Chapter 29

At this point, Lucian’s face darkened, “Get out!”

Allison paled.

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She clenched her teeth and her forehead beaded with sweat, “Mr. Lindberg, I really can’t afford to lose any more credits. If I do, I’ll have to delay my graduation. I…”

Seeing Lucian’s cold and uncompromising demeanor, Allison became anxious. Plus, she was out of breath from running; she felt her vision blur and was about to faint. When she came to, she found herself in Lucian’s arms.

He pinched her waist hard, “Throwing yourself at me? Trying to tempt me? Allison, you’re making me sick.”

hard as iron. She was trapped in a strange yet familiar embrace, seeing nothing but

ear, “Who was it then, who drugged me that night, got into my bed, laid under me, and moaned my name?”

turned even

memory from that night, and in her confusion,

was just Penelope’s

innocent look in her eyes, Lucian felt a wave of annoyance in his chest. She

she first saw him at the Flanagan family’s house as a maid who got a distinguished guest’s clothes wet, she avoided him deliberately to draw his attention every time they met. Who would believe it wasn’t intentional?

pissed him off even more was that he found himself longing for her, despite trying so hard not to think about her.

if he had been treating Penelope as a substitute for Allison these

moved, but she couldn’t explain. She turned her face away, avoiding his

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