My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 90

Chapter 90: Surely, This Is Getting Very Troublesome

As usual, Lucian went on with the rest of his day, letting Ashley do her thing with Primo. But by the time he finished his work, it was slightly later than usual. Hence, he didn’t linger and headed straight to the bedroom.

The second Lucian opened the door and stepped in, he stopped right then and there.

His eyes drifted down, spotting Ashley lying flat on the floor. His brows drew together as he saw her just staring at the ceiling with a dead expression. The bed was only a few steps away.

As his lips parted, she suddenly spoke,

"Don’t..." she trailed off, not taking her eyes off the ceiling. "I am dead tired. I don’t even have the strength to get up anymore... or shower—damn it!"

She clenched her teeth, grinding them in frustration. "I did everything the way they said, but... they still said I look too awkward."

From what she remembered, she had passed this before—after a lot of drama she herself had caused. Ashley knew for a fact that she didn’t need these lessons. All she needed was to recall the memory.

But what was this?

How did they suddenly become so strict?

"Not to mention, I had to get my measurements done, try on a few dresses and shoes to match them," she scoffed, turning her head toward the pair of high heels given to her by her strictest instructor. "And I’m supposed to walk around in those for days until the ball."

Her head throbbed, not because she was complaining about what she had to do and learn, but because of the pressure.

Lucian let out a shallow breath as he finally approached, stopping right beside her. "I’ll send them away."

"Huh?" She blinked at him, refocusing her attention on him. "Why would you do that?"

He didn’t answer, but he gave her that look-at-you look.

She scrunched up her nose. "Boo, you might not relate to this, but sometimes people need to complain first before getting things done. That’s how normal people function."

"Ah."

"I’m not complaining because I don’t want to learn. I’m complaining because how come I still don’t get it?" She clicked her tongue and sighed, half expecting she would be able to send her instructors away with pride because their job was done.

Lucian stared at her, wanting to tell her it was because she hadn’t had the chance to learn such things growing up. She had priorities, just like him. And that she was already lucky she had made it this far.

Slowly, his arms reached out to her.

Before she knew it, his arm slipped under her head and legs, and she was swiftly lifted off the floor into his arms. Ashley flinched slightly, her eyes widening as she refocused on him.

"What are you doing?" she blurted in shock.

Lucian stared down at her, his only response a deep exhale. Without a word, he carried her away... straight to the bathroom.

The moment Ashley realized where they were headed, her mouth fell open as she stared at him in horror.

"I’ve seen everything," was all he said without looking at her, kicking the door open as he brought her to the bathtub.

There was no need for her to look at him as if he were a monster about to devour his prey.

Thump... thump... thump...

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