Chapter 225 Being Ungrateful

"Courtney, stop talking." Amelia was just trying to pacify the situation, however, what Courtney had said caused Lucian to be agitated. She was trying to find the right words to clear things up properly.

Lucian was starting to feel very detached. His face was cold, his eyes turned deep as his eyebrows furrowed together. When Amelia looked at him, she started to feel a little frightened inside.

"Amelia, you already have someone here to back you up. What are you afraid of?" Courtney was quite confident at this point because she didn't think it was possible to even provoke Lucian. She was too caught up with her intention to even notice the look of weakness in Amelia's face.

"So what you're saying is that, if Mrs. Amelia and I don't love each other, you will find a way to make things difficult for her?" Lucian said as he looked through his narrowed eyes that gleamed with a contentious fire. The expression on his face getting stone cold, starting to feel more and more distant as time went by.

One of the girls, known as Niki, was speechless after hearing Lucian's question. The poor girl looked horrified, to say the least, and apologized to Amelia with a timid tone soon after.

The girl standing next to her, Dena promptly filled in and said, "I apologize, Mr. Lucian. Niki did not mean what she said. I hope you can forgive her."

"Girl, I know you're avoiding trouble, but Lucian wasn't scolding you. Stand aside." Courtney then turned to Niki, who had been headstrong before this, and said, "I thought you had someone to back you up. Why hasn't he come yet?" She continued, "Has your boyfriend grown tired of having to meddle with your problems and refused to come?"

"I... My boyfriend didn't come to stand up for me, so I'm just going to leave the flowers. Let's go..." Niki was clearly frightened and shaking with fear. She was already on her way out before she was

nued to play with Mark.

"Mr. Lucian, dinner is almost ready!" Lily shouted as she ran out from the living room.

"I've already had dinner outside," Lucian answered with a calm, empty voice without turning around.

A sense of torment came over Amelia when she heard what Lucian had said.

'What's wrong with him? Did I really do something so bad to make him so upset?' Amelia thought to herself. On a typical day, Lucian was always happy to spend time and play with Mark in the living room after dinner. Tonight, he didn't even bother to take a look.

Amelia carefully prepared some fruit for Lucian, considering the fact that he skipped dinner at home. She held the plate of fruit as she walked toward his study.

Amelia came in and found Lucian busy with his study. She swiftly walked over and handed him a delicate plate of fruit and timidly said, "Eat some fruit before you get caught up with work."

Amelia was very mindful about intervening, so she turned her back before saying anything more.

Lucian paused for a second and watched Amelia as she walked away. With an ice-cold voice, he asked, "Why would Jonny give you that flower?"

Amelia's breath let out a short gasp when he finally said something, while her body trembled with fear. Her face was stuck in a dazed expression before she was able to turn around and respond to Lucian, "He gave me flowers to congratulate me on the opening of my shop."

But when she thought of the meaning of the flower, Amelia couldn't help but frown.

"Never mind." Lucian scoffed as he heard this and looked back down to continue writing on his documents.

"Lucian?" Amelia called for him with a delicate voice.

Lucian looked up at her and gave a rigorous look.

"I know that it has nothing to do with you. I've had an ill temper all day, don't trouble yourself about it. It's nothing to take at heart," he said apologetically.