The Billionaire’s Maid Bride

Chapter 599

As Lucian first heard her words, a twinge of guilt wormed through his heart, b

ut 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.

So, the burning question was

–

really

at his side

someone else entirely?

as he scrutinized her paling face.

were smudging her makeup, and her face was pitiful. But now, that same face seemed to be hiding something. Her eyes were

she stammered. Her voice was laced

uncertainty.

unexpectedly gentle, “Penelope, you said you went to the Silver Star Hotel for a friend’s birthday party, right? And you

heart hammered against her chest, and her mind was racing. Had she misspoken? Her thoughts were a blank slate,as she looked at him with a forced

your friend’s name? Since fate brought us

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remained soft, but his eyes were devoid of

crash, unable to fabricate a name. There was no friend; it was a panic-driven lie from a previous interrogation. Crafting a believable name on the spot wasn’t

always demanded another

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

flicker of

it was a college classmate last

drained

What?

she said that?