Chapter 122 Don't Be Afraid, I'm Here With You

"Help!" Amelia screamed at the top of her lungs. There was despair in her voice and tears flowed freely down her soiled cheeks.

Lucian's car pulled over in front of the house. He got off right away and ran all the way to the house. The front gate was left ajar, obviously forced open with the door broken in half. A feeling of anxiety mixed with anger moved up his spine and to the base of his skull. He rushed into the house and immediately heard Amelia's desperate cry for help. His adrenaline immediately flowed into every fiber of his muscles as he ran into Amelia's room. He immediately saw the man who was forcing himself on Amelia. He grabbed the man by his shoulders, lifted him off the spot and threw him at the wall. The man's back and head made a loud thudding sound as they collided with the wall with a powerful force.

The bearded man groaned as he hit the wall. He was stunned by the force of Lucian's attack. But Lucian was not done yet. He approached the dazed man and started to pepper him with blows. Rage completely took over Lucian. When the bearded man fell unconscious from the beating, Lucian bound the man with a rope and called Eric and told him of the situation.

Amelia was so shocked with what happened that she curled up into a ball in one corner of the room. Tears flowed down her face like torrents of rain that brought burning pain to Lucian's heart.

Lucian approached her slowly so that she wouldn't be startled and add to her distress. He then straightened her clothes. She stared blankly at a wall but she seemed to recognize Lucian. He gently lifted her up and then carried her out of the room.

She was pale and her hair was a mess. Her eyes looked lifeless and dull. They just stared blankly forward into nothingness.

"Don't be afraid. I'm here with you now. Everything will be fine. It will all be okay..."

Amelia rested on Lucian's chest as he carried her out of her room. She felt his warmth with her ears as the thumping heartbeat of Lucian's heart played a steady rhythm for her. She slowly stared up at Lucian's handsome face and she immediately felt relieved and safe.

mb, she would've probably fought her attacker off more aggressively.

"Courtney, please stay here with Amelia. I have something I need to take care of." Lucian then bid both ladies farewell and went back to his room next door to prepare himself for his errands that day.

Amelia felt disappointed when she heard that Lucian had to leave. But she did not betray a single ounce of what she felt and maintained her expressionless face and calm.

"Courtney, shall we check out?" The hotel felt so luxurious to Amelia that she knew it must be expensive. She thought that since she was already feeling better, it was unnecessary to stay there and burn money.

"Don't worry about the hotel bill. Lucian is paying for it. Besides, we can't go back to the yard just yet," Courtney explained and sighed slightly.

Amelia suddenly looked confused. She turned to look at Courtney and asked, "Why can't we go back? How is Mrs. Chen?"

The bearded man broke the front door last night when he tried to rape her. Amelia wondered whether Mrs. Chen was frightened when she saw her attacker and what happened.

Amelia suddenly felt guilty for what had happened last night. She felt that the trouble was all her fault.

"Well, she's good!" Courtney replied immediately. Courtney didn't want to worry Amelia so she immediately changed the subject of their conversation. "By the way, my parents wanted us to visit them if you have the time. They want to cook something special just for you!"

Amelia smiled broadly and then said, "Oh, thank you so much! So, they still remember me!"

"You are my best friend, Amelia. They could never forget you!" Courtney declared confidently. She had a proud smile on her face as she spoke.

But Amelia's fear found its way back to her. "Is Mrs. Chen really okay?" Amelia asked in a worried tone.

Her room was in quite a mess last night but Lucian took her to the hotel before she could clean it up.

The landlady was old and couldn't move around too much anymore. Amelia knew that she'd feel guilty and really bad if something untoward happened to Mrs. Chen because of the attack last night.