Since She Met Lucian

Just as she was left wondering, her phone suddenly buzzed. It was a message from an unknown number. It read, "Amelia, don't worry. Lucian's with me."

'Amelia...' For some reason, it sounded like Sasha.

At that moment, Amelia felt as if she'd been punched right in the gut. Her heart twisted in pain as she felt her entire body go numb.

Her hand was trembling as she held her phone. Standing alone in the room, she was at a loss.

Suddenly, her stomach started grumbling—she was hungry already. Since Lucian wasn't around, she wasn't really in the mood to cook so she dragged herself upstairs to take a nap. She figured that was the only way to make herself feel better.

She slept through the entire night.

Initially, she thought she'd have a hard time falling asleep or she'd wake up around midnight. However, that wasn't what happened—she ended up sleeping until dawn.

Since the holidays were over, she had to go to work again. When she woke up, she washed her face and rinsed her mouth. Grabbing a bottle of milk and a piece of toast, she headed out.

Although there was still some time before work, Amelia decided she didn't want to drive the flashy car Lucian had given her. She then intended to walk to the bus stop and just take a bus going to work.

It rained the entire last night and that morning, the sky was grey and foggy. It was a cold winter morning so the roads were slippery.

It was seven in the morning and it took almost half an hour to get to the bus stop. If she walked fast enough, she could get there in 20 minutes. The bus ride going to the Zhan Group only took about 10 minutes.

With that, she figured she still had enough time.

Since she was going to work, she had no choice but to wear high heels. Even though the heels she wore weren't that high, she still found it difficult to walk as she wasn't used to wearing heels in the first place.

She lost her balance all the way. It took her totally half an hour to get to the bus station. The moment she got on the bus, her restless mind gradually calmed down.

Beads of sweat were starting to form on her forehead. When she sat on the bus, she immediately felt a sharp, shooting pain in her stomach.

"Are you okay, miss?" the girl sitting next to her asked worriedly upon seeing the pained look on Amelia's face.

Amelia shook her head and said nothing.

She tried her best to endure the pain throughout the whole ride. It wasn't until she got off at the gate of the Zhan Group that she got on her knees from the pain.

She knew this wasn't car sickness as she didn't really feel like vomiting. It was just a sharp, shooting pain in her stomach.

She still had about ten minutes left before she work so she took a deep breath and forced herself to stand up. Then she slowly walked towards the gate.

an hour earlier as they usually did. This meant that she didn't have

headed inside the building. She felt better as soon as she got into the elevator

up, she pinched her palm in an attempt to reduce

starting to get soaked in her sweat and her body simultaneously

her floor,

door before coming in.

of each other. They weren't doing anything but

same time to look at Amelia. They had this same

embarrassed but she wasn't feeling well so she just

dressed in a crisp

coming to work today," Sasha said, a surprised look

smiled weakly and pointed to her seat. "I'll just sit

soft. She was too

on her. She asked, "Why are you sweating so

was winter and she was sweating buckets.

face and smiled apologetically. "I was running late so

said lightly, still enduring the

as ever which led Amelia to conclude that

Sasha was Lucian's ex-girlfriend, she still couldn't stop herself from

spoke. He noticed that she'd been covering her stomach this entire time and she was

immediately noticed how pale her face was and how she was biting her lip as if she was trying

by the concern Lucian showed her despite the coldness in his

ran down

Instead, immobilized by

Lucian lifted

already arrived at

the doctor diagnosed her

turned to glare at her. She could feel his eyes digging into her head. Out of fear,

had been diagnosed with gastroenteritis and Lucian was so worried about her

morning, she grabbed a bottle of milk and a piece of toast on her way out which meant that she ate her breakfast

indigestion, she wouldn't treat it seriously. She'd just let it be

done about this?" Lucian asked coldly as

condition. If she doesn't eat regularly, it'll only

dimmed. He then asked Amelia, "Didn't you