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?

at

someone else

through him as he

now, that same face seemed to be

she stammered. Her voice was laced with

Lucian’s, 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 my room by

and her mind was racing. Had she 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. Maybe

thank them.” Lucian’s voice remained

crash, unable to fabricate a name. There was no friend; it was a panic-driven lie from a previous interrogation.

demanded another to sustain it

face, “It was… a high school classmate.”

observed every flicker of panic

I thought you said it was

drained

What?