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 totally went

of silence, "Why

Judging from the suit he was wearing, it looked like Lucian was just about to head off to work. But right now, he was

him, a blizzard of emotions going through

to form in her eyes. Her heart ached terribly,

"If there's nothing else,

pull her hand

even a little bit guilty?" he sneered, his voice low

that the man in front of her looked so familiar and yet so

blew, and she caught a whiff of his scent that she had

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 swelling

reached up and pinched Amelia's chin. There

away. "Why are you mocking me now that we're both have a new relationship?"

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

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 exaggerated statements... especially since Lucian was now

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

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

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

prefer riding the bus," she

"If you don't want me to be late for my meeting, you would

for any other words. It was no surprise to her

people watching us. It's not good

coldness in his eyes made Amelia remember the last time the two of them

her chest, she sighed and walked towards Lucian's

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

was longer than it was supposed to be because Lucian was driving so

felt

other. When Amelia opened the car door, Lucian turned

that, he

at the side of the street, watching Lucian's car disappear into a

then, Lucian had said so many warm and loving things to her. Now, there was

didn't know that Amelia was actually