Mission To Remarry

Lucian glanced at his empty palm, then shifted his gaze to look at the woman before him. In a hoarse voice, he asked, “When did you wake up? Why didn’t you wake me up?”

Roxanne was too focused on the task and only realized the man was awake after hearing his voice. She hesitated for a moment, then continued with what she had been doing.

“You look like you were sound asleep. Besides, I am feeling better now, so I didn’t wake you up.”

She did not spare the man a glance as she spoke.

It was worth noting that Roxanne felt as if it was like a dream when she woke up to the sight of Lucian taking a short rest while holding her hand tightly earlier.

But soon after, the memories of what happened last night while she was half-asleep came to her mind.

She knew very well it was not a dream. Lucian had indeed taken care of her for the whole night.

For a bit, Roxanne had no idea how to describe her feelings after coming to that realization.

furrowed eyebrows and the visible signs of exhaustion on his face, she could not bear to wake him up and

was so tired that he was unaware of

he was still asleep, Roxanne decided to take the chance to examine

she was

was just that she became a little flustered after hearing

“What are you doing?”

his temples, Lucian languidly straightened his body. A slight frown

a calm pretense as she stared at the silver needle on the acupuncture point and pulled it out. “I gave myself a body check and felt that acupuncture could

at her with a solemn expression.

that undoubtedly startled Roxanne slightly. Despite so, she still flashed him a smile as she turned around.

words caused Lucian’s already dark expression to turn even

of her the entire night. How can she still sound

wave of rage surged within him. However, at the thought of how Roxanne was still unwell, he had no choice but to suppress his

whole ward plunged into a deathly

reason, she dared not question him and only lowered her head to