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.

phone is in

hers, and he made a subtle gesture before releasing the door handle

him and cautiously

a shiver down her spine. She turned to

the door?” she

shut when you sleep?” Lucas

steady and soul–penetrating gaze caused Marion’s legs to weaken momentarily. He lowered his head, locking eyes with her

contrasting sharply with the coolness

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gulped, feeling like she was caught between fire and ice. A blush spread from her ears to

“N–nothing,” she stammered.

a phone, after all. What was there

Soon enough, she spotted the white bunny ears

said while attempting to free herself from

she could, Lucas approached and almost

your phone more important than me?” he asked with a

as she looked up at him, utterly puzzled by the

was only here to retrieve