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

of water on the table.He figured Roxanne might end up not sleeping well if he kept waking her up, so he tucked her and Estella in before going out

in front of the half-emptied

she felt when

the room, and a sense of

during the play was an accident.It

he did not have the courage to come

believe that there were actually things that

up the next morning, she felt a stabbing pain in

saw the glass of water

what had happened the night before came flooding back, and her eyes widened like saucers.I couldn't sleep, so I went downstairs to have some wine, and...I ended

carried me

even said some nonsense to him before he left, and he said...No.Stop.I'm not

Lucian would be bothered by her action, just as he had been

smile touched her lips when she thought of