Chapter 57 Feeling Jealous

"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

at to do or say.

He didn't believe her. He thought she was lying.

To add to this, Jonny had asked her to keep their friendship a secret which entrapped her even more.

She thought if she tried to explain herself to Lucian, he might just think she's lying.

She was suddenly at a loss. She didn't know what to say. She looked at Lucian, with tears in her eyes.

"Stay away from Jonny. Consider this a warning." With that, Lucian released her and promptly left the room.

Amelia's jaw still hurt from Lucian's grip. She rubbed it gently with her hand as tears streamed down her face.

However, what hurt her the most was Lucian's words.

Things were going great between them. Now, it's like they were back to where they started. If anything, Amelia felt farther from Lucian—more than ever.

When dinner time came, Amelia took a deep breath to calm herself down. She then prepared to head downstairs intending to make dinner for Lucian. Lily lived far away from the city so Amelia asked her to take an additional two days off. She didn't want to starve Lucian just because she wasn't in the mood even though he was still mad at her.

When she went downstairs, she didn't find Lucian. She searched everywhere—the living room, dining room, his study—but he was nowhere to be found.