Chapter 131 The Ex-Wife Becomes The Third Party

"This tastes like home," Lucian said as he sampled the food in front of him.

"But the food Lily cooked is also very delicious," she meekly replied. Amelia initially thought that he was referring to the taste of the dishes, but she realized that he was enjoying the scenario more.

She smiled as she placed her hands inside the big pockets of her pink apron. Lucian had carefully picked it for her because he wanted her to wear it for as long as she stayed there. And he hoped in his heart that Amelia would stay there for good.

Lucian bought that villa a couple of years ago. At the time, he merely thought that the area looked peaceful and the air was quite pleasant. He considered it as a good place to live in, but then things had changed. He saw that the villa could be more than just a house. It could be the home where he would live with Amelia and their baby.

"Aren't you hungry? What were you thinking of?" Amelia was putting more food into his plate when she realized what she had just said and bit her tongue.

Lucian snapped out of his daydream, and looked at Amelia with worry in his eyes.

"Thank you..." he trailed off. These words moved Amelia but she took control not to show it in her expression.

In his mind, Lucian wanted to call Amelia honey. But he also had to restrain himself. He decided to save it for when he had finally restored her title as Mrs.

Dinner time was over in the blink of an eye. Lucian volunteered to wash the dishes but Amelia didn't want to bother him with it. But after hearing him jokingly boast of his superb talent in dish washing, Amelia was only too happy to take him on his off

thought that she would learn everything from him.

She dialed his number and to her relief, Jonny quickly answered her call. Before Amelia could say anything, he immediately said, "It's not true what they said in the news, Amelia. Shelly just sustained a minor head injury. She didn't try to kill herself. Someone was making things up, probably trying to damage Lucian's reputation and stir up trouble for Zhan Group."

Jonny's words put Amelia's mind at ease. But she still worried over Shelly so she asked, "How's Shelly now? Lucian... Did Mr. Lucian visit her?"

Amelia felt it was ridiculous to ask as soon as the words were out of her mouth.

She had never thought of getting in between Lucian and Shelly, but it seemed as if there was always this unexplainable connection between her and Lucian.

"Don't worry about her. Mom's taking care of Shelly in the hospital. She'll be discharged in a few days or so," Jonny answered quickly.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Jonny. Were you busy?" she asked after detecting impatience in his voice.

"Yeah. I'm in the middle of an important meeting. I need to hang up now, Amelia, but I'll call you when it's done," Jonny said.

"Okay. I just wanted to ask about Shelly. That's it. Thank you," Amelia said before hanging up the phone.

She was no longer as worried as she was before, but the guilt for having hurt Shelly remained in her heart.

Courtney called her late in the afternoon and announced happily that she was back from her trip. But Amelia didn't want to ask about her vacation. She casually asked, "Didn't you say that you'd be coming back after a week? Why are you back so early?"