Since She Met Lucian novel Chapter 57

"Well, we can just sit in the hall," Amelia murmured.

"The lobby's already full and we shouldn't be hanging out there anyway." Jonny looked around the hall and found that it was completely occupied. Then he looked at Amelia and asked, "What do you think?"

Amelia didn't know what to say.

"I just think it's too expensive." She smiled awkwardly as she explained herself.

"You're such a cheapskate! How is Lucian going to spend his money then?" Jonny teased, his eyes gleaming in amusement.

Embarrassed, Amelia lowered her head shyly.

Since they just had lunch, Jonny ordered some orange juice for Amelia and tea for himself.

"You seem to be distracted. Is there anything you want to tell me?" Jonny asked as he took a sip from his tea.

"What about you? Over the phone, you said it was something important. What is it?" Amelia couldn't restrain herself. She needed to know what was so important that Jonny had to invite her for lunch.

"Weren't you going to ask if Lucian and I are on good terms?" Jonny suddenly said. Then he added, "We used to get along but we grew apart. We're just civil with each other now."

Amelia blinked, still confused. She recalled that they were being teased as if they were brothers at Shelly's birthday party. She didn't know what went wrong since then.

"What happened?" Amelia asked curiously.

"It's best if you don't know," Jonny answered evasively. Then he posed, "How well do you know Lucian?"

This left Amelia stunned. She thought for a while and couldn't shake off the feeling that she really didn't know him that well. She knew that he was 30 years old, how tall he was, that he was strong and noble but other than, she came up blank. She didn't even know when his birthday was. She'd met the Zhan family and had been informed of the assets of the family. The Zhan family was the richest and most powerful in the city. Their assets were worth more than a billion.

With a slight smile on her face, Amelia remained quiet. After a while, she asked, "Is this the reason why you won't let me tell Lucian that we know each other?"

If that was the case then things finally made sense including why Lucian seemed so upset last night.

"Not exactly, but I don't want you breaking off your relationship with Lucian just because of me," Jonny said, looking at Amelia tenderly.

"Don't worry. Lucian isn't a narrow-minded," Amelia replied, smiling.

Her mind went to the romantic night they spent during new year's eve.

"What if he is?" Jonny retorted, a stern look in his eyes.

"Jonny, indeed we didn't have emotional foundation. But since I married him, I have to step up the relationship between us." While it was true that she didn't know Lucian that well yet, she still knew him well enough to like him and be willing to put in the work for their relationship.

Jonny seemed briefly disappointed. Still, he put on a smile and said, "I'm happy for you."

As much as he tried to sound happy, there was a tinge of pain and bitterness in his voice.

Amelia smiled lightly. She didn't want to think about it anymore.

When they left the coffee shop, it was dark outside as if it was going to rain.

Amelia was about to go back to the SJ Garden when she received a call from Lucian. She answered it in a hurry as a cold voice came from the other line, "Where are you?"

He didn't sound pleased as if he knew she wasn't home.

"I got bored at home so I went out for a walk. I'm already on my way home," Amelia answered nonchalantly.

"Okay." With that, Lucian hung up the call.

Amelia suddenly panicked. She took a deep breath before starting the engine and driving home.

It was exceptionally cloudy then. Dark clouds hovered above the busy city.

Standing in front of the window, Lucian looked out of the darkness, growing more and more furious by the second.

When he arrived home, he found that Amelia wasn't there. Just as he was about to call her, he received a bunch of photos that showed Amelia and Jonny out having lunch together.

He called her and tried to remain calm. He thought she'd just tell him the truth but she still lied.

He already felt uneasy about seeing Jonny yesterday at the Imperial Middle School. What more that they secretly had lunch together?

They had bumped into each other across the hall and by the lakeside.

Upon thinking of this, Lucian's eyes dimmed. His eyes were sharp as knives while his fists were clenched in anger.

It started to rain as soon as Amelia arrived at the gate of the SJ Garden.