BXBX NOVEL Chapter 57 - WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
"Would you like to go somewhere else again?" Lucas looked to the side, in the middle of his driving activity.
"Let\'s just go home, Lucas." Ellena answered flatly, looking straight ahead.
"Okay." Lucas whispered and returned his focus to driving the car.
Since the incident in \'Warteg\' earlier, until this moment Ellena still has not been able to neutralize her feelings. For some reason she had a hard time getting rid of the heartbeat that had been bothering her heart and mind.
Feeling her heart pounding like that wasn\'t the first time she\'d felt it. Really, she was confused why the heartbeat was the same as what she felt for Keenan before. In fact, this time the heartbeat was much more intense than the first time she had feelings for Keenan.
Ah, this really can\'t be tolerated. How could she have more feelings for Lucas? No! She made sure that the pounding of the heart was not a sign of love, but just a feeling of admiration. However, Ellena repeatedly brushed off all those feelings, in fact her heart was in stark contrast to what she was thinking at the moment.
It\'s really hard to believe. How could Lucas, who had an arrogant and annoying nature, attract attention and make her heart pound like that?
Ellena repeatedly took a breath and straightened her seat. She looked very restless and flustered at the moment. In fact, uttering a single word seemed very reluctant for her to do so.
Seeing Ellena, who kept moving and sighed repeatedly, was certainly the center of attention for Lucas at this time. He wondered why after the incident in \'Warteg\' earlier, Ellena looked awkward and was more silent?
"What are you doing? Are you all right?" Lucas asked with a worried expression.
The question suddenly made Ellena gasp and ended her daydream. "Huh?" Ellena turned to Lucas, then stared blankly at the man beside her.
"Are you sick?" Lucas\' hand seemed to be holding Ellena\'s forehead and cheek, just wanting to check his wife\'s temperature.
After Ellena struggled to control her feelings, Lucas\' treatment made her heart beat even faster. In fact, Ellena managed to get nervous and couldn\'t say anything else. Her mouth seemed to stiffen in response to Lucas\' question.
"Hey! Why are you silent? Are you sick?" Lucas gently patted Ellena\'s cheek when he saw the woman just stared at him, not giving any answer.
Ellena was successfully made to jump back. In fact, she didn\'t know since when Lucas stopped his car on the side of the road, right on a fairly quiet street and close to a bridge.
"But you\'re not hot at all. What\'s wrong with you, Elle?" Lucas asked, still wearing a worried expression.
"It\'s-it\'s okay, Lucas." Ellena replied nervously, then turned her gaze in any direction.
"Then why are you silent? Are you really all right, Ellena?" Lucas looked up questioningly.
"I\'m fine, Lucas. Thanks for worrying about me." Ellena lowered her head. She didn\'t dare look at Lucas who was now tearing her heart and mind.
"Hey! Is something bothering you?" Lucas grabbed Ellena\'s chin and made her look up at him.
Ellena froze and stared into Lucas\' face, and vice versa. Their gazes locked for a moment.
"Tell me if something\'s bothering you." Lucas whispered in a slightly hoarse voice.
Staring at Ellena\'s face for too long made him unable to contain his desire as a normal man. Those little lips. Ah, how tempting it is. He wanted to grab Ellena\'s luscious lips right then and there. However, he was still trying to hold on.
"N-no, Lucas." Ellena dodged and tried to get Lucas\' hand off her chin. However, she didn\'t succeed because Lucas\' hand was strong enough and couldn\'t be beaten.
Yes, of course. Lucas actually strengthened his grip on his hand and stared at Ellena more deeply, so that the woman in front of him could only be stunned as if enjoying her gaze.
The longer he looked at Ellena\'s face, the more Lucas couldn\'t hold back his desire to kiss the luscious lips of the woman in front of him. Slowly, he brought his face closer to Ellena\'s. In fact, he tilted his head slightly as if looking for the right position so that his lips directly hit Ellena\'s.
Ellena just didn\'t flinch when she saw Lucas\' action. Her lips suddenly twitched as if she was waiting for Lucas\' lips to scoop her up. Her heart was beating even faster, even this time it felt like there were thousands of tickling butterflies in there. Ah, the feeling can\'t be described in words. She must have been very nervous to be in such a close position with Lucas.
