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 your room,” she

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

and cautiously entered the room.

behind her, sending a shiver down her spine. She turned to face the freshly showered

did you close the door?” she asked, her voice

door shut when you sleep?” Lucas

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

warmth radiating from the arm supporting her, contrasting sharply with the

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caught between fire and ice.

“N–nothing,” she stammered.

phone, after all. What was there

enough, she spotted the white bunny ears of her phone

my phone,” she said while attempting to free

could, Lucas approached and almost enveloped her in

me?” he asked with a hint of

blinked as she looked up at him, utterly puzzled by

here to retrieve her phone.