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

woman at

someone else entirely?

as he scrutinized her paling face.

makeup, and her face was pitiful. But now,

she stammered. Her voice was laced

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

blank slate,as she looked at him with a forced smile. “Yeah, it was my friend’s

thank them.” Lucian’s voice remained soft, but his eyes were devoid

fabricate a name. There was no friend; it was a panic-driven lie from a previous interrogation. Crafting a believable name on the spot wasn’t

demanded another to sustain

replied with a pale face, “It was… a

every flicker of panic

it was a college classmate last time.”

drained of color.

What?