"Lucas, are you out of your mind?"

Aveline was speechless.

She had done nothing, and yet he was suggesting arranging a room for her with another man. Was he out of his mind?

Lucas stared at her intensely for a long time before saying, "Aveline, you can't accept another man, nor can you love another man. If I find out, you might not die, but that man will wish he was dead." His tone was serious, a grave warning. The possessiveness in his eyes was utterly undisguised.

Aveline pressed her lips together, her gaze complicated as she looked at him. If he had shown this behavior before, she would have been overjoyed. But after everything that had happened, hearing these words from him only left her feeling indifferent.

She lowered her eyes slightly. "Can I go wash up now? I've been busy all day, and I'm really tired."

Lucas looked at her for another moment before finally letting her go.

Aveline walked towards the bathroom.

Lucas called a servant to clean up the ruined cake.

came out, she saw him sitting on the sofa, a tube of ointment placed on the

you apply the ointment," he said in a deep voice when he saw her

and said, "I can apply the ointment myself." She walked over to take

ointment.

His eyes locked onto hers. "Lie down on the

frowned but then gave up

ointment, making it more painful for her. It was

her long, white legs. Under the light, they were almost blindingly pale. He walked over and spread her knees

shivered. She stared at the intricately

second,

up to avoid Lucas, but he grabbed her waist, holding

at him in disbelief as waves of intense sensation washed over her. From her angle, she

trembled.

and she lay back down on the bed,

idea how much time

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