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.
something to say to
let’s break up.” There was no light in her eyes. Lucia just staggeringly broke Arthur’s
the words, but he didn’t believe
quirked a few times. She wanted to speak before repeating again, “I said,
she was pulled into his arms the next second. He stared at her and said in
Arthur’s eyes at that moment, but the next
used brute force to make Lucia turn back to meet his eyes again, insisting that she should say the words again.
relationship not long ago. They were intensely affectionate and getting more and more intimate. Did all those feelings dissipate just because
did not believe
back. Even if her eyes looked weak, she still insisted on repeating the words that made Arthur collapse, “I said … let’s break
this time, her voice
in his heart was unspeakable. She had said three times the words “break up” so she was
posture, Lucia tightly bite her lower lip. The indifference in her eyes were instantly replaced by bitterness. But it
air fell into a dead silence, a confused child’s voice rang out in the direction of the bedroom, “Daddy,
Theodore heard what seemed to be Arthur’s voice. Even if he was sleepy, he got up. Now, he was rubbing his eyes and standing in the
Arthur stood up and walked over to pick him up in his arms, looking
Lucia, only to see that Lucia somehow looked at the windowsill.
and kissed him on the cheek and asked, “Theodore, did you have a good Christmas
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