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.

burning

really

woman at his side that night?

else entirely?

jolt ran through him as he scrutinized her

her makeup, and her face was pitiful. But now, that same face

she stammered.

lips. His tone was unexpectedly gentle, “Penelope, you said you went to the Silver Star Hotel for a friend’s birthday party, right? And you just stumbled into

she looked at him with a forced smile. “Yeah, it was my friend’s birthday. I never imagined I’d run into you. Maybe it’s

friend’s name? Since fate brought us together, I should thank them.” Lucian’s

name. There was no friend; it was a panic-driven lie from a previous interrogation. Crafting a believable

always demanded another

face, “It was…

every flicker of panic on

really? But I thought you said it was

drained of color.

What?