Lucas\' face got closer and closer until only a few centimeters remained. However, just as he was about to put his lips on Ellena\'s, Ellena suddenly turned her face to the side. Just when Keenan\'s name suddenly crossed her mind.
It suddenly made Lucas realize and let go of Ellena\'s face. In a flash he turned his attention away.
"Sorry, we\'re going home now." Lucas immediately started the car engine and continued his driving activities.
A look of disappointment appeared on Lucas\' face. How come? In fact, when he wants to feel how delicious his wife\'s lips are, he can\'t do it like most other married couples. Ah, it\'s unfortunate that he can only enjoy Ellena\'s lips through his eyes.
"Sorry, Lucas." Ellena whispered, but Lucas didn\'t respond.
Silence.
They had nothing more to say after that. Lucas remained motionless until they finally arrived in front of the house.
After Lucas stopped the car, he immediately got out of the car and entered the house. In fact, this time he didn\'t even open the car door for Ellena, something he\'d been used to doing lately.
Seeing Lucas\' treatment, Ellena was stunned for a moment. She was sure that Lucas was deeply disappointed by her refusal. It was undeniable, she also really wanted the touch of Lucas\' lips on hers. After all, who could resist a man as handsome as Lucas? However, she couldn\'t do that, considering their marriage was only a contract and she also still remembered Keenan who was waiting for her.
Ellena seemed to have lost her sanity in an instant. Of course she couldn\'t do that stupid thing. Wouldn\'t she be the one who would be at a loss if she gave her body to a man who would only be her temporary husband, even if it was only an inch from her body.
After all, as long as she was Keenan\'s lover, the man took great care of her honor as a woman. In fact, Keenan had never even touched her lips.
Ellena was still motionless in the car, staring at Lucas who kept walking into the house until Lucas disappeared from her sight. She then snorted roughly and tried to neutralize her feelings.
"I don\'t know what I\'m feeling right now, what\'s clear is that it disturbs my heart and mind. I don\'t know what this sign is, so I always have a hard time controlling my heartbeat whenever I\'m near you, Lucas," Ellena whispered before she finally got out of the car.
Meanwhile, Lucas went straight into the room, ignoring Ellena who was still outside the house. Really he was very disappointed in Ellena today. However, he was also aware of the agreement. He couldn\'t do it right now. Instantly he regretted his actions because he was married by agreement.
"Aaargh!" Lucas let out a frustrated sigh of regret for what had happened and that it couldn\'t happen again, just to cancel the deal. All of that has already happened and he must stick to his commitments, as proof that he is a responsible man or the decisions he has made.
After all, Lucas was a normal man whose desires could suddenly rise, if confronted constantly with a beautiful woman like Ellena. What\'s more, they live under the same roof.
He had always gotten whatever he wanted. However, regarding this matter, he felt it would be very difficult for him. In fact, he couldn\'t easily conquer Ellena\'s heart.
If it was just to satisfy his desires, maybe he could just pick any woman he wanted. However, that was not what he wanted. As bad as he was, he would never have anything intimate with a woman he didn\'t love and wasn\'t his wife.
Like a weapon to eat sir. He seemed to be caught up in his own game. Wasn\'t he the one who wrote the series of agreements? Then, why did himself find it difficult to stick to what he had written in the agreement?
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The next day, Ellena woke up as usual. She was immediately busy with activities in the kitchen, preparing breakfast menus for Lucas. However, after a while and the time was already 6:45 a.m, Lucas had not yet appeared in front of her.
"Is he not awake yet?" She muttered as she had just finished pouring the water into the glass. She then put the water jug on the table, then immediately rushed from the room to Lucas\'s room. She decided to confirm her doubts.
Lucas rarely gets up late, because he is a very disciplined person and doesn\'t want to be late for work, even though he is a boss in his company office. Isn\'t it necessary to have disciplined workers, of course, starting with their superiors who set a good example for their employees? That\'s what he always emphasized to himself.
That was the reason why Ellena felt astonished about today. She was worried that Lucas would oversleep. She started knocking on Lucas\' door again and again. However, there was no answer from the owner.
"Lucas, are you awake?" called Elena flatly. However, there was still no answer from inside the room.
Feeling curious, Ellena finally decided to open the door herself. Luckily the door wasn\'t locked, so she could enter Lucas\'s room freely.
"Lucas, what happened to you?"