Chapter 21 Got Slapped (2/2)

Shelly frowned and said, ”Lucian, just let me stay! I can be your personal assistant. I promise I won't make any trouble.”

”I don't like it when people are unreasonable,” Lucian said coldly. He wasn't going to let her in no matter what.

Shelly pouted. Although she wanted to stay in the meeting room, she knew that Lucian wouldn't change his mind so she had no choice but to agree, ”Okay, fine. I'm going out.”

In the bathroom.

Amelia stared at herself in the mirror for a long time, covering her face with one hand. She didn't move until she heard a sarcastic voice from behind. She didn't look bothered though. Instead, she looked calm.

”Boo-hoo! How sad!”

Shelly sneered. She crossed her arms over her chest and smiled triumphantly.

She was still mad from how Lucian had treated her so she was taking her anger out on Amelia.

Amelia turned the faucet on to drown out Shelly's voice.

”Don't act like you're some pure and innocent girl, Amelia. I know exactly what you're capable of and I'm perfectly capable of doing the same. Don't underestimate me,” Shelly said as she reached over to turn off the faucet. She was wearing sky-high heels and a tight dress that showed off her sexy figure. Her eyes were full of contempt as she glared at Amelia.

However, dressing as such in the winter wasn't exactly logical which was why she looked more like a prostitute than someone who came from a rich family.

”Go ahead. Give it your best show.” With that, Amelia turned to leave.

She and Lucian were just acting. She didn't care about Shelly and she really didn't want to waste any more time talking to her.

However, Shelly didn't seem to want to let her go. She didn't really want to believe that Amelia was just going to leave her like that so she blocked Amelia's path and said, ”You know, if you're worried about money, I can pay you double as long as you leave Lucian.” Her tone was spiteful as she spoke.

Amelia extremely despised people like Shelly—they think that just because they were rich and powerful, they could do whatever they wanted. So she said, ”It's not like I'm running after Lucian, you know. He's the one who won't let me go.”

She was only saying the truth but Shelly seemed to be provoked.

”Wow. Are you telling me that Lucian's just that crazy over you?” Shelly said maliciously, her eyes filled with envy.

”Miss Shelly, I suggest you talk to Lucian about this, not me. You're just wasting your time arguing with me.” Amelia had seen her nonsense before. It would only get more and more chaotic if she continued the talk. In addition to that, her face was already swollen so she really wasn't in the mood to talk.

”What do you mean?” Shelly thought that Amelia was bragging about her relationship with Lucian to her. She said, her tone sharp as knives, ”Amelia, I don't think you can stand being Lucian's wife for so long. It's going to get harder and harder, you know.”

Amelia smiled. ”I hope so.”

Amelia wanted to get out of her deal with Lucian as soon as possible so Shelly's words didn't really bother her or hurt her at all.

Seeing Amelia remained unfazed no matter what she said, Shelly groaned and turned to leave.

Amelia stood there in a daze for a long time. She didn't come to her senses until she heard a cold voice from behind.

”What are you thinking about?” After lingering for a while, Lucian concluded that Amelia was in a trance since she wasn't moving. He walked toward her and saw that half of her face was swollen. He frowned and asked, ”Why didn't you go to the infirmary?”

She covered her face with her hands as if to try and stop him from looking.

The slap hurt but it was nothing compared to how harsh Fannie had spoken to her.

”Lucian, I don't know what I did in my previous life but I probably owed you big time there.” As she gazed back at Lucian who was frowning, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Her words hit Lucian like a truck.

He couldn't shake off the feeling that he'd heard this line before. It was her. She'd said the same thing to him before, crying as the words left her mouth. However, unlike her, Amelia didn't say anything else. Like she didn't blame him. Still, he felt guilty.

The sudden change in Lucian's demeanor wasn't lost on Amelia. She figured she may have gone too far so she changed the topic and asked, ”Aren't you supposed to be in the shareholder's meeting? What are you doing here?” Needless to say, they were both at the ladies' room.

'Yeah, what am I doing here? Why couldn't I focus on the meeting? Was it because I was worrying about Amelia?'

These questions filled Lucian's mind.

He thought he was going crazy because he couldn't stop thinking about Amelia during the meeting.