Chapter 409 Mysterious Guests
"I see!" A smile crossed Elizabeth''s face. "Lawrence, I won''t mention what happened before.
However, heed my words: you must produce a great-grandchild for me as soon as possible. If you
dare to disobey my order, I will have your superior strip you of your title tomorrow."
The old woman looked just as serious as she when she wasmanding thousands of people in
the past.
Lawrence was powerless against such a decree. Why did he feel like his only worth in this world
was to propagate the Lu line by producing a baby?
Was he just a baby-making machine?
"Are you confident that you can do it?" Elizabeth asked in a demanding voice, making him snap out
of his daze.
"Got it," he replied. A dull throb started in his temples.
He didn''t want to ept his fate, but the deed was done. Meagan was already hiswfully wedded
wife. If he kept refusing to have a child, his grandmother might expire of anger.
Elizabeth said with a smile, "Just doing it once won''t get you anywhere. The more you get together,
the greater the chance of pregnancy will be! I''ll tell the maid not to wake you up tomorrow morning.
Go to bed now!"
Lawrence stared at his grandmother, awestruck.
''Grandma is definitely one of a kind!''
The bedroom door was closed. Meagan was nowhere in sight, and the pajamas that were on the
bed earlier were gone.
He walked towards the bathroom and knocked on the door. "Come out!"
After a while, the door slowly opened, revealing his wife. Her long hair cascaded freely over his
shoulders, and her face was red. "You''re back!"
"I want to take a shower," he said.
"Okay." Meagan quickly stepped aside and strode past him into the bedroom.
Her heart skipped a bit when her wrist was grabbed by a powerful hand.
"Get ready," he whispered into her ear.
Meagan was not a child anymore-she instantly understood what he meant. Was there any way for
her to refuse?
In her nervousness, Meagan''s heart pounded loudly in her chest. She sat on the bed, almost
suffocating, while Lawrence went to take a shower.
''Should I make an excuse to leave?'' she wondered. She really didn''t want to face what was
supposed to happen next.
The shower Lawrence took was a quick one. While Meagan was deliberating on whether she
should escape, the bathroom door swung open.
The man strode out of the bathroom, a towel in one hand to dry his short hair and another wrapped
around his waist. Droplets of water that he must have missed while drying his body glistened as
they rolled down along his well-defined muscles.
Meagan could do nothing but stare.
Once he was done drying his hair, Lawrence put the towel aside and approached Meagan.
Following her gaze, he looked down at his torso and asked, "How do I look?"
Her eyes wide open, Meagan nodded, blurting out, "Great!" His figure looked like it belonged to a
sculpture. It wasn''t like she hadn''t seen men''s bodies before, but never had he seen any man with
such a god-like physique.
Lawrence casually slipped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her to sit on the side of the bed.
"Let''s go!"
"Where are we going?" Meagan asked, confused.
"To bed!" he replied cheekily.
The words stopped Meagan''s train of thought.
Slowly, he pressed her back to lie on the bed, his imposing body pushing hers into the mattress. Her
heart in her throat, Meagan nced everywhere in the room except into Lawrence''s eyes. "Can you
turn off the light?"
Lawrence was not in agreement. "No rush, I''m not familiar with your body yet. Wait until I get to
thoroughly study it first." He was a green hand in this respect, and he needed to know her body
before he could make his move.
A small whimper came out of Meagan''s mouth, but she couldn''t say anything.
The couple stayed frozen in that tableau for about ten minutes, and Meagan felt every second of it
tick by. Finally, Lawrence lowered his head and captured her lips in a sweet kiss, which quickly
spiraled out of control.
The dyed wedding night finally happened, and the couple-in-name became a true couple.
When the news about Maria was exposed, Lawrence was having a meal downstairs and listening to
his grandmother gush in delight over the previous night''s event.
However, a news headline instantly ruined that morning''s peace. The butler handed Elizabeth a
phone, and her face contorted as her eyes scanned the screen. Visibly holding back from smashing
the phone on her grandson, Elizabeth asked through gritted teeth, "Why did you go to Maria''s ce
last night instead of going straight home?"
"How did you know that?" Lawrence asked in confusion.
"How did I know? You are on the news, you idiot!" Elizabeth angrily pushed the phone toward him.
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Lawrence nced at the headline onscreen. "Three Mysterious Men Visited Maria Song''s
Apartment!" The news said that he, Norman, and Ethan came to Maria''s apartment at night and did
note out after a long time.
There were photos of Norman''s back, Lawrence''s car, and a front shot of Ethan.
Unbidden, the image of the man with a canvass bag slung over his shoulder entered his mind. That
man must be the photographer. However, he had thought nothing of it at the time.
He returned the phone to his grandmother. "Maria was injured, so Ethan and I visited her. We didn''t
expect Norman to be there, as well. Nothing happened."
"It says that you didn''te out for a long time!" Elizabeth reminded him.
ncing at her, Lawrence said in a dismissive tone, "Those unscrupulous media reports are all
groundless and exaggerated. You should know that, Grandma. I only stayed in Maria''s apartment
for a few minutes before I was kicked out."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes at her grandson and said, "I''ve just found out that Maria has many haters.
Don''t go to her ce from now on. This way, you won''t offend James. These kinds of news will
affect the reputation of the Lu family."
"I understand, Grandma," he replied to pacify his grandparent and resumed his meal.
"I''m sure that Meagan will see this. You should exin to her once she wakes up." Elizabeth didn''t
mean to keep it a secret from Meagan.
"Okay." He would do it soon.
Eventually, he went and woke up Meagan.
Her eyes heavy with sleep, she asked in a hoarse voice, "What''s up?"
The words he was about to say vanished from his mind as he stared at her. The thought ofst
night had his Adam''s apple bobbing as he swallowed, and a me started to grow inside him. He
pretended to be calm under the woman''s befuddled stare. "Get up and have lunch. Then you can
sleep again."
"Thank you. I don''t feel like eating right now." In her exhaustion, she wanted nothing more than to
go back to sleep.
"Here, eat something." Ignoring her, Lawrence uncovered the soup bowl and swirled the soup
spoon in it. "I''ve brought you some soup."
Meagan stirred slightly and whispered, "I... I can''t get up." She had no strength at all.
Lawrence gawked at her, and the sounds of her moans and pleasst night reyed in his head.
Then, snapping out of his trance, he pulled away the nket from her and helped her up in the next
instant.
Meagan took the spoon from him, but the utensil immediately fell to the bed because even her hand
had no strength. "Sorry, I didn''t mean to..."
She didn''t drop the spoon on purpose. Last night zapped her of energy that she couldn''t even hold
the spoon.
"It doesn''t matter. Wait a minute." Lawrence picked up the spoon and went to the bathroom to rinse
it.
When he came out again, he took the soup bowl and said, "Let me feed you."
"Forget it. I''m too hungry. Give it to me!" Meagan was not that weak, and she decided to try eating
unassisted once more.
However, Lawrence didn''t listen to her. Scooping up a spoonful of soup, he brought the spoon close
to her mouth. She was left with no choice but to eat it.
While feeding her the soup, he said casually, "Grandma told me to exin to you."
"Exin what?"