, and someone might have spiked them.”

The doctor frowned. “Does she exhibit any symptoms?”

However, he was the one who spoke first. “Let your wife speak.”

As the doctor prompted, Lucas remained silent.

The victim, Marion, hurriedly said, “I feel hot, thirsty, and can’t sleep,”

“Anything else?” the doctor questioned while listening to her heartbeat and her breathing.

Even though there were other symptoms, Marion found it difficult to articulate her words. Under the doctor’s scrutiny, she nervously clasped her hands together and said in a shaky voice. “There’s a strange feeling in my body. It’s hard to describe it, but it’s just not quite normal…”

Did the doctor know what she meant?

“It shouldn’t be a big issue. All you have to do is get an electrocardiogram, check your blood pressure, and get a blood test. If everything comes back normal, you’re free to go.”

The doctor looked down at the forms. “For a couple like you, something like that doesn’t require a visit to the hospital.”

The doctor’s words were subtle, but Marion caught what he meant.

He meant they could have solved the issue in bed instead of rushing to the

emergency room.

did not know how to leave the examination room. She was like a lost

time to draw blood, Marion hesitated to extend her hand.

“Scared?”

at him, not admitting but

say something so embarrassing out loud?

moment, the alcohol in her body and the effects of those aphrodisiacs seemed to be gone, leaving her

M: Cran

unusually sober.

“Marion?”

bit her lip, slowly

her head was nestled into a warm embrace, and the familiar scent of wood

“Don’t be afraid.”

arms while his other hand pulled up the

wrist. Then,

Marion lifted her head, gazing into those ink–black eyes. “Thank you,

just felt a flutter in her heart.

“Mm.” Lucas acknowledged.

on her bewildered eyes, he gulped and stood up. “The blood test results will take half an hour. Let’s go over there

nodded before standing up to walk with

indicated that the drug had not completely worn off. Sitting there, Marion did

despite her efforts to keep her hands to herself, she could

down her spine.

still