Since She Met Lucian

"Well, we can just sit in the hall," Amelia murmured.

"The lobby's already full and we shouldn't be hanging out there anyway." Jonny looked around the hall and found that it was completely occupied. Then he looked at Amelia and asked, "What do you think?"

Amelia didn't know what to say.

"I just think it's too expensive." She smiled awkwardly as she explained herself.

"You're such a cheapskate! How is Lucian going to spend his money then?" Jonny teased, his eyes gleaming in amusement.

Embarrassed, Amelia lowered her head shyly.

Since they just had lunch, Jonny ordered some orange juice for Amelia and tea for himself.

"You seem to be distracted. Is there anything you want to tell me?" Jonny asked as he took a sip from his tea.

"What about you? Over the phone, you said it was something important. What is it?" Amelia couldn't restrain herself. She needed to know what was so important that Jonny had to invite her for lunch.

"Weren't you going to ask if Lucian and I are on good terms?" Jonny suddenly said. Then he added, "We used to get along but we grew apart. We're just civil with each other now."

Amelia blinked, still confused. She recalled that they were being teased as if they were brothers at Shelly's birthday party. She didn't know what went wrong since then.

"What happened?" Amelia asked curiously.

"It's best if you don't know," Jonny answered evasively. Then he posed, "How well do you know Lucian?"

This left Amelia stunned. She thought for a while and couldn't shake off the feeling that she really didn't know him that well. She knew that he was 30 years old, how tall he was, that he was strong and noble but other than, she came up blank. She didn't even know when his birthday was. She'd met the Zhan family and had been informed of the assets of the family. The Zhan family was the richest and most powerful in the city. Their assets were worth more than a billion.

With a slight smile on her face, Amelia remained quiet. After a while, she asked, "Is this the reason why you won't let me tell Lucian that we know each other?"

If that was the case then things finally made sense including why Lucian seemed so upset last night.

"Not exactly, but I don't want you breaking off your relationship with Lucian just because of me," Jonny said, looking at Amelia tenderly.

"Don't worry. Lucian isn't a narrow-minded," Amelia replied, smiling.

Her mind went to the romantic night they spent during new year's eve.

"What if he is?" Jonny retorted, a stern look in his eyes.

it was true that she didn't know Lucian that well yet, she still knew him well enough to like him and be willing to put in the work

disappointed. Still, he put on

he tried to sound happy, there was a tinge

lightly. She didn't want to

shop, it was dark outside as if it was going to

call from Lucian. She answered it in a hurry as a cold voice came from

pleased as if he knew she wasn't

bored at home so I went out for a walk. I'm already on my way home,"

Lucian

panicked. She took a deep breath

Dark clouds hovered above

Lucian looked out of the darkness, growing

found that Amelia wasn't there. Just as he was about to call her, he received a bunch of photos that showed Amelia and Jonny out having

and tried to remain calm. He thought she'd just tell him the truth but she still

already felt uneasy about seeing Jonny yesterday at the Imperial Middle

into each other across

eyes were sharp

rain as soon as Amelia arrived at the gate of the SJ

plunged her head into the rain, and then quickly ran

hair and clothes were wet because

her clothes, she suddenly felt a strong force grab her. Suddenly, she was pulled into Lucian's arms.

room. She wasn't able to relax until she'd been thrown

to her senses, Lucian's face was so close to her. He looked so cold and indifferent—his eyes

was so nervous that her hands began to

looking at her. She lowered her head guiltily, averting

spat as he forcefully raised her chin. Amelia

began welling up

loosened his grip on her out

wanted was to see her and he

he was angry, he shouldn't be taking it out on

reason, he seemed

His cold voice echoed in the big

she was about to speak, ready to tell the truth, Lucian then added,

her like a