Since She Met Lucian

Amelia didn't know what to reply to Lucian. 'How do I get rid of this man!' she thought, praying for divine intervention. After taking a deep breath, she decided that it was time to face him. Swiftly, she raised her head to look at him.

The scene she saw scared her stiff and made her heart skip a beat. Right behind Lucian was Shelly, staring menacingly at her.

"It's late now. Let me send you back." Lucian told her, oblivious that Shelly was with them.

After the initial shock had worn off, Amelia, who just came back to her senses, said in a very low voice, "Miss Shelly..." Her heart started beating incredibly fast and cold sweats began to appear on her forehead. It was as if her body was preparing her for the mess that was going to happen.

Shelly stood hidden from the light. Despite that, Amelia could still clearly see the expression on her face—cold, exasperated, dangerous. Even though Lucian was standing between them, she could still feel the sharpness of her glare.

Lucian was able to quickly pick up the fear clouding Amelia's eyes. Because of that, he turned his heads towards the place Amelia was staring at.

"Lucian, you... How could you do this to me!" Shelly emerged from the darkness and into the light. Her eyes were already moist with tears as she pointed her fingers back and forth between Lucian and Amelia.

"Miss Shelly, we are not..."

"Shut up, Amelia!" Shelly shouted, her voice filled with anger and hurt. With her shaking hands she pointed at Lucian and Amelia's interlocked hands, saying, "Did you really think that no one will notice that?"

To appease the angry Shelly, Amelia quickly let go of Lucian's hand. Unfortunately, that didn't help the situation—instead, Shelly became more furious, it showed on her face.

In contrast to an obviously panicking Amelia, Lucian looked very calm and collected. "Let me send you back first," he gently repeated, completely ignoring Shelly and turning his gaze back to Amelia. This surprised Amelia.

'What is this guy doing?' she thought, completely scandalized by Lucian's course of action. 'Is he trying to make everything more complicated than it already is?'

"Mr. Lucian," she finally said in a firm tone after a few moments of silence. "Could you please respect me?" She angrily stepped away from Lucian, glaring at him as if to warn him against going anywhere near her. After doing that, she looked up at Shelly and bowed deeply. "Miss Shelly, I'm so sorry," she said. "I didn't expect what happened. Please do not worry, this will never happen again."

Lucian, however, was not having any of it. "Nonsense!" he bellowed, making the two women near him jump. "Watch your language, Amelia!" With defiance on his face, he started walking towards Amelia.

"Lucian, you heard her!" Shelly shouted, running after Lucian and holding him back. "Don't make a fool out of yourself!" Looking at the two people in front of her, Amelia couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart.

She wanted to hide and run away, but instead, she faked a smile and said in a heartfelt manner, "Mr. Lucian and Mrs. Shelly, I wish you all the happiness in the world."

As she turned around to leave, she felt a hand clamp down on her shoulder so tightly that it hurt. She knew it was Lucian, and so she tried her best to shake it off, but unfortunately, she couldn't.

After seeing what Lucian was doing, Shelly couldn't help but shed some tears. "Lucian, are you really going to do this to me?" she loudly lamented. Her voice was so full of sorrow and pain that even Amelia felt so deeply for her.

do anything that would destroy his marriage to Shelly. At that moment, however, when she saw Shelly crying over what

to say, but right now, I have to send Amelia home." Lucian did not care

send me home!" Amelia refused in anger. While she didn't want to sound too harsh or direct, she decided that she had to

shouted. He tried to grab Amelia's hand

she tried her best to

because she knew that no woman would feel

these thoughts swirled inside her head, she felt more

but her voice was still quiet and shaky. "I think

Lucian were shocked by what they heard. They turned to look at her and they saw that she was already

to me," she continued, looking at Lucian. "You told me to be reasonable, here I am. I am allowing you to send

what Shelly said, Amelia felt her temperature rise. Every

surprised with what he did: he put his arm around her and said softly, "Let's

do. It was a nice gesture, but again, she was not here to ruin Lucian's relationship with Shelly. With one swift turn, she turned around, and grabbed Lucian's hand, dragged him towards Shelly, and put his hands on hers. "I told you, I don't need it! My

as her heart couldn't take more. With

instantly changed. He let go of Shelly's hand like it was something hot and ran after Amelia immediately. "It's so late now!" he called after her.

wrong with you?!"

earth Lucian just wouldn't

feelings. Amelia wanted to set boundaries with between them considering the relationship they had now, but instead of clearing things up, it seemed like their relationship became more complicated, and her

don't mind if Lucian sends you back. Just

pity when she heard Shelly. Because of that, she had no choice but to give in. "Fine,"

said, glaring at Lucian as if to warn him to even think about saying no. He didn't, and the three of

said after they arrived at her place. Her tone was cold, and her face was devoid of any kind of

Shelly said sweetly as she held on to

Shelly, Amelia forced a smile and said, "Thank you, Miss

after she closed the door, she didn't dare look

door!" Seeing that Lucian was reluctant to leave, Shelly felt as if a knife was

answered, "Compared to what your

Heck, fight him to the death, I don't care! But please, keep your marriage vows! Treat me as your wife!" Shelly responded, tears streaming down

"You know very well why we we're married." A sneer was on his lips again. The woman was shocked, but he did not care about her reaction—he was already preoccupied by the ancient tree in Amelia's courtyard.

legal

leaning on her door, shocked by what she had heard. Every scream and sob that came out of Shelly sounded like warning alarms, and guilt was once

stopped hearing noise outside. Both heart and body were so exhausted that she went straight to bed without even washing up. As soon as her