Chapter 554


    lucian’s heart wrenched again the moment he saw her smile. He would rather she looked at him indiffer


    ently, as she always did, because her affection only reminded him of how things had been between the


    m six years ago. Back then, he had been her world, yet he had taken her for granted. He did not appre


    ciate her and had killed her love for him instead when she left in Brokenness.


    In the end, their intimacy reminded him that things had ended up as they were because of him. At that t


    hought, Lucian smiled ruefully and averted his gaze. Have some water. It’ll make you feel better. Roxan


    ne did not respond for a long while. Just as he was about to check on her again, he felt a weight on his


    chest. Lucian, the y. Was it really an ident? She asked, her voice fading away as she fell back as


    leep. Lucian loosened his arms when he realized she had dozed off. He hesitated for a while and put th


    e ss of water on the table.


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    He figured Roksan might end up not sleeping well if he kept waking her up, so he tucked her and Estell


    a in before going out of the room quietly. Back at the bar counter downstairs, Lucian sat down in front o


    f the half


    emptied bottle of red wine that Roxanne had opened. I wonder how she felt when she quaffed all this. L


    ucian recalled the questions she had asked back in the room, and a sense of selfpity rose in his heart.


    He knew better than anyone else if what had happened during the y was an ident. It was just that


    he could not control himself when he saw her sleeping deeply.


    But what bothered him was the fact that he did not have the courage toe clean with her. Lucian co


    uld not believe that there were actually things that he did not dare to admit. When Roxanne woke up th


    e next morning, she felt a stabbing pain in her head.


    She turned her head and saw the ss of water and hangover pills on the table. Then memories of wh


    at had happened the night before came flooding back, and her eyes widened like saucers. I couldn’t sle


    ep, so I went downstairs to have some wine, and I ended up drunk. Then he carried me upstairs.


    I even said some nonsense to him before he left, and he said, no, stop. I’m not going there. Roxanne w


    ondered if Lucian would be bothered by her action, just as he had been six years ago. A self-


    mocking  smile touched her lips when she thought of that.


    When Este saw Roxanne sitting beside her in the bed, she snuggled into her embrace and mumbled


    her name as she woke up.


    Ms. Jarvis, morning, Roxanne greeted gently, looking at the girl in her arms. I dreamed that Daddy came


    The night before. Because if Este did, Roxanne would not know how to face the girl anymore. What e