Since She Met Lucian novel Chapter 143

"Something distressed him?" Since Nicholas had a hard time moving around, Darren had to constantly be by his side.

When the doctor finished the treatment and had given him prescriptions, Nicholas was immediately relieved. Lucian then headed downstairs to ask Darren about what had happened.

"Mr. Lucian, I think it must have something to do with Mrs. Fannie." Darren was so nervous that his hands were trembling. He then told Lucian what had happened. "This morning when Mrs. Fannie got up, she left with a suitcase. Mr. Nicholas began to cough nonstop that he fell on the ground. His forehead was swollen..."

Angrily, Lucian questioned, "I can't believe you didn't tell me right away when that sounded like an emergency to me!"

Darren began to panic upon seeing that Lucian had gotten angry. Hurriedly, he explained, "Mr. Nicholas told me not to tell you because you were preoccupied with Mrs. Amelia. He didn't want to add to your problems..."

After that, Lucian calmed himself down and ordered, "Cook some porridge and send someone to find out where Mrs. Fannie is."

"I have already sent out several of my men to look for Mrs. Fannie. I assure you, Mr. Lucian, that we are doing something about this," Darren replied respectfully.

When Lucian returned upstairs, the attending doctor had just finished Nicholas's infusion. He then reported to Lucian about Nicholas's current condition.

As Lucian stood in front of the bed, an array of mixed feelings surged inside him.

Since he took control over the Zhan Group, he rarely came back home mostly for two reasons: the first one was that he already had his hands full with the business and the second one was to avoid his mother's nagging about him getting married.

"Lucian, what are you doing here?" Nicholas asked hoarsely when he opened his eyes.

"Dad, I asked the servant to cook porridge for you. Would you like some?"

Seeing his son's nervous look, Nicholas consoled him, "Don't worry. I'm fine. I'm just getting old. My blood pressure tends to act up when I'm stressed or worried."

This didn't help with Lucian's concerns—he only grew more worried for Nicholas. When the servant came up to serve the porridge, Lucian fed Nicholas.

Lucian had never done this before which was why Nicholas was happy that his son was taking care of him.

"Has Amelia been discharged from the hospital?" Nicholas asked in concern after he had finished eating.

"Yes, she's already out of the hospital." With that, Lucian finally told his father about the pregnancy. "Dad, congratulations. You're going to be a grandpa!"

Nicholas was visibly stunned for a long while until he finally recovered and happiness spread across his face. "What? Amelia's pregnant?"

Lucian nodded with a smile. "So you have to stay healthy! You have to meet your grandson!"

Hearing this, Nicholas grew excited. Smiling in relief, he said, "Wow, Amelia's the hero of our family. If it weren't for her, our family would have lost all its fortune and now she's pregnant? You should cherish her."

"I know." Lucian nodded. Like Nicholas, Lucian was grateful for what Amelia had done for the family. He knew Amelia was the one he would spend the rest of his life with.

From the very beginning, Nicholas already liked Amelia. It was only Fannie who disapproved of her. However, now that things had gotten to this point, Fannie's disapproval didn't mean a thing anymore.

"Dad, did you and mom fight this morning?" Lucian asked in a low voice. He figured now was the best time to ask since Nicholas seemed to be feeling better already.

Upon hearing this, Nicholas sighed. "Well, you don't really have anything to do with it but your mother's been suspicious for a while. She thinks that since you're not her biological son, you're going to cut her off. She's worried about her shares in the Zhan Group. I was so angry that I said a few harsh words to her. She yelled, threw some things, cursed at me..."

"I just heard you call my mother's name..." Lucian fixed his gaze on Nicholas's grim face.

Startled, Nicholas then let out a sigh. "I've been dreaming about your mother a lot recently. I've been missing her, you know, especially now that I see her in my dreams."

"Mother's been gone for more than ten years. I bet you have trouble keeping your memories of her." Lucian's memory of Fiona was a bit scattered. He had a few happy memories of her but as time passed, the memory of Fiona's face was becoming more and more blurred.

It's not as if they were purposely trying to forget about Fiona but rather, it's just what time does when someone dies. Still, whenever they remembered Fiona, her memory was still imprinted in their minds.

It was already evening when he returned to the SJ Garden from the Zhan mansion. He was exhausted. As soon as he entered the house, he saw Amelia coming up to him. He was surprised to see her. Then he asked, "It's so late. Why aren't you in bed yet?"

Amelia looked adorable in her cartoon-printed pajamas. Her hair was messily pooled up into a bun atop her head and she wasn't wearing any make-up on her face, still she looked charming.

Amelia scratched the back of her head and said with a smile, "Well, I've been sleeping so much during the day that when night time comes, I can't fall asleep anymore."

In reality, she was waiting for him but she didn't want to admit it lest he feel guilty about leaving.

"Let's go. I need to talk to you." Lucian's eyes were red and swollen, but the moment he saw Amelia, his tiredness faded away.