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.

think my phone is in your

a subtle gesture before releasing the door handle and stepping aside, inviting her in.

glanced at him and

her, sending a shiver down her spine. She turned to

door?” she

not like the door shut when you sleep?” Lucas replied.

soul–penetrating gaze caused Marion’s legs to weaken momentarily. He lowered

feel the warmth radiating from the arm supporting her, contrasting sharply with the coolness exuding

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caught between fire and ice. A

“N–nothing,” she stammered.

What was

enough, she spotted the white bunny ears of her phone

while attempting to

Lucas approached and almost enveloped

than me?” he asked with a hint of amusement in

him, utterly puzzled by the strange question. “Of

only here to retrieve her