Since She Met Lucian

It was a quiet evening at SJ Garden. Shelly was wearing a beautiful, pink dress adorned with intricate lace. For the past half hour, she had been busy arranging a candlelight dinner for her and Lucian.

"Lily, get me the roses I had delivered from France!" she shouted, not looking up from the table.

Lily was standing close by.

There was something going in her mind as she stared coldly at Shelly.

Looking up, Shelly noticed that Lily had not moved an inch. "Hey! Are you deaf? Do I need to tell you twice? Bring me the roses that came in today!" Shelly shouted impatiently, glaringly angrily at Lily.

"Ah.. Y-yes, I'll be right back!" Lilt stammered, finally coming back to her senses. Sighing begrudgingly to herself, she went downstairs to get the roses.

Ever since Shelly moved in at SJ Garden, Lily was shouted at nearly every day. At some point, she already wanted to quit her job. However, Lucian had told her that he was working on getting Amelia back soon. That was enough reason for Lily to endure Shelly for the meantime and keep working at SJ Garden.

Lily was not a complainer. Even though Shelly constantly scolded her, she did not want to tell Lucian about it. After all, Lucian was already busy and preoccupied with work.

Since Shelly arrived, she had been sleeping in the guest room. With all her might, she tried to get closer to him -- calling him honey and generally being a loving wife. But no matter what she did, Lucian never smiled at her, nor did he respond to her with the same amount of endearment.

Although the villa had gotten much livelier, it was really far from pleasant. 'It's as if Shelly's doing a solo performance around here,' Lily thought to herself resentfully.

Even Lucian tended to avoid Shelly as much as he could. Every night, he would intentionally come back from work after dinner so that he wouldn't have to eat with Shelly. Eventually, Shelly started making dinner at a later time. Lucian had no choice then but to eat outside just so that he could spend as little time as possible with Shelly, making her incredibly sad and disappointed.

'When will this woman realize that things will never go her way if she forces it too much?' Lily thought. The more Lucian rejected her, the more Shelly pushed even harder, trying everything she could possibly think of to be closer to him.

Now she even bought a bouquet of French roses to surprise Lucian.

With a cold glare, Lily couldn't help but think that the flowers might appall Lucian more than it would surprise him.

"Miss Shelly, it's almost time for dinner," Lily said, handing the roses to Shelly, "I have to go prepare. Call me if you need anything else."

Turning around, Shelly looked at Lily in indignation. "Excuse me? How many times have I told you? I'm Lucian's wife now! You should address me as Mrs. Shelly!"

"I..." Lily stammered. But in her heart, she was screaming, 'Mrs. Amelia is the real wife of Mr. Lucian!'

"And what exactly were you about to say just now?" Crossing her arms over her chest, Shelly glared unhappily at Lily.

just thinking about how pretty the roses are!" Lily answered quickly. At this point, she just didn't

Shelly snorted. With that, Lily did not say another word, and went to the

in time for dinner. 'Ah! Mr. Lucian

come back home early for the candlelight

ready?" Lucian asked, loosening his silk

Lily hurriedly said. It had been quite a long time since Lucian came to SJ Garden to

"Where is Miss Shelly?" he asked

lip, Lily thought whether or not she should tell him the truth. 'If Shelly's plan worked and Lucian

there something wrong?" Lucian asked, glancing up the staircase with

with you so that you wouldn't get

concern in his voice and expression.

to lie. But she had to make up an excuse to avoid Lucian and

serious. Mr. Lucian. If you're worried about it, you can go upstairs and check on her. What

Let's eat." After washing up a bit, Lucian sat at the dinner table and quietly enjoyed

always find a way to insult or scold her. It came to a point that Lily would cook so many different dishes in the hopes that Shelly might

ask you something?" Lily asked

want

a deep breath, Lily tried to muster all the courage she had. "When will you

widened slightly in surprise when he heard Lily's question. After taking a sip of his soup, he looked at Lily with a soft look in his eyes. "Don't worry.

be able to see Mrs.

too loud, Lily,"

her smile. "Once Mrs. Amelia comes back, you will finally

couldn't help but smile

happy atmosphere was ruined the moment Shelly walked down

she went into the kitchen and got a set of tableware

thought. If I didn't come downstairs, I would have never known that dinner was ready. What did

because she was afraid of Shelly, but rather she felt

was up to something. "I was the one who told Lily to get dinner started," he said with a frown,

that. "Lucian, we're husband

his bowl. The appetite he had earlier was completely ruined because

can't even have a decent meal around

preparing a surprise for you the entire day," she whispered beside his ear, "Don't be mad