Were they going back to the SJ Garden? Amelia was fidgeting her fingers nervously.
She sat in Lucian's car and kept glancing at him from the corner of her eyes. Her thoughts returned to the old days when both of them would go to work together.
"Why are you so nervous? You can lean back and relax." Lucian cast her worried glance. It couldn't be that Amelia was feeling uncomfortable because of her pregnancy, could it?
"Okay," Amelia replied in a low voice and leaned against the seat. Her heart was beating fast because of nervousness.
Lucian parked the car at the SJ Garden and got out without saying a word. Just as he opened the passenger door and took her hand, he noticed a reddish patch on the back of her hand. The injury seemed to be swollen.
His face twisted in anger after seeing that.
"Did you remove the entrance guard?" Amelia glanced at Lucian curiously when they passed the door without any hindrance.
"Yes." Lucian nodded but didn't say anything.
Lucian had removed the guard ever since Shelly started living in the villa. It was not for her. Instead, he didn't want the entrance guard to bother him every two or three days.
Lucian and Amelia entered the villa one after the other. They heard a quarrel before they arrived in the living room.
"You are wicked at such a young age. No wonder Lucian doesn't give a damn about you!"
"You bastard! If you were not Lucian's friend, I wouldn't have let you in! Get out!"
Shelly and Carlotta were so engrossed in glaring at each other that they didn't even notice the presence of Lucian and Amelia.
"Welcome back, Mrs. Amelia!" Lily's eyes sparkled in excitement when she saw Amelia.
Amelia smiled, and all her nervousness was forgotten after seeing another familiar face.
Her lips stretched to form a bright smile, and she nodded. "Thank you for cooking chicken soup for me. It was very delicious."
"I can make it for you every day!" Anger crawled on Shelly's face when Lily took pleasure in blurting out "Mrs. Amelia" in front of her.
"Lily, stop paying attention to Amelia! I'm Lucian's wife now." Shelly shot a glare at Lily.
Lily presented Shelly with a blank look. Her voice sounded attacking. "Do you think you can hide the truth? Grow up! You can treat yourself as Mrs. Shelly all you want, but I won't. There is only one Mrs. Amelia in my heart!"
Lily caught hold of Amelia's hands, but Amelia recoiled in pain.
"Ah..." Amelia let out a loud shrill and took her wounded hand back, caressing her injury.
"Are you okay, Mrs. Amelia?" Lily frowned and looked at Amelia in worry.
Lucian took Amelia's hand. "Go get the medkit."
"Lucian, you..." Shelly called out and attempted to approach Lucian.
"Look! You did all this!" Carlotta stopped her angrily. Her eyes squinted at the injury, but she was satisfied after seeing Lucian's worried face. "I should thank you, Shelly, for doing this to Amelia. Or else, I wouldn't have seen concern in Lucian's eyes today."
Shelly was driven mad with jealousy after hearing that.
"Amelia's just pretending to be a victim. You have no proof that I was the culprit behind that wound!" Shelly refused to accept her mistake in front of Lucian.
Carlotta shot a mocking glance at Shelly before she chuckled. "Little girl, don't you know how impulsive you are? Think for a moment about the consequences of your action."
"What do you mean?" Surprise muddled Shelly. Her eyes couldn't believe that a small shop was under surveillance.
Amelia wouldn't say a single word about what happened, and Shelly knew this. Shelly thought no one would know about the event.
"You thought everything was under your control, but the surveillance won't lie!" Carlotta tightened her fists and glared at Shelly, trying to frighten her.
Although Carlotta hit her forties, her dressing sense kept up with the latest trend. Her long hair reached to her waist. The glow of her skin told the story that age did not leave any trace on her body. She looked more like a teenager.
Lily cheered and clapped her hands.
Shelly looked like a child who had lost her candy. Her eyes shifted at Lucian only to find him holding Amelia's hand. Shelly's heart was filled with storming emotions. She rushed to him and slapped his hand. "Lucian, I'm your wife. You can't touch other women!"
Shelly's aggressive look and domineering tone resembled the concubines in the soap opera Imperial Household of Love.
"You wouldn't have married Mr. Lucian if it wasn't for An Group's unreasonable request!" Lily snorted and looked away.
"That's right!" Carlotta echoed.
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