My Extraordinary Wife

After finishing their meal, Lucas went to answer a phone call while Ashlyn went into the lounge inside her office to get some rest.
As soon as her body came into contact with the bed, she closed her eyes and drifted off.
When Lucas hung up the call and entered the lounge, he saw she was sleeping soundly while wearing a serene expression.
Her previously red and plump lips were now a little pale. Her long eyelashes covered her eyes, and her delicate face showed
signs of fatigue.
His heart ached at that sight.
He leaned down and gently kissed her lips before climbing into the bed as well.
Lucas stretched out his long arm and pulled Ashlyn, who was sound asleep, into his embrace. She must be drained after working
so hard in the past few days.
The time was already past one o’clock in the afternoon when she woke up.
Ashlyn stretched and sat up, finding herself still somewhat exhausted. She knitted her brows as she felt a little dizzy.
When she raised her arm, she heard Lucas’ magnetic and hoarse voice ring out. “You’re burning up!”
He had coincidentally touched her face with his hand.
Ashlyn was stunned. She got out of bed to look for an infrared thermometer. After a beep, she gazed at the number on the
display in resignation. “Thirty-nine degrees Celsius. I have a fever.”
“You must’ve fallen sick from exhaustion.” He pushed her back onto the bed. “You need to stay here and get rested. I’ll look for
the nurse to get you some antipyretic medication.”
In fact, Ashlyn had come down with a fever and a cold.
She sniffled and swallowed the medicine.
Then, she heard the nurse, who came in with Lucas. “Dr. Berry, even the most robust body cannot withstand being overworked
in this manner. You should go home instead of staying in the office.”
Ashlyn nodded. “I’ll leave my grandpa in your care.”

Half an hour later, the car came to a steady stop in front of Whitland Villa.
However, right after they pushed the door open and entered the villa, Ashlyn sensed Lucas’s body stiffen in front of her.
She looked inside the house in confusion and noticed a group of uninvited guests.
Dozens of men in black stood behind the couch in the living room, like rows of black towers.
A middle-aged man and woman sat on the couch, leisurely watching her and Lucas.
“Dad? Mom?” Lucas glanced at them coldly and spoke indifferently. “What are you doing here?”
Franklin flashed a wicked smile while caressing the black cat in his arms. He shifted his sinister gaze from Lucas to Ashlyn,
sending discomforting chills to travel down the couple’s spines as he sized them up back and forth.
“We miss you. Aren’t we allowed to be here?” Livia bored her beguiling eyes into Ashlyn. “Pfft. I wonder what kind of love potion
you made my son consume. How dare you admit that you’re his wife in public?”
Lucas grimaced in displeasure after hearing his mother’s sarcastic remark. “Mom, Ashlyn has done nothing wrong.”
“Are you blaming your dad and me then?” Livia arched her delicately-trimmed brows. “Your sisters died so tragically. My dear
Claire and Grace. How disappointed and heartbroken would they be if they knew how pathetic you’ve become.”
The expression on Lucas’ face changed drastically. “Mom, what’s the point of you mentioning that?”
“Can’t I talk about my daughters?” Livia let out a shrill and spine-chilling laughter. “My daughters died because of you, yet you
continue living in this world without the slightest remorse. How did the Nolan family wrong you to have raised an ingrate like you?
This is what you owe our family. I want you two to break up at once. In that case, we can still remain a loving family. “If you
don’t... Well, did those people not teach you a sufficiently memorable lesson that night in the disaster area? Is that why you two
are getting carried away?”
“Your expression didn’t even change when you brazenly admitted to your plan of assassinating your adopted son. I’ve gained a
new understanding of how shameless the two of you can be.” Lucas grasped Ashlyn’s hand.
This time, he didn’t want to let go of her hand anymore.
He wanted to be with her and live a peaceful life together.