She also cooked some beef stew and salad for lunch.

After everything was prepared, Ashlyn departed to the hospital.

With the thermal food jars in her hands, she went straight to Lucas’ ward.

For some reason, she was a little anxious when she knocked on the door.

The man’s low, deep voice called out, “Come in.”

Only then did she push the door open to see Lucas alone. Spencer was nowhere to be seen.

“The tacos are here. Eat up,” she told him frostily.

Clad in his hospital gown, Lucas sat on his bed with a pillow behind his back.

Even so, there was still an intimidating air about him. His hand was bandaged, but it didn’t seem like he had sustained a severe injury.

As Ashlyn went over to him and placed the thermal food jar on the table, the man gazed at her wordlessly, not wanting to miss out on any of her actions.

Following that, a suffocating silence ensued.

a brow, Ashlyn demanded, “Am I a criminal? Why are you looking at me that way?” A hint of displeasure flashed across her

Lucas finally parted his lips

of him,

managed to turn the tides by appeasing

in his head and

assumed she was undefeatable after training in

he imagined the

and Livia were beasts, for they could even hurt their son for

look at him. “I need to deliver lunch to Naomi,

to turn and leave when Lucas grabbed her fair

“I need

go ahead.” Ashlyn shot

I need to go to the restroom,” Lucas

suggesting

his chin but began stroking his forehead. “I feel dizzy. I don’t think

brows furrowed upon hearing that. She observed his expression dotted with anguish and recalled his

she clenched her jaw and said, “I’ll

can’t you help me? I feel really dizzy. The

cut him off mid-sentence before he could finish

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