For a while, Lucia just looked at Arthur, not saying anything and not answering.
Arthur couldn’t understand Lucia’s strange behavior and indifferent attitude. She obviously had no intention of talking yet, so he took a deep breath and decided to ask some questions that he was eager to know first, “You know when I went back to USA, right?”
“I know.” It was a while before Lucia finally spoke up and answered.
“You know it but why didn’t you contact me?” asked Arthur.
Lucia was silent again.
Arthur asked again, “Have you and Theodore been safe all this time?”
“Hmm.” Lucia replied with a nod.
“Where’s he?” Arthur asked again.
“Asleep. Keep your voice down.” Mentioning Theodore, Lucia seemed to speak more, and Arthur seized the opportunity to ask again.
“Why haven’t you been in touch with me?”
This time, Lucia chose to be silent again. Smart as Arthur soon found out. Lucia was not unwilling to talk to him, but just kept avoiding talking about the lost connection.
to say to me? Say
her eyes. Lucia just
the words, but
few times. She wanted to
was pulled into his arms the next second. He stared at her and said in a cold
at Arthur’s eyes at that moment, but
to meet his eyes again, insisting that she should say the words again. Because even there
not long ago. They were intensely affectionate and getting more and more intimate. Did all those feelings dissipate just because of the separation of
himself did
if her eyes looked weak, she still insisted on repeating the words that
her voice was low and
The bitterness in his heart was unspeakable. She had said three times the words “break
posture, Lucia tightly bite her lower lip. The indifference in her
confused child’s voice rang out in the direction of the bedroom, “Daddy, you’re
to control the volume emotionally, and his questioning woke up Theodore who was sleeping in the bedroom. Theodore heard what seemed to be Arthur’s voice. Even if he was sleepy, he got up. Now, he was rubbing
soon as he saw Theodore, Arthur stood up and walked over to pick him up in his arms, looking at his
head to look at Lucia, only to see that Lucia somehow looked
the cheek and asked, “Theodore, did you have a good Christmas and New
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