The Bride’s Revenge

Chapter 380 Are You So Easily Pleased, Mrs. Craig?

With each step Lucas took up the stairs, Marion felt herself trembling, and with each second, her heart pounded faster.

Marion’s breath, which had just calmed down, gradually became rapid. She lifted her head slightly. As she stared at Lucas’s perfect jawline, she could not help but gulp nervously and think, ‘Is something going to happen later?‘

The thought made her tense up subconsciously, and all sorts of unhealthy images began to pop into her mind.

Just as she was lost in her thoughts, Lucas had carried her into the room.

Marion found herself placed on the bed, clutching the sheets beneath her. Her heart pounded as if it might leap out of her chest at any moment.

“Let’s take a shower. It’s not too late,” Lucas said.

Marion lifted her head and blinked at him.

Lucas looked at her, too. “Do you want to shower together?”

Her face flushed, and she shook her head hastily. “I–I’ll go and take a shower!”

She was overthinking it, and it was all Cassie’s fault!

Marion jumped off the bed and hurried into the closet, where she grabbed a set of pajamas. Then, she dashed into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.

moment, he withdrew his

Marion took a shower, tiredness hit her. She replied to Cassie’s message on her phone and then

the shower, and she wanted to wait for

it. When Lucas came out, Marion had fallen asleep with her phone in

it aside. Then, he got

was awakened early by a phone call. It was from Richard, her father.

was Marion’s 27th birthday.

birthday! I’ve prepared a birthday gift for

be back tonight

don’t you go out for some alone time with Lucas? I have plans

refused to believe Richard, but she appreciated her father’s kindness. “In that case, we’ll come home tomorrow

“Great!”

hanging up, Marion’s phone was flooded with messages from Cassie, Alice, Miley, and Kirk. They were all birthday wishes for her.

by the time she finished,

if he knew it

Lucas, fresh from swimming, pushed the

him eagerly. “Good morning.”

to her and said, “Happy birthday, Mrs.

sparkled in Marion’s eyes.

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you so easily pleased, Mrs.