Secretly Married for 4 Years, He Regrets to Tears After the Divorce-Chapter 98: Uncontrollable

Adrian Lancaster couldn’t hear clearly. His consciousness was scattered, hovering between clarity and chaos.

It felt like something was controlling him, and it wasn’t just because he’d had too much to drink.

Alarm bells screamed in his mind. He snapped his eyes open, his dark pupils reflecting Maya Marshall’s seductive and alluring appearance.

Seeing he was awake, Maya Marshall’s lips curved into a sweet smile.

"Adrian, the sobering soup is ready. Let me feed it to you. You’ll feel better after you drink it."

Maya Marshall took a sip of the soup, then bent down, her eyes fixated on Adrian Lancaster’s lips with infatuation. Her intentions were obvious.

Adrian Lancaster dodged her, pressing on her shoulder to help himself sit up.

"I’ll drink it myself."

With that movement, Maya Marshall accidentally swallowed the soup.

"You’re drunk. It’s better if I feed you."

"No need." Adrian Lancaster insisted, refusing Maya Marshall’s help.

"Give me the sobering soup. I’ll drink it myself."

Maya Marshall’s disappointment was visible, but she didn’t push it, afraid of upsetting Adrian Lancaster.

’I’m so close. I can’t let my impatience ruin everything at the last minute.’

’It doesn’t matter how he drinks the sobering soup, as long as he drinks it.’

Maya Marshall composed herself and obediently brought the sobering soup to Adrian Lancaster.

Adrian Lancaster took the cup and had a small sip. The taste was off. It wasn’t the same as the sobering soup Wren Sutton made.

He frowned and spat it all out.

Seeing this, Maya Marshall rushed to pat his back, asking with concern, "What’s wrong?"

Adrian Lancaster pointed at the cup. "What did you put in this?"

Maya Marshall’s heart skipped a beat, but she forced herself to remain calm.

"Just a few Chinese herbs. They’re harmless, don’t worry."

Adrian Lancaster’s gaze turned cold. He knew he’d been set up by the Marshall family.

He endured the discomfort of his drunkenness and got up to leave.

Maya Marshall frantically chased after him, hugging him from behind.

"You’re drunk. You need to rest. Just sleep it off and you can leave when you wake up."

"I have business at the company. Let go."

"I can’t bear to let you go. Stay and keep me company, okay?"

Adrian Lancaster remained unmoved, insistent on leaving.

He had already guessed what was in the soup. He even suspected the wine he drank at dinner hadn’t been clean. No wonder he’d gotten drunk so quickly.

For the sake of their past, he didn’t plan to pursue the matter, deciding to give the Marshall family a chance. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Maya Marshall clung tightly to Adrian Lancaster, using every trick she knew to seduce him. She not only rubbed against him, but her hands began to wander.

’I can’t let him go, no matter what. If I miss this chance, who knows when the next one will be.’

Time was running out, and she couldn’t afford to wait.

"My feelings for you are real. I can’t live without you. Just grant me this one wish and let me be your woman. I’ll be obedient and cooperative. I’ll do anything you want."

Adrian Lancaster’s expression was frosty. He felt no desire at all.

"I’m not divorced. I can’t be intimate with you."

Maya Marshall turned a deaf ear, moved in front of him, and stood on her tiptoes to kiss him.

"I don’t care. I just want to be with you. Adrian, I love you. Hold me, cherish me..."

Adrian Lancaster pushed Maya Marshall away, his expression stern.

The words Wren Sutton had hurled at him yesterday flashed through his mind: ’You’re unfaithful to our marriage...’

"You may not care about your own reputation, but I have to care about the Lancaster family’s."

"..." Maya Marshall felt as if she had been plunged into an ice cellar.

By the time she snapped out of it, Adrian Lancaster had already opened the door and left without a backward glance.

Maya Marshall broke down. She burst into tears of frustration and anger, willfully throwing things around.

"Why? Why are you so cruel to me? What does Wren Sutton have that I don’t? You can sleep with her, so why can’t you sleep with me!"

She was dressed like this, and she had even lit incense in the bedroom, yet Adrian Lancaster had managed to resist touching her. To her, this was the ultimate humiliation for a woman.

Mrs. Marshall heard the commotion and rushed in, her expression grave.

Adrian Lancaster’s departure had been absolute. Just moments ago, she had been downstairs trying to persuade him to stay with all sorts of pleasantries, but he wouldn’t have any of it. Instead, he had even given the Marshall family a few meaningful warnings.

Learning that the plan had failed, Mrs. Marshall was filled with rage and exasperation at her daughter’s failure.

"Maya, what is wrong with you? You can’t even hold on to one man. You wasted such a perfect opportunity."

Maya Marshall was sobbing uncontrollably, too devastated to speak.

After a moment, Mrs. Marshall’s heart ached for her daughter after all. She sighed and walked over.

"I was a little harsh just now. Don’t take it to heart. I’m just anxious for you."

Maya Marshall cried even harder. "It’s all my fault... I’m useless..."

Mrs. Marshall offered a few words of comfort before getting straight to the point. "Since Plan A failed, we’ll move on to Plan B."

Maya Marshall looked up, her eyes blurry with tears. "What’s Plan B?"

Mrs. Marshall’s eyes were filled with calculation as she said, word by word, "The baby is gone."

Maya Marshall was completely baffled. "What do you mean?"

Mrs. Marshall lowered her voice and explained bluntly, "It’s not that you weren’t pregnant, but that you had a miscarriage. The day after tomorrow, the Quinn family is holding a one-month celebration. That will be the perfect opportunity."

’The older, the wiser.’

In an instant, it all clicked for Maya Marshall.

"Mom, you mean we use Wren Sutton..."

Mrs. Marshall cut her off. "Don’t say it out loud. It’s enough that you know."

Maya Marshall’s tears turned to laughter.

’How could I not have thought of such a brilliant plan to kill two birds with one stone?’

...

The driver took Adrian Lancaster back to the villa, where Adrian realized Wren Sutton wasn’t home.

He then remembered that he was the one who had sent her back to the Sutton Family, planning to pick her up after his grandmother was discharged from the hospital.

Looking at the empty, desolate house that didn’t feel like a home at all, Adrian Lancaster felt a pang of bitterness. He leaned back on the sofa in disappointment and closed his eyes to rest.

The drunkenness hadn’t faded. His head was still pounding, and his stomach felt unsettled.

’If only Wren Sutton were home. Her sobering soup, her cooking... they suit my tastes perfectly. I wouldn’t be feeling so miserable right now.’

At that moment, Adrian Lancaster’s mind was completely filled with thoughts of Wren Sutton. He wanted to see her, to eat her cooking, to hold her and fall asleep.

An uncontrollable longing and yearning welled up in his heart. He took out his phone and called Wren Sutton.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is switched off."

Adrian Lancaster: "..."

"ACHOO—"

Wren Sutton suddenly sneezed, and the cream she was piping from the pastry bag squirted out crookedly.

She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. After a quick fix, she went back to diligently making her cookies.

Spencer Sawyer had given her a sandwich, and she planned to give him these cookies as a thank-you gift. She hoped he would like them.