The Billionaire’s Maid Bride

Chapter 599

As Lucian first heard her words, a twinge of guilt wormed through his heart, but the moment the rest of the sentence filtered through, his expression shifted.

Her first time was given to him?

What a joke!

Penelope’s private life was a mess; who knew who she’d given her first time to? That video, with her tangled up with several men, played in his mind. If it hadn’t been for the fact that she saved him and his mother, he would have exposed the damn video and called off their engagement right then and there.

Wait a minute…

Her first time…

Lucian’s gaze hardened on Penelope. He’d just returned to the country, and indeed, someone had drugged him that night.

He could still vividly recall the unmistakable feel of a woman’s first time.

Yet, that didn’t add up with Penelope…

Her virginity had been long gone.

the burning question was

really Penelope?

the woman at his side

someone else entirely?

ran through him as he scrutinized

her makeup, and her face was pitiful. But now, that same face seemed to be hiding something. Her eyes were darting away from his penetrating stare.

she stammered. Her voice was

you went to the Silver Star Hotel for a friend’s birthday party, right? And

misspoken? Her thoughts were a blank slate,as she looked at him with a forced smile. “Yeah, it was my friend’s birthday. I never imagined I’d run into you.

your friend’s name? Since fate brought us together, I should thank them.” Lucian’s voice remained soft, but his eyes were devoid of any

but it seemed to crash, unable to fabricate a name. There was no friend; it was a

always demanded another to sustain

with a pale face, “It was… a high school

flicker of

really? But I thought you said it was a college classmate last

face drained of color.

What?