Chương 222: Chapter 173: Madam Chu, what do you mean by "serving"?_3

She could not overcome the hurdle in her heart no matter what, and if she truly made a mistake that impacted Lu Chen's great undertaking, she might regret it for the rest of her life, feel guilty for the rest of her life.

Lu Chen gazed into Chu Yuqin's beautiful eyes and continued, "Yuqin, I admit, I do desire your body."

"But my affection for you is not solely because I desire your beauty. I have liked you since I was a child. Do you remember what my mother once said? She told me that when I grew up, she would marry you off to me, for you to become my woman, to look after me for a lifetime. Since that time, I've always thought of you as my wife."

"Yet afterward, you became engaged to the Wang Family. The day I learned you were going to marry someone else, my heart felt as if it were being twisted by a knife. For a long time, I couldn't eat, I even thought about having someone snatch you away in a bridal raid, to bring you back."