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
light in her
say?” Arthur heard the words, but he didn’t
Her lips quirked a few times. She wanted to speak
she was pulled into his arms the next second. He stared at her and said in a cold voice, “What did you
was a little afraid to look at Arthur’s
to make Lucia turn back to meet his eyes again, insisting that she should say the words again. Because even there were uncertainties and impossibilities, Arthur never thought Lucia would say that to
relationship not long ago. They were intensely affectionate and getting more and more intimate. Did
did not believe
if her eyes looked weak, she still insisted on repeating the words that made Arthur collapse, “I said … let’s
voice was low and
heart was unspeakable.
The indifference in her eyes were instantly
child’s voice rang out in the
now Arthur was unable 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 saw Theodore, Arthur stood up and walked over to pick him up in his arms, looking
at Lucia, only to see that Lucia somehow looked at
on the cheek and asked, “Theodore, did you have
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