Since She Met Lucian

"Amelia, you're the one I love..." He stopped and said in a low and deep voice. His voice seeped with emotion.

Amelia trembled and looked at Lucian in disbelief. She shook her head and said, "No, we won't. We just..."

Lucian covered her mouth with his again but only briefly. He released her and said seriously, "We're not in a fake marriage anymore. We're in a real relationship. We're husband and wife."

"But.. But what about Sasha?" As much as she didn't want to meddle into their relationship, she had to. She too had feelings for Lucian and his confession both terrified her and made her happy.

Why did Lucian say he loved her? Everything felt so dream-like.

"Sasha and I are just friends. I can't explain to you why and how we got here but I was afraid you were too oblivious to figure out what's going on with us. I knew it was a risk but I had to tell you." This was his first time confessing his love to a woman and much to his disappointment, it wasn't received well.

Women crawled after him and this was the first time that he actually reciprocated the feelings and affection. He actually cared about her.

Only Amelia and the girl from his childhood had made him feel this way.

At this moment, all he wanted was to forget about their deal and just be in a real relationship with Amelia.

"Lucian, you had a lot of wine tonight. Why..." Amelia couldn't believe her ears. She reached out her hand to touch Lucian's forehead. Noticing that his temperature was normal, she asked in confusion, "Did you have a fight with Sasha?"

Lucian grabbed Amelia's hand and said softly, "We can do this. We can be in a real relationship. You probably need time to process all of this and you can do that. When you get home, you can think about it. But I laid out my cards tonight. I meant every word and it came from the bottom of my heart."

Then he pressed his lips against Amelia's hand. With that, he turned on the car engine and started driving again.

As he was driving, Amelia turned to look at him–his eyes were gleaming as if they were stars in the night sky.

She was still having trouble processing all of this. She couldn't believe that Lucian had actually fallen in love with her.

When they arrived at the SJ Garden, Amelia rushed upstairs and locked the door.

Finally, she was alone. After what felt like a million years of holding her breath, she rubbed her chest and took a deep breath. Thinking of the kiss still made her feel all tingly inside.

Before Lily could say anything, Amelia had already rushed upstairs.

Watching Amelia rush upstairs made Lucian grin.

"Mr. Lucian, what happened to Mrs. Amelia?" Quizzically, Lily turned her head and looked at Lucian.

Fannie comes back,

promise it won't happen again,"

in such a rush that she had forgotten to take

small bow

rang. She quickly washed up and finished preparing in about ten minutes. When she came downstairs, she saw Lucian sitting on the sofa and leisurely drinking his

saw that Amelia, with her hair tied

best to ignore both Lily

my soul to you last night. What are you so nervous about?" Lucian said as he put down his coffee cup, stood up, and walked

again. She lowered her head and pretended she didn't hear him, focusing her attention on what

weekend," Lucian said

froze upon hearing this. How

herself from the embarrassment, she raised her head. "Since it's the weekend, can I go out

she posed decisively.

nodded with a smile. "Of course, you can. But

that she was wearing her work clothes,

I can't believe I did

and quickly changed her clothes. She opted for a red wool

Simple but elegant.

Lucian smiled and said, "Why don't you have

was a hint of expectation in her tone as if she'd been deprived of her freedom for

Lucian nodded, with tenderness in his

her mouth with a piece tissue and prepared to

minute." Lucian's face was unreadable.

and asked, "What can I do for you,

little bit of her dignity just so she could go out and have fun? Seeing her like this, Lucian didn't know whether to cry or to laugh at

out of the SJ Garden together. Just as she was about to open her mouth to ask Lucian

out of the car, greeted Lucian, and bowed to Amelia. "Nice to meet you,

hand bashfully and answered

you can drive, why don't you give it a try?" Lucian said to Amelia

drive and she had her driver's license but she seldom drove. What was Lucian going

him awkwardly, "Do you want me

at this. 'What is