Since She Met Lucian

"This tastes like home," Lucian said as he sampled the food in front of him.

"But the food Lily cooked is also very delicious," she meekly replied. Amelia initially thought that he was referring to the taste of the dishes, but she realized that he was enjoying the scenario more.

She smiled as she placed her hands inside the big pockets of her pink apron. Lucian had carefully picked it for her because he wanted her to wear it for as long as she stayed there. And he hoped in his heart that Amelia would stay there for good.

Lucian bought that villa a couple of years ago. At the time, he merely thought that the area looked peaceful and the air was quite pleasant. He considered it as a good place to live in, but then things had changed. He saw that the villa could be more than just a house. It could be the home where he would live with Amelia and their baby.

"Aren't you hungry? What were you thinking of?" Amelia was putting more food into his plate when she realized what she had just said and bit her tongue.

Lucian snapped out of his daydream, and looked at Amelia with worry in his eyes.

"Thank you..." he trailed off. These words moved Amelia but she took control not to show it in her expression.

In his mind, Lucian wanted to call Amelia honey. But he also had to restrain himself. He decided to save it for when he had finally restored her title as Mrs.

Dinner time was over in the blink of an eye. Lucian volunteered to wash the dishes but Amelia didn't want to bother him with it. But after hearing him jokingly boast of his superb talent in dish washing, Amelia was only too happy to take him on his offer. She wanted to see what he was talking about.

Leaning against the door frame, Amelia contentedly watched as Lucian took over the sink.

Lucian watched her from the corner of his eyes. Wanting to make Amelia laugh, he tried to make a show out of dish washing by playing with the plates, pretending to toss them into the air to perform tricks.

Amelia was elated to see Lucian's smile, but she also feared for herself. She didn't know how much more she could take before her true feelings for him were revealed.

"Have you seen this? This is dish washing at its finest. I'm not just a pro at cleaning plates; I'm the master!" Lucian exaggerated.

Amelia was about to laugh, but she chose to roll her eyes instead.

"I guess that's enough of that," Lucian said while putting the plates down to save himself from further embarrassment. "Actually, I can make a living out of just my handsome looks, but what I really want to do is serve the love of my life, so here I am, washing dishes for her. Am I not the sweetest?"

He had gone up to her and had closed the gap between them.

Amelia's instinct was to panic. She quickly took a few steps back to maintain some distance from Lucian.

crossed Lucian's face. With all seriousness, he said softly, "I'll be leaving you now. Take care of yourself during the next couple of days." Once he'd finally settled everything,

but she made the effort

was. She felt all of the happiness that Lucian made her feel a few moments ago drain from her

Lucian, but Amelia agreed to stay in the villa as arranged by her ex-husband. She was initially hesitant to stay there alone, but the interiors of the house were very inviting and beautiful. When she wanted to stretch her legs, she would walk around the vast garden and smell the flowers. She particularly enjoyed the pavilion where she would stay for hours to listen at the soft gurgling sound

for the next three days. Bored and alone, Amelia was sitting in the living room surfing TV channels, when

anchor mentioned that it was

touch with his former wife, causing his current

terribly that she dropped the

headline at the bottom of the screen made the image even clearer in Amelia's mind. Shock spread all over her body as she thought about Shelly and the repercussions of her own actions. It was her fault that Shelly

rushed downstairs, crossed the big hall, and

the gates saw her dashing out and reached out to stop her. "What's the matter, Miss Amelia?" one of the men asked politely. Amelia had been happily staying in that villa for three days. The two men thought it strange for

There's something urgent I need to deal with," Amelia said directly. Anxiety made her voice

Lucian gave instructions that you weren't allowed to leave

the pain and guilt of possibly having hurt Shelly. When she heard the guard deny her

on going out?" she said

didn't want to cause trouble for the guards who were only doing their job and following Lucian's orders,

felt hopeless yet she tried to

other blankly. Not knowing what to do, they decided

as she waited for Lucian to finish giving instructions to the

her out, she thought that she'd have to look for

you are to wait for his arrival," the man who had been on the phone

scowled and shouted, "I don't care if he's coming or not. Let me out or I'll call the

them reacted. Instead

like causing trouble for others. She wouldn't have said those words under any other circumstance. Moreover, in her heart,

felt that she

let me out?" She had no choice but to beg them for she

just been a simple misunderstanding. The police

just following orders," the taller

blame them after all. There

her room, Amelia took out her phone and