My extraordinary wife novel (Ashlyn and Lucas)
Chapter 485

Chapter 485

"I never knew you had gone through something like this. It's a good thing the little girl was around to save you." Ashlyn's heart rate suddenly picked up its pace. For some reason, when Lucas spoke about the little girl, fragmented memories suddenly flashed across her mind.

Mountains... Forests...

She didn't manage to grasp hold of the fleeting thoughts before hearing Lucas continue, "I fell asleep in the cave afterward, and my parents managed to replace me. I didn't see the little girl again, so I started looking for her."

"Did you ever replace her?"

"I did. It turned out to be Hera. But... she's completely unrecognizable. She's no longer the kind and brave little girl from back then," lamented Lucas as he closed his eyes. "My sister was pronounced dead as well. For all these years, her death has weighed heavily on me. If I had just managed to grab on to her in time, then she wouldn't have died."

"You were a child back then too. Her death isn't on you." Ashlyn reached out to take Lucas' hand in hers and gave it a little squeeze. "It was an accident.”

"Seeing my sister fall to her death has been too traumatic." Lucas' eyes had reddened. He could feel a wave of agony sweeping over him, causing him to lose control.

His breathing became haggard. He couldn't handle the frustration and anxieties that were surging through him, so he leaped out of bed and gave the wall a violent punch.

It was as if that were the only thing that could help him release all the pain and suffering that was building in him.

Bang!

Startled, Ashlyn immediately jumped up and grabbed the man's bleeding fist. "Lucas, have you lost it?"

"This is Bayview Villa. It's not your house! Keep it together!"

There was a wildness to Lucas right then, especially with his black hair falling messily across his forehead. The emptiness and the anxiety in him was taking control. "Let go!"

"Lucas! Don't let your negative emotions control you! Pull yourself together, Lucas!"

The man let out a beastly roar. "I said... Let! Go! Aaaah!"

That was when Ashlyn realized something. Lucas is having a mania episode!

Ashlyn wrapped her arms around his waist tightly. This was the first time for her to encounter this while being fully conscious.

"Let go of me!" Lucas grabbed her chin forcefully. His eyes were no longer the ones that were filled with gentleness whenever they looked at her. Instead, there were only fury and bloodlust in them.

"Lucas!"

Ashlyn was feeling both frantic and angry. The Lucas in front of her had lost all sense of sanity. He was very likely not going to listen to anything she said.

Worry flashed across her eyes. What do I do?

Lucas, in his current state, was especially strong. He was clamping down on her chin so hard that it was hurting her quite a bit.

Just as she felt that her chin was about to be crushed, she threw all thoughts from her mind, stood on her tiptoes, and planted her soft lips on the man's thin ones. When the familiar presence invaded his senses, Lucas immediately shuddered as if a jolt of electricity was coursing through him.

"Lucas, wake up!"

The only thing that Lucas could grasp onto was Ashlyn's whispers and the fragrance of her body.

He didn't know what it was, but somehow, he felt as if something was finally subduing the intense pain in his head.

His sanity had been more or less eroded by all the negative thoughts and feelings earlier.

But now that he was hearing the woman's gentle whispers in his ear, it felt like something was pulling him back.

However, Lucas' body gradually stiffened again. The manic expression he had on his face was eerily horrifying, and his chilling gaze was like that of a monster's. Ashlyn stood silently in front of him. There wasn't even one shred of humanity left in his icy gaze, and it very nearly froze her to the spot.

Is... Is this the real Lucas?

Time slowed down to a stop, and the only thing that could be heard in the room were the two sets of breathing.

Ashlyn noticed that Lucas' stare was getting more and more savage, so she closed her eyes and leaned in to kiss him again.