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.

how to leave the examination room. She

draw blood, Marion hesitated to extend her

“Scared?”

up at him, not admitting but not denying it either.

could she say something so embarrassing

that moment, the alcohol in her

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unusually sober.

“Marion?”

for the second time. Marion bit her lip, slowly

a warm embrace, and the familiar scent

“Don’t be afraid.”

arms while his other hand pulled

a daze, Marion felt a slight sting on her wrist. Then, she heard the

lifted her head, gazing into those ink–black eyes.

felt a flutter in

“Mm.” Lucas acknowledged.

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

avoided his gaze with a guilty conscience and nodded before standing up to walk with him to

body, coupled with the sluggish response, indicated that the drug had not completely worn off. Sitting there, Marion did not dare to make

her hands to herself, she

forehead, sending a shiver down her spine. “I’m not running

still feeling