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.

a few seconds, Amelia's head totally

after a moment of silence, "Why

just about to head off to work. But

just looked at him, a

terribly, but she did all she should to keep as calm as

morning, Mr. Lucian," Amelia ignored his sarcastic tone and said with a faint smile. "If there's nothing else, I really should go now." The way she

hand away, he held

just signed our divorce papers. Don't you feel even a little bit guilty?" he sneered, his voice low

Amelia stared at Lucian, she couldn't help but feel that the man in front of her

that she had come

or simply because the word 'divorce' really hurt her, but she just couldn't stand the swelling pain in her heart any

seems as if you still have feelings for me," Lucian flatly said as he reached up and pinched Amelia's chin. There was no emotion in his voice.

now

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," he said through his teeth in a hushed

them on the street like this, tomorrow's headlines would definitely be filled with exaggerated

Mr. Lucian. My friend is waiting for me. I'm sorry." As it happened, Amelia received a call from Courtney.

I are also old friends. It's been a while since I last saw her," Lucian countered. "Let me drive you to

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

I'd prefer riding the bus," she

"If you don't want me to be late

at a lost for any other words. It was no surprise to her that Lucian would always find a way to get what he

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

Amelia remember the last time

heart sinking in her chest,

the car, Lucian fastened her seat belt for her like he normally did. She was about to tell him that she could do it on her own,

but the drive was longer than it was supposed to be because Lucian was driving so slowly.

both of them felt

each other. When Amelia opened the car door, Lucian turned to her. "Take care of

that, he

street, watching Lucian's car disappear into a corner. Tears were

things to her. Now, there

had seen Amelia throw up from nausea. Since he didn't know that Amelia was actually pregnant, he thought it