Chapter 116

Valerie was a little speechless. "I wasn't even planning on going back." Lucius said, "That's fine. I'll go wherever you go. As husband and wife, we're always better together." So, he was trying to cling to her now? Of course, Valerie couldn't possibly take Lucius to her lab. She simply gestured for him to follow. "My car's over there. Come with me." Lucius didn't move an inch. "I can't walk without someone helping me." "If you can't walk, why did you even come out?" "I was worried because my wife didn't come home all night." Lucius didn't realize how naturally the word wife slipped out of his mouth, and that it was even making him feel a hint of sweetness inside. Valerie reminded him, "You seem to keep forgetting that our marriage is supposed to be a secret." Lucius glanced around. "There's no one nearby. I'm not afraid, so why are you?" Not wanting to waste any more time arguing, Valerrie had no choice but to help him toward her parking spot. It was Lucius' first time sit