The Billionaire's Maid Bride novel Chapter 34

Lucian's mom, Miranda Lindberg-Cruz, had a nasty car crash a while back that messed up her legs and eyes pretty badly.

After months of rehab in the hospital, she finally had eye surgery. Because of all this, she missed Lucian's engagement party. Now, she was almost back to her old self and couldn't wait to meet her future daughter-in-law.

Lucian's phone buzzed and he left Allison to keep his mom company while he took the call.

"Penelope, come here; let me take a look at you." Miranda's eyes were still bandaged, so she couldn't see. She reached out and grabbed Allison's wrist, saying with a worried tone, "Why are you so thin? Don't diet too much; a little extra never hurt anybody."

"Okay." Allison replied gently.

Miranda really liked Allison's sweet nature. Holding onto Allison's hand, she said, "I'm sorry I missed the engagement party. Penelope, I want to give you something to make up for it."

With that, Miranda removed a bracelet from her wrist and slipped it onto Allison’s.

The bracelet looked pretty pricey and Allison was hesitant to accept it. "This bracelet's too expensive; I can't take it."

"If you don't accept it, is it because you're mad at me for not attending the engagement party?" Miranda teased. Allison was flustered and looked to Lucian for help.

Lucian smiled and said, "If it's from my mom, you should accept it."

With no way out, Allison stopped refusing. She reached into her bag and pulled out a bracelet she'd made from red string. "I made this bracelet myself."