A Perfect Lie Hides Behind My Billionaire Marriage novel Chapter 145

Reese's face stiffened, "I just thought there's no need to trouble Mr. Strakovski. Going to work is a small matter, and I can handle it myself."

Lukas stared at her, his expression uncertain, and stepped forward, his breath hitting her face, "Reese, do you think I would eat you?"

Reese felt nervous for no reason and instinctively leaned back slightly.

She didn't know what Lukas meant, so she forced a smile, "Mr. Strakovski, what are you joking about?"

Lukas continued to look at her, then turned around to change his shoes, not even glancing at her, "If you don't want me to carry you to the car, then be considerate yourself."

Reese furrowed her brows, finding Lukas's behavior somewhat abnormal. Had something upset him?

As she thought about this, she heard Lukas's stern voice, "Reese, I'm not that scary. You don't need to be so afraid of me."

Reese felt somewhat helpless, "I'm not afraid of you. I just remember your words, to keep my distance from you and control myself, not having any improper thoughts."

Lukas's handsome face turned cold, realizing it was his own words. He felt irritated and didn't want to say anything more.

After two seconds of silence, he said impatiently, "I meant, don't have any improper thoughts about me, but I didn't ask you to avoid me like a plague. I'm the one who married you, you're my wife, for God's sake. You injured your foot, and I'm not so inhumane as to let you take public transportation with that state."

Even though his tone was unpleasant, his words seemed to be explaining his unusual behavior.

Hearing him refer to her as his wife and partner, Reese blushed slightly.

"I'm going to take the car by myself. It's no different from taking your car." Reese mumbled.

Lukas's patience had run out. He looked at her with an expression as if he were dealing with an idiot, "Do you know how long it takes to walk from the villa area to get a taxi outside? Besides, you're still partially disabled."

Lukas's sarcasm made Reese want to glue his mouth shut with superglue.

However, what he said was true, and Reese hadn't considered it.

She wasn't the kind of person who would make a fuss about such things, so she could only keep quiet, "Thank you, Mr. Strakovski."

Lukas snorted coldly, not even looking at her, and took the car keys, walking outside.

Reese limped after him and got into the car.

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At the intersection near the company, Reese got off the car. She calmly walked toward the company building.

As soon as she arrived at the design department, she saw a shocking news headline.

The content was about how Gerald got married for only one day and quickly cheated on his wife. The news included detailed descriptions of his previous philandering and promiscuous behavior.

The most shocking part was that he cheated on his wife after only one day of marriage and even engaged in group activities, which was beyond belief.

This incident caused extremely negative social impacts and even made it to the trending topics on Facebook, with numerous mocking keywords.

However, he hung up the call directly.

When she tried calling again, the line was busy, and Reese's eyebrows furrowed.

At the same time, on the top floor office, Lukas's phone rang.

Reese felt that Ricardo was deliberately not answering her calls, and she was about to call again.

At this moment, another call came in.

"Hello, Dr. Rivers, do you need something from me?" Reese's attitude towards Anthony was as gentle as always.

Anthony's voice was as gentle as a breeze and light rain, "It's nothing major, just wanted to ask if your ankle is better these days."

"It's much better now, I can walk, but not too fast, or it will hurt," Reese replied, looking down at her feet.

Anthony said, "I see, then be careful, and in a couple of days, you'll fully recover."

"Yes, I'll be careful," Reese nodded. She thought about Gerald and Alexa's marriage and the tragedy of the Rhodes Family and couldn't help asking, "By the way, did you find Ella?"

Upon hearing this, Anthony's voice suddenly became heavy, "I found her, but..."

"What's the matter?" As soon as Reese heard Anthony's tone, she felt that something was wrong with Ella.