Since She Met Lucian

"My mother is the only one who lives here. She doesn't want to hire any servants because she's such a frugal woman," Jonny answered, his voice a bit sad as he felt sorry for his mother.

Hearing this, Amelia got even more confused. But she did not want to pry any further in regards to Jonny's family affairs. "Your mother seems nice," Amelia said, "She's gentle and approachable. Plus, she looks like she's able to keep the place nice and tidy even if she does the cleaning all by herself."

"Aren't you sweet... My mother would definitely give you a lot of New Year's money when she hears that," Jonny teased, a smile finally appearing on his face.

"Well, our relationship will come to an end someday anyway..." Although not a lot of people knew about her pregnancy, Amelia knew the news was going to come out sooner or later. She did not want to give Jonny any trouble nor did she want to continue living like this. Right now, it was important for her to find a job so that she could support herself and her unborn child.

When Jonny heard this, he abruptly slammed hard on the brakes, causing Amelia to lurch forward. Luckily, she had her seat belt on. If she didn't, she would have definitely gone through the windshield.

"Am I really not worthy of your trust, Amelia?" The smile on Jonny's face had disappeared. Angry veins surfaced on his hands as he tightly gripped on the steering wheel.

"Jonny, don't get me wrong. I just... I just want to live on my own. And you know why I divorced Lucian at that time, so I..." Amelia stammered before biting nervously on her lips. She felt that the more she explained, the more likely she would be misunderstood.

"I know you love Lucian. But everything can't go back, right?" Jonny said, gritting his teeth. It was the first time Amelia had seen Jonny like this. Even his voice sounded so strange to her.

Ever since she got to know Jonny, he had always been so warm and sunny. There was rarely any sadness in his eyes.

"Remember when you kept encouraging me to do my best when we were in middle school?" Amelia said softly, "I'm an adult now, Jonny. I have to handle things myself no matter what the circumstance." Amelia mentioned what she and Jonny shared in an attempt to ease the negative atmosphere.

There was a light flicker in Jonny's eyes. "Yes, those were really some good times," he said in a melancholic tone, a slight smile on his lips.

"Good times?" Amelia raised her eyebrow at Jonny. It was the hardest time for Amelia. If Jonny hadn't been there to keep pushing her, she might have been at a point of no return — in an endless pit of sadness that she will never be able to escape from.

"Oh, nothing. I just miss it..." Jonny replied hurriedly. They continued along the road in silence.

In no time, they reached Amelia's place. Amelia got out of the car and was about to walk away, when Jonny rolled down his window and called after her. "Amelia! Even though you're an adult now, you still need someone to look after you. Don't worry. I have no hidden intentions."

After listening to Jonny's words, Amelia suddenly felt guilty. She was remorseful and wondered if she should tell Jonny about the pregnancy. 'But on second thought, if I told Jonny who after all is Shelly's brother, would he be able to handle it well?' Amelia thought. Amelia couldn't bring it upon herself to tell this to Jonny just because of those touching words he said to her just now.

"I understand. Thank you, Jonny." She nodded and waved goodbye to Jonny. Then she turned around and walked into the villa.

The next day... As she had made an appointment with Courtney at the hospital, Amelia waited at the bus stop early in the morning. Just when she was about to get on the bus, someone grabbed her hand.

Turning around, she was about to pull away when she finally saw who had stopped her from getting on.

few seconds, Amelia's head

of silence, "Why is

looked like Lucian was just about to head off to work. But right now, he was at a place that was in the opposite direction of the company. Why

at him, a blizzard of emotions going through

form in her eyes. Her heart ached terribly, but she did

"If there's nothing else, I really should go now." The way she

pull her hand

papers. Don't you feel even a little

help but feel that the man in front of her looked so

that moment, a soft breeze blew, and she caught a whiff of his scent that she had come to

did not know whether it was because of his harsh words or simply because the word 'divorce' really hurt her, but she just couldn't stand the

he reached up and

head away. "Why are you mocking me now that

sneer of his own. Looking around, he saw that there were a couple of bystanders watching them curiously. "If it's not too much trouble, get in the car with me and let's talk,"

their love entanglement was quite the sensational news in the city. If reporters saw them on the street like this, tomorrow's headlines would definitely be filled with

sorry." As it happened, Amelia received a call from Courtney. Holding

a while since I last saw her," Lucian countered. "Let me drive you to wherever you're planning to meet

won't quit, will he?' Amelia scolded herself as

but I'd prefer riding the bus,"

time," Lucian stated, "If you don't want me to be late for my meeting, you

was no surprise to her that Lucian would

many people watching us. It's not good for either of us," Lucian added,

remember the last time the two of them

heart sinking in her chest, she sighed and walked

to tell him that she could do it on her own, but he had already done it for her. Lucian's face hovered a few inches away from Amelia's for a few

a short distance to Courtney's milk tea shop, but the drive was longer than it was supposed to be because Lucian was driving so slowly. Neither one of them spoke. There was

time, both of them felt like they were supposed

shop without uttering a word to each other. When Amelia opened the car door, Lucian turned to her.

he

a while, Amelia stood at the side of the street, watching Lucian's car disappear into a corner. Tears were steadily streaming down

had said so many warm and loving things to her. Now,

nausea. Since he didn't know that Amelia was actually pregnant, he thought it was