Forced to Marry the Sickly Billionaire
Chapter 205: Holding Your Hand

Chapter 205: Chapter 205: Holding Your Hand

Lucas Shaw looked at Serena Summers, who was fast asleep, took her phone out, and was about to set it to silent when the name flashing on the screen made him freeze.

William David?

He wasn’t one to snoop through other’s privacy, but this person...

His intuition as a man told him that this man harbored ulterior motives towards Serena Summers.

He put the phone down and stood up to take a shower in the bathroom.

Coming out of the bathroom, the phone screen lit up again.

It was still William David.

At midnight, around twelve o’clock, a man sending a WeChat message to a woman was obviously not pure in his intentions.

After hesitating for a while, Lucas Shaw still unlocked Serena Summers’ phone.

Her phone wasn’t password-protected, so Lucas Shaw could access WeChat with no obstacles.

Senior David: "Serena Summers, do you have time tomorrow noon? I’d like to treat you to a meal."

There was a twenty-minute gap between the first and second message.

Senior David: If you’re not free tomorrow, the day after is also okay.

Lucas Shaw’s face immediately darkened, and with a snap, he slapped the phone onto the bed.

This blatant attempt at usurping his place, did they think he was dead?

Lucas Shaw took out a small box he had prepared in advance from his suit pocket.

The blue velvet box was extremely exquisite and delicate.

Lucas Shaw slowly opened it. Inside lay a finely crafted diamond ring.

He had it custom-made for Serena Summers.

When Serena Summers married him, he hadn’t given her anything.

Some things must be gradually made up for.

The ring was just the first.

Lucas Shaw’s slender, fair fingers pinched the ring, took it out of the box, and then grabbed Serena Summers’ delicate and soft hand.

The diamond ring slowly slid onto her ring finger, the diamond sparkling under the light.

Dazzling and eye-catching.

Lucas Shaw tightly held Serena Summers’ hand, leaned over, and kissed her ring-laden finger.

Love and tenderness filled the depth of his eyes as he kissed her with indescribable devotion.

Having done all this, Lucas Shaw turned on Serena Summers’ phone camera, intertwined their fingers, and took several continuous shots.

In the photo, one large hand and one small hand clutched tightly, as if nothing in the world could separate them.

Lucas Shaw opened Serena Summers’ Moments.

Serena Summers’ Moments were blank; she wasn’t against posting, just too lazy to edit.

Previously, Lucas Shaw felt the same.

But Brandon Reese said that for a young girl like Serena Summers, romance required a sense of ceremony.

Like buying a bouquet during festivals, speaking more sweet words, doing more romantic things for her...

Lucas Shaw had never thought about these things before.

He thought that they were only a waste of time.

But now, he didn’t think that way anymore.

It turned out that when a person truly falls in love, they would become especially naïve, and whatever they did wasn’t a waste of time, but romance.

Lucas Shaw chose the photo he found most satisfactory from the ones he took, then edited it with: "Holding your hand."

Send.

As for William David’s invitation, Lucas Shaw didn’t decline it on behalf of Serena Summers.

He did all this just to show William David, and even other men, that Serena Summers already had a man!

And that was him.

Those men, no matter what their intentions were, should retract them.

But he wouldn’t make decisions for Serena Summers.

That would be distrustful of one’s partner, and disrespectful as well.

After posting on his Moments, the jealousy slowly dissipated from the depths of Lucas Shaw’s heart, as he gazed down at Serena Summers who was sound asleep, oblivious to everything.

The corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curve up.

Then, he followed suit and posted the exact same photo on his own Moments.

The only difference was in the text.

Lucas Shaw: To grow old with you, picture.jpg.

The next day, Serena woke up to a bright day.

Stretching with a yawn, she rolled around on the wide and soft bed.

"Awake?" Lucas Shaw came back in carrying breakfast, his distinguished and cold face bearing a smile.

"Yeah." Serena leaned against the soft pillow and stretched out her arms towards him. "Good morning, Mr. Shaw."

"Good morning, Mrs. Shaw." Lucas Shaw set the breakfast on the table and then went to the restroom to wash his hands.

"Huh?" Serena got out of bed against her will, suddenly sensing that something was amiss.

She felt her fingers were being pricked by something, and upon looking instinctively, she was stunned.

This is... a diamond ring?

When did this happen? Could it be that Lucas Shaw had secretly slipped it on her finger last night?

How else could she have no memory of it?

Serena slowly shook her head, threw off the covers, and got out of bed to freshen up in the restroom.

During breakfast, she opened her phone as usual.

Lucas Shaw’s eyelids lifted slightly. His gaze paused on her phone for a second before he nonchalantly looked away.

Upon opening WeChat, Serena suddenly realized that something was off.

There were several unread messages in the bottom-left corner, notifications that only appear from Moments comments and likes.

But Serena couldn’t recall posting anything on her Moments.

He lowered his gaze, and his fair and smooth fingertips lightly tapped open the Moments, and then he was petrified.

She had actually posted on her Moments last night.

So had Lucas Shaw!

The two of them shared the same photo, even the sentence was a paired couplet.

To hold your hand, and grow old with you.

Serena instinctively looked at the hand wearing the ring; her cheeks flushed with a hint of red.

She exited her Moments and saw that William David had messaged her the previous night.

The timing of the message was precisely three minutes before her Moments update.

Was this a coincidence?

Serena slowly lifted her gaze towards Lucas Shaw.

At this moment, Lucas Shaw was eating breakfast with his head bowed, his actions calm and composed, his face devoid of any panic as if caught red-handed.

On the contrary, he seemed as if he was completely oblivious to it all.

Serena helplessly rubbed her forehead. How had she not noticed before that her husband was so good at pretending?

"Lucas Shaw."

"Hmm?" Lucas Shaw glanced up indifferently, still chewing on a Xiaolongbao.

The town’s facilities were rather simple, the nearby shops hadn’t opened yet, and the hotel only had Xiaolongbao.

Even while eating the cheapest breakfast, Lucas Shaw’s movements were still noble and elegant, every gesture exuding luxury.

"Mr. Shaw, aren’t you going to explain?" Serena lifted the hand that had suddenly been adorned with a diamond ring.

Lucas Shaw’s hand, which was picking up food, paused, and then he cleared his throat. "Explain what?"

Serena, amused and frustrated by his act of feigning confusion, grabbed his hand—also wearing a ring—and placed it on the dining table, "What’s this about? When was this prepared?"

"Two months ago. I hadn’t found the right diamond, which is why it was delayed until now." Lucas Shaw turned his hand around to grasp Serena’s, holding it tightly in the palm of his hand, his deep eyes filled with earnestness, "Serena, this is what I owe you."

"Even so, you shouldn’t have put it on while I was asleep. Other people’s boyfriends would get down on one knee, holding flowers, asking if she would be willing to marry him... I got none of that."

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