She Was the Treasure All Along novel Chapter 663

Standing in front of the mirror, she stared at her flushed cheeks and slightly swollen lips. Remembering the way Lucian had looked just moments ago—so completely unraveled and wildly different from his usual stoic self—made her heart skip a beat all over again.

By the time she calmed down and walked out drying her hands on a towel, Lucian had put his pants back on. His chest was still bare, and he was sitting lazily in her desk chair.

A few crumpled tissues in the trash bin indicated he had taken care of himself as well. At the sight of her, his gaze tracked her every move, his bronzed chest gleaming under the bedroom lights.

Before she could even get a word out, he caught her hand and pulled her effortlessly onto his muscular thighs.

"Still jealous?" she teased, raising an eyebrow.

Lucian went silent for a few seconds. Despite being slightly embarrassed by his massive misunderstanding, he was too stubborn to back down. "If it means I get the same treatment I got tonight... then yes."

Loyce couldn't help but laugh.

He turned his head, his eyes darkening as they landed on her smiling lips.

Reaching up, he gently brushed his thumb across her lower lip, his voice dropping an octave. "What you said earlier. Say it again."

"What?" Loyce didn't immediately follow.

"Tell me you only want me."

The bedroom fell quiet for a heartbeat.

"I only want you."

...

Buck finally answered the video call. His background showed a wood-paneled cabin with a porthole looking out at the ocean.

Lucian raised an eyebrow, turning his head slowly to look at Loyce. "X?"

"I can't exactly use my real name when I'm dealing with the criminal underworld, can I?" she replied seamlessly.

"I assumed they'd call you SaintHealer."

Loyce didn't miss a beat. "Different aliases for different occasions."

Lucian just sighed. Fine. If his girlfriend wanted to play international arms dealer, he'd play along.

Off-camera, Buck pinched Dustin hard. Dustin suddenly remembered that Loyce was a billionaire heiress from Harmony Country, and the guy sitting next to her was a high-ranking military official. If they found out Loyce was 'Mr. X', the dark-web queen of arms trafficking, wouldn't they arrest her on the spot?

Dustin quickly cleared his throat and zoomed in on the hull details on his tablet. "Look at these weld lines! Specifically where the support structures meet the bulkhead near the main armory. The official report claims an external strike triggered a secondary explosion, tearing it open from the outside in, right?"