Chapter 96 Kisses, Hugs, and High Spirits


    After Lucas went to thepany, Marion had nned to go practice the piano, but the thought of the ‘foolish things’ she had


    done made it difficult for her to focus.


    She picked up her phone, hesitated for a while, and decided to send a message to Cassie.


    [Cas, are you awake?]


    Cassie, true to form, responded almost instantly: [Waking up so early ona


    beautiful weekend, something''s not right, Mar!]


    Marion felt guilty. [No, | slept earlyst night.]


    [Tsk, you don’t have to rub it in my face so early in the morning, do you?]


    [What? | don’t think | said anything...]


    [You don’t have to say anything. | understand!]


    Marion touched her ear, recalling that she had a ‘legitimate’ reason for


    contacting Cassie, and quickly shifted away from the strange topic: [Cas, you mentionedst time that when I’m drunk, | like


    hugging people. To what extent do | do that?]


    She did not pause, but for some reason, the events ofst night were blurry. For example, Marion had no idea how the red mark


    had appeared on Lucas’s neck!


    But since there were only two people in the vi, Marion and Lucas, and she did not scratch him, could it be a wild cat?


    [Were you drunkst night?]


    (Just a little.]


    [Tsk tsk tsk, why are you looking for me so early in the morning? Did you go on a rampage when you were drunkst night?]


    [I didn’t, I’m not like that, | wouldn’t!]


    [Triple denial means it’s true!]


    As Cassie had exposed her, Marion decided to be straight with her. [I got drunkst night, but | only remember some things, and


    there are some things | don’t recall very well. So, | wanted to ask you, how extreme can my drunken antics get?


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    [It''s not that bad, Mar. When you''re drunk, you just like kissing, hugging, and


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    making people happy.]


    [So | just like to kiss, hug, and lift people’s spirits? That’s it?]


    Marion trembled as she read Cassie’s reply. Then she dropped her phone.


    Just then, the doorbell rang. Marion picked up her phone, sent a grimacing emoji to Cassie, and then went to answer the door.


    The visitor was the housekeeper Lucas had mentioned earlier. She was a neatly dressed woman in her forties.


    As soon as the door opened, the woman greeted Marion with a smile and introduced herself.From N?velDrama.Org.


    “Hello, Mrs. Craig, I’m the cook Mr. Craig arranged to havee over to prepare your meals. | am Ronda Bailey. You can call


    me Ronda.”


    Marion nodded. “Hello, Mrs. Bailey. I’m morefortable with that...”


    Ronda was not particr about it. “Sure, as long as you arefortable with it.”


    Marion stepped back to allow Ronda in. “Mrs. Bailey, pleasee in. Let me take you to the kitchen and get you acquainted.”


    “Alright, thank you, Mrs. Craig.”


    “You''re too polite.”


    Marion led Ronda into the vi. Upon returning to the living room, she realized that as she had just moved in, she was not very


    familiar with the specificyout of the kitchen. Lucas’s vi was quite spacious, with few rooms but excellent privacy.


    Each functional area was clearly distinguished but made the ce feel like a maze.


    Fortunately, on the third attempt, Marion finally found the kitchen. “Mrs. Bailey, this is the kitchen. Please take some time to


    familiarize yourself with the space.”


    Her face was still flushed from getting lost in the vi. After all, she had taken quite a few wrong turns earlier.


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