Chapter 24
The driver deliberately held his breath.
The moment Arthur was done with work, he hade to see Lucy. However, what he found was Lucy
being intimate with some other guy. No wonder Arthur was angry!
Arthur clenched his fists and his temples throbbed.
He wanted to just get out of the car and punch the man in the face! However, his rtionship with Lucy
was so tense at the moment. Him doing such a thing would only worsen their bond.
"...Drive away!" After a while, Arthur forced himself to look away from Lucy and let the rage burn in him.
Bitterness filled his chest.
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The driver answered in a trembling voice, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and stepped on the
elerator.
About ten minutester, the car pulled up to Lindbarry Chateau.
Arthur got out of the car with a grim expression, looking very frightening.
"Good evening, sir!" The servants formed two rows with their heads bent, scared of provoking their
master.
Arthur walked into the hall and tossed the documents aside. He copsed on the couch with an
exhausted look.
The servants rarely saw him like this. They lowered their heads and breathed as lightly as possible to
make themselves seem invisible.
A momentter, Arthur straightened up and phoned his assistant. "Send me information on all of Lucy''s
admirers in the recent years."
"Yes, sir," said his assistant. In less than four minutes, he sent the information to Arthur.
Arthur opened his email, and the first thing he saw was that handsome man he didn''t know.
Name: Maddox Pate
Height: 183 cm
Identity: Lucy''s senior at school, the Pate Group''s only son
As Arthur read through the information, he swiped the screen so hard that it nearly broke.
Maddox and Lucy had already known each other even before she and Arthur had gotten married.
However, he had hated her so much for scheming to get into his pants that he hadn''t cared about her
at all.
Lucy...
It turned out that there were so many men eyeing her, and she had always had other choices besides
him!
Uneasiness crept over him slowly, making him feel depressed above the emptiness he already felt.
Thinking about her getting pped that day made him feel even more irritable.
...
As the Bentley pulled away, Lucy spotted its car te in the sh of headlights, and her face paled at
once.
"What''s wrong?" Maddox was a little worried, unsure if she was feeling unwell.
"I''m fine." Lucy could not exin why she felt so guilty. She felt as though she were a wife caught
cheating on her husband, and that feeling made her very annoyed. "Maddox, it''ste. Head back and
get some rest."
"Okay, goodnight." Disappointment shed in his eyes at Lucy being in such a rush to chase him away.
"Okay, goodnight." Disappointment shed in his eyes at Lucy being in such a rush to chase him away.
However, Lucy was busy thinking about Arthur and did not notice the change in his expression.
After he drove away, Lucy looked down the street, but the Bentley did not return.
She didn''t know whether she felt disappointed or happy about that. The pent-up emotions made her
feel ufortable, and she downed a big ss of water when she got home. Only then did she feel
better.
Lucy sat on the couch, her thoughts in a mess.
How long had Arthur been there? How much had he seen earlier? Would he have misunderstood?
Why did he leave? Was he angry?
One by one, those questions overwhelmed her, and she began to feel anxious.
However, she no longer had anything to do with Arthur, did she? Why did she have to consider his
feelings?
Ring—
Ring—
Lucy immediately grabbed her phone. When she saw the caller ID, she felt an imperceptible sense of
disappointment. "I''ve sent Maddox away. I''m home."
"Scratch that for now!" Kh was very agitated, and she was so angry that she felt like killing someone.
"Your mom, dad, and your brother came to borrow money again. Do you think I should lend any to
them?"
Lucy hadn''t contacted her family since the ne crash. Her family still thought that she was dead.
Hearing that, Lucy was momentarily dazed. She had heard simr stories many times before, but every
time she heard it, her heart hurt till she couldn''t breathe.
Kh didn''t rush her, but she was breathing heavily. She must be pretty pissed off.
"Kh." After a long while, Lucy took a deep breath and said with some resolution, "Are they at your
ce right now? I''lle over in a cab!"
"Don''t, don''te! You tried so hard to shake them off. If you do this, all your effort will go to waste!"
Kh disagreed at once. She had called Lucy just to discuss something. She couldn''t let Lucy go over
and get bullied!
Lucy licked her dry lips andy down on the couch tiredly. "Then what will happen to you? They won''t
give up so easily if they can''t get the money."
Her family members were practically leeches. If they couldn''t get what they wanted from her, they
would leech off her friends.
Fortunately, that particr friend was Kh. If it were someone else, they would probably have cut
Lucy off long ago!
"I called you because I wanted to tell you this in advance. I''ve been lending them money and it''s
be a habit to them. So I''ve decided to find some thugs to scare them off!"
"I called you because I wanted to tell you this in advance. I''ve been lending them money and it''s
be a habit to them. So I''ve decided to find some thugs to scare them off!"
"Scare?"
Kh tutted. "Lucy, they don''t even care if you''re dead or alive. Don''t tell me you still care about them?"
Every time she lent money to that family, the money came from Lucy!
"... As long as you don''t injure them, it''s fine. Otherwise, they''ll keep badgering you." Lucy hesitated for
a while but didn''t stop Kh.
Just like what Kh said, if this went on, there wouldn''t be an end to it!
Lucy gave her a few more words of advice and hung up. She sat there nkly for a while, then took a
bath and climbed into bed.
Ring! Ring!
Someone was ringing the doorbell.
Who could it be at such ate hour? Could it be Arthur?
Lucy grabbed arge powerbank and dragged her feet to the door, then peered out through the
peephole.
If it was Arthur, and he had lust for her, she would hit him with the powerbank!
However, the visitor was a young girl she hadn''t seen before!
"Are you Ms. Lucy Morgan? Here is your speed delivery!" The girl sounded nice.
Lucy answered and opened the door cautiously. After all, she hadn''t seen anyone sending out
deliveries at that hour of the night.
The girl didn''t mind her wariness and ced the package in her hand. Then, she ran off with a smile.
"Hey, kid! I didn''t order any medicine! Did you send it to the wrong address?" Lucy called out after the
girl, but the girl merely made a funny face at her and ran off.
Lucy took the ointment into her bedroom and looked at the usage column. She read it out softly, "To
reduce swelling and pain..."
She touched the hand print on her cheek with aplicated expression.
Only Arthur and Lizbeth knew about her getting pped. There was no way Lizbeth would send her
medication, so that only left Arthur!
Lucy dug out her phone and brought up Arthur''s number. After hesitating for a long time, she still didn''t
click on it.
She washed her face again to get rid of the skincare products she had applied. Then, she applied the
ointment andy down in bed.
She had something on her mind, so she kept staring at the ceiling and didn''t fall asleep until it was
nearly 2 a.m.
However, after finally managing to fall asleep, nightmares haunted her the whole night. She dreamt of
those things she had gone through in the past.