Since She Met Lucian

Chapter 56 Keeping A Proper Distance

"What a coincidence indeed!" Lucian greeted with a smile. "Amelia wanted to visit her alma mater," he continued as he held Amelia's hand, "I decided to come with her."

Amelia beamed at Jonny as well as she nodded approvingly.

Seeing the way Amelia and Lucian got together so well, Jonny couldn't help but be stunned. "Well, since we've bumped into each other like this, let's take a walk together," Jonny said with a smile of his own.

Not knowing what to say, Amelia looked up at Lucian to see if he wanted to go with Jonny or not.

Much to her surprise, Lucian nodded at Jonny's invitation.

Amelia tightened her hand around Lucian's, making her feel more at ease.

This made Lucian feel at ease as well, and instantly put him in a much better mood.

Meanwhile, Jonny quietly looked at the two. Although there was still a smile on his face, there was a pained and sad look in his eyes.

He had planned to invite Amelia to visit Imperial Middle School when he called her. But when he found out that she was out with Lucian, he felt very disappointed.

Jonny didn't think that they would actually run into each other today.

"You seem to still remember the ins and outs of this place, Jonny." They had reached the crystal clear lake just behind the main campus building. It was the place where Amelia and Jonny had a talk from before.

"We've studied here for a while after all," Jonny defended. "This place is bound to leave some sort of impression on us, don't you think?" "Well, I don't remember anything,"

Lucian said in a low voice, his face darkening.

There was an indecipherable smile on Jonny's face as he looked at Lucian. Finally he sighed and shook his head, "Never mind then."

Amelia furrowed her eyebrows. 'What are they talking about?' she wondered to herself. 'Maybe it's some inside joke between them? Well, I was a few years younger than they were...'

"I'm sorry to cut our visit short, but I think we should be heading back now," Lucian suddenly said.

Surprised, Amelia looked up at Lucian and saw that the smile on his face was replaced with a deep frown.

Ever since Amelia and Lucian got here, Lucian seemed like he was not enjoying himself. At first she thought that he was bored, but she didn't expect that a few words from Jonny would spoil his mood even more.

"Okay," Jonny replied with a nod. Then he turned to look at Amelia, "Hey, maybe I'll see you around soon?"

"Well... Okay," Amelia smiled uneasily and blushed. "Happy new year," she said.

After their quick good byes, Lucian held onto Amelia's hand and walked back to the car. His strides were long and quick that Amelia almost had to run just to keep up. When they got into the car, Lucian drove back to SJ Garden without uttering a single word.

her eye, Amelia looked worriedly at Lucian, wondering why his mood had changed all of a sudden. Soon, they arrived at

Amelia, you are back," Lily greeted warmly as

smile, "why don't I cook dinner

dishes Mrs. Amelia cooked are

her eyes

his coat and slung it over his shoulder.

that the atmosphere in the villa was a bit dull and depressing. A soft sigh escaped from

that something was off

into the kitchen

not come downstairs ever since he

surprise, Lucian wasn't in the bedroom. 'Maybe he's in the study,' she thought. Sure enough, the door to the study was open, light pouring out into the hallway.

she should knock. Taking a deep breath, she lightly

There was a frown on his face. He did not look up at

ready," Amelia said gingerly. "Why don't you

was filled

and looked up at Amelia. Then, he put the letters back inside a drawer and stood up. The two of them silently made their way

to the living room and turned on the TV. The whole atmosphere was very quiet and

up to clean the table. But Lily was quick to get the dirty dishes before Amelia could. "Mr. Lucian seems to be in a bad mood,"

Lucian. Then, she went up to him with a

Is it about work?"

hand and took a small sip. He then looked up

expression on her face gave away

said, shaking her head. "I

called you Amelia," he pressed, his tone sterner than before. It seemed that it was bothering him a lot that Jonny called Amelia by her

wrong if he called me by my name?' she thought, feeling

say?" Amelia

smile finally made its way to his lips. "Never mind. It's nothing," he said, shaking his head.

turned off the television and

was left in the living room, still feeling in a daze from what had just happened. 'What's going on? I

night, Lucian got down on one knee and told her a lot of touching words. But now, he was completely

the way Lucian acted towards Amelia so differently all of a sudden, it was inevitable that she would

room, however, she saw

It was obvious that he

do whatever you want to do today," he said in a

she was upset, Amelia

herself. Lily had gone home to visit her family since Lucian had given her the day off. With no one else in the villa, Amelia started to feel

Jonny. He said that he

was a bit dazed at Jonny's message — just last night, Lucian had asked her about her relationship with Jonny. And now, here Jonny was, asking to meet

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