Chapter 126

Now's not the time to care about pride-seriously, what are you thinking? Great job. She's about to leave for real this time. You think once you're back on your feet, you can just win her back like nothing happened? And what if she runs off and gets married? You gonna go snatch someone else's legal wife? The words were already out-too late to take them back now. But how on earth could he make her understand that she couldn't leave? That he needed her? He fell silent. Ariella, on the other hand, was just as torn and uneasy. She didn't know why she'd snapped like that. What if he actually stopped letting her take care of him? Could she really be at ease walking away? "Ariella, you're just asking for it. Why do you care so much about him, huh?" He hadn't said a single word, yet her heart was in panic mode. "I need to use the bathroom," Lucian finally muttered after a long pause. "Oh!" she responded quickly, shifting to get up. "Wait, uh... can you walk? Or... like... how are you supposed t