Chapter 54

He swaggered over to the liquor cabinet, grabbed a bottle of booze, poured half a shot, and downed it in one go.

The spicy, potent taste of alcohol lingered in his mouth.

His fist smashed hard against the wall.

He had lost control!

He had fallen for a woman who tried to drug him, tried to possess him, a woman of extreme greed and vanity….

Allison was already gone as the first light of day began to creep in the next morning.

She hadn’t slept a wink.

As she was leaving Magnolia Gardens, Lucian stood at the second–floor study window, his gaze fixed on her.

Was she that eager to leave?

Those tricks lose their magic when overused.

was just a maid,

his fingers slowly clenched into a fist, as if

scent, it was on that

smelled it on

not the same person…

left weak. She had to rest at home for several days before she gradually

couldn’t fall apart, her

went to the small garden behind

the past, Allison would walk Grace here almost

how Grace was doing now.

tomorrow, but she

lake’s edge when she suddenly noticed a figure about to stumble into the water.

rushed over and steadied her, “The lake

voice was gentle and

as if she’d been

had run into Miranda.

vision hasn’t fully recovered. I’ve been stuck in my room for a long

eyes getting better?” Allison’s voice was a

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