Mission To Remarry

Chapter 554

Lucian's heart wrenched again the moment he saw her smile.He would rather she looked at him indifferently as she always did because her affection only reminded him of how things had been between them six years ago.

Back then, he had been her world, yet he had taken her for granted.

He did not appreciate her and had killed her love for him instead when she left in brokenness in the end.

Their intimacy reminded him that things had ended up as they were because of him.

At that thought, Lucian smiled ruefully and averted his gaze.

"Have some water.It'll make you feel better." Roxanne did not respond for a long while.

Just as he was about to check on her again, he felt a weight on his chest.

"Lucian...The play...Was it really an accident?" she asked, her voice fading away as she fell back asleep.

his arms when he realized

and put the glass of water on the table.He figured Roxanne might end up not sleeping well if he kept waking her up, so he tucked

at the bar counter downstairs, Lucian sat down in front of the half-emptied bottle of red wine that Roxanne had

wonder how she felt when she

the question she had asked back in the room, and a sense of self-pity

anyone else if what had happened during the play was an accident.It was just that he could not

that he did

that there were actually things that he did not dare to

she felt a stabbing pain

the glass

eyes widened like saucers.I couldn't sleep, so I went downstairs to have some wine, and...I

carried

said some nonsense to him before he left, and

by her action, just as

lips when