Since She Met Lucian novel Chapter 16

Amelia neither confirmed nor denied it. As she thought of how much time she'd been spending in the SJ Garden, she realized how isolated she's been. Even Courtney was complaining that she only ever spent time with Lucian nowadays. She also realized that she was just a fake wife so she deserved her own living space too. It's not like they were actually married.

"Mr. Lucian, can I ask you a favor?" Amelia asked seriously after some hesitation.

Lucian raised his eyes, looked at Amelia calmly and asked, "What's up?"

His voice was cold and emotionless.

As she gazed back at him, she took a deep breath before speaking. "I think we should set a deadline for our deal."

If they continued to live like this, she wouldn't have neither a future nor freedom.

Hearing that, Lucian's eyes turned dark all of a sudden. In a cold tone, he asked, "Miss Amelia, are you no longer heartbroken?"

Heartbroken? Amelia was confused upon hearing this. She didn't know what Lucian meant.

At first, Amelia only agreed to Lucian to distract her from her heartbreak. But now, since Jasper had married Yolanda, Amelia was too upset and heartbroken to be distracted by anything.

"Mr. Lucian, I don't know why you asked me to pretend to be married to you in the first place. If you just wanted to get your parents off your back then we don't need to pretend anymore. I've already met them and they didn't like me but they did say that they weren't going to interfere with your life anymore." Amelia didn't know where she found the courage to say all of that but she was relieved that she was finally able to speak her mind. They had made so many mistake already and if they continued like this, who knew what's going to happen?

"Amelia, do you think you can go back on your word so easily?" Lucian dropped what he was doing and walked toward Amelia, casting her a cold glance. He said rather harshly, "While it's true that our marriage is a fake, can't you think about your dad who's sick? Can you imagine what it would be like for him if he found out that we were only faking our marriage?"

Amelia looked up, uncertain how to respond.

The fact that this might affect her family never entered her mind. She thought she could just end it as soon as they could like he promised.

"You've made your status in the Mo family very clear. If you strip yourself of the Zhan name, where would that leave you?" Lucian's cold words hit Amelia like a truck.

"Lucian, you really are strange, aren't you? We don't have an emotional connection. Why did you ask me to marry you in the first place? This is just going to hurt the both of us!" If he wanted a marriage so much, why didn't he find someone he loved so that he didn't need have to do something like this again?

Lucian frowned and his eyes seemed to be gleaming in pain. He was able to recover and return to his usual cold demeanor though.

"Your father had a heart attack and lucky for you, I found the best cardiologist to treat him. So you have no choice but to keep the Zhan name. Until then, you're not allowed to talk about ending this deal unless I bring it up first," Lucian spoke in a way that left no room for argument. After he spoke, he turned and left leaving Amelia standing there alone.

Vernon's health had only been getting worse no matter how many medicines he took. She wanted the best treatment money could buy for her father so she had no choice but to oblige to Lucian's wishes.

Even though she once resented Vernon for how he treated her, she was still able to find it in her heart to forgive him especially after he got sick.

If Lucian could help her father then Amelia would gladly keep up the act for their fake marriage.

When Amelia went downstairs, Lucian was just about to leave. However, when he saw her coming down, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Have you decided yet? Are you going to stop now?"

He sounded spiteful as he spoke.

"As long as you keep your word." Amelia was glaring at Lucian.

Lucian couldn't help but let out a chuckle as he looked at Amelia's angry face. "You look like you just signed your death certificate," he teased.

What's the difference? Amelia was starting to think that Lucian's only purpose in life was to annoy her. Still, this was her fault. If she hadn't agreed in the first place then she wouldn't be in this situation right now.

Amelia just pretended to ignore the fact that Lucian was making fun of her. When she smelled the food, she suddenly realized how hungry she really was. Amelia looked at Lucien and said crossly, "I stayed up all night last night. I'm hungry now and I'm not really in the mood to fight with you anymore."

"That's right. You can get your energy back when you're full so you can get mad at me again." Lucian silently nodded, smiling to himself.

"Mrs. Amelia, I've cooked you some chicken soup as requested by Mr. Lucian. Please help yourself." Lily filled up a bowl of soup for her.

Amelia blushed and insisted that she could serve herself then she looked up at Lucian and thought to herself, 'He's so weird.'

Sometimes he was sweet but sometimes he would ignore her. Amelia didn't know which was the real him.

"It's still pretty early. If you have nothing to do, you can go out with your friends and I can pick you up around dinner time," Lucian said while they were eating their lunch.

Amelia was taken aback upon hearing this. She put down her chopsticks and asked, "Is there anything you need me to do for you?"

Lucian sneered as he said coldly, "Stop assuming I'm up to something."