The Bride’s Revenge

Chapter 327 Was He Serious?

Marion was bursting with excitement, so much so that she could not sleep!

She instinctively reached for her phone to share her current state of mind with Cassie, but after fumbling around for a moment, she remembered her phone was in Lucas’s room.

Should she go and get it? Could she come back if she did? However, what married couple would sleep in separate beds anyway?

Marion wrestled with the idea while lying in bed. Eventually, she gritted her teeth and decided to retrieve her phone.

Standing at the door to the master bedroom, she found it tightly shut. Typically, Lucas would be in the shower at that hour,

She thought it was the perfect opportunity to grab her phone while he was occupied, and he would not even notice. How clever of her!

Yet, her excitement waned as she realized the door was locked. She thought, ‘Who’s he trying to keep out? Surely not me?‘

Marion poutedän disappointment. After a moment’s hesitation, she raised her hand and knocked on

the door.

The door creaked open after a while, revealing Lucas standing before her with his wet hair dangling over his shoulders and his bathrobe loosely draped around him.

If it were any other time, Marion might have sized him up, but tonight, she dared not look directly at him. Her peripheral vision caught a glimpse of him, and she quickly averted her gaze.

is in your room,” she

eyes met hers, and he made a subtle gesture before releasing the door handle and stepping aside, inviting

and cautiously

a soft click, the door closed behind her, sending a shiver down her spine.

you close the door?” she asked,

shut when you

momentarily. He lowered his head, locking

sharply with the coolness exuding from the man who had just taken

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caught between fire and ice. A blush spread from her ears

“N–nothing,” she stammered.

phone, after all. What was there to be

for her phone. Soon enough, she spotted the white bunny ears of her phone case nestled on her

said while attempting

approached and almost enveloped her in his

me?” he asked with a hint of amusement in his voice.

him, utterly puzzled by the strange question. “Of course not.”

was only here to retrieve her phone.