Chapter 3 Love At First Sight
The next morning, the room was washed by the bright sunlight. The beautiful morning in the luxurious
vi was awakened by a rush of footsteps.
"Mr. Lucian, Mr. Lucian, wake up!" The butler tried to wake up Lucian who was still in a deep slumber.
After staying uptest night, Lucian struggled to open his eyes in the morning. Yet, eyes half-open,
he could spot the middle-aged man sitting in the wheelchair with a solemn face.
"Lucian, what are you doing?" A sharp female voice broke the silence of this morning and woke up
Amelia who was still suffering from hangover.
"Oh my God! My head hurts." Amelia touched her head and sat upon the bed. Slowly she opened her
eyes and was dumbfounded. Amelia looked around to explore the unfamiliar setting. She felt rather
intimidated to be surrounded by a middle-aged man and woman. With much difficulties Amelia found
her voice back and said, "Where am I? Why am I here?"
Her words made all the heads in the room turn towards her. They looked more surprised than she was.
"Lucian, who the hell is this woman here with you?" The middle-aged woman moved a little closer to
the bed and pointed at Amelia with her finger adorned with green jewels. She continued angrily, "I
warned you that you couldn''t marry any woman other than Shelly!"
Amelia shuddered to see the woman enraged. She remembered that she had drunk too muchst
night, but she did not remember what happenedter. When she looked up at the man next to her, she
was caught off guard. Amelia could not take her eyes off Lucian. She was deeply attracted by his
handsome face. His impably chiseled face needed no embellishment. The man was so cold and
stone-faced that Amelia held her breath. Amelia marveled at how handsome he was!
"Mom, please don''t make a mountain out of a molehill. I just..."
"Then why didn''t you go homest night?" Just as Lucian started to exin the situation, he was
interrupted by the middle-aged man in a wheelchair.
Lucian frowned as he felt ufortable, but could not find a way out of the situation. He pulled the
already surprised Amelia into his arms and said righteously, "My girlfriend got drunkst night. She
would be panicked if I leave her alone."
Amelia got pulled into a forceful embrace which left her mouth agape. Not knowing what to do next, she
frowned unconsciously and fluttered her long eyshes, wondering why this strange man called her
girlfriend? Or she had drunk so muchst night that she had lost her memory? So much so that after
waking up, she had be some other man''s girlfriend!
"No, I am not! HMM..." Amelia cleared her throat and was about to deny when her lips were blocked by
something ice cold.
For a moment, like lightning shed and thunder rumbled, Amelia''s head went nk. The terror in her
heart rose like a wave and then, formed a thousand waves.
What the hell was going on? People always said that things would be messed up after drinking. Amelia
had never anticipated the kind of mess she hadnded in. Amelia bit his tongue, trying to escape his
kiss.
"Ah..." A painful voice came from Lucian’s mouth. Anger filled his eyes.
Amelia pushed Lucian away and roared angrily, "Bastard!" when she saw the pain on Lucian''s face.
Then, Amelia wiped her lips disgustedly and cursed in her mind, ''What a shame! He''s so decadent!''
"Honey, stop it. I have taken care of you for the whole night. I am so tired!" Regardless of the pain of
his tongue, Lucian put his arm around Amelia''s shoulders. Then he said in a low voice, "I took a picture
of you taking off clothesst night. If you dare to move, I''ll make you repent for it!"
"You!" Amelia suddenly widened her eyes, grabbed Lucian''s arm and asked, "What on earth did I do
last night? Tell me."
As much as Amelia could remember, she was at the bar counter drinking her heart out. But what
happened after that? She had no memory at all. Although she didn''t believe what the man said, she
was still puzzled and panic-stricken for being in a strange man’s bed.
"What! This is outrageous!" The glowing woman trembled with fury. She turned to the man in the
wheelchair and said, "Nichs, you see? If it goes on like this, our family will be over!"
"Lucian, I can let it go. But as you are aware that the Zhan family and the An family have made a deal
that when you turn thirty, you must marry Shelly. Now that you''re back, we have to keep our promise!"
The middle-aged man in the wheelchair put his hands on his knees and reminded Lucian seriously.
After he finished his words, he cast a nce at Amelia.
Amelia, who was still at a loss till now as she was not yet able to understand the situation, had an
innocent look on her face. From the eyes of the middle-aged man, she could sense a warning.
"I will decide about my marriage!" Lucian replied determinedly. He held the shoulders of Amelia tighter
as if he had made up his mind.
Amelia seemed to understand the situation now. Acent smile appeared on her face. She
whispered, "Will you delete those photos if I agree to help you?"
With his eyebrows frowned, Lucian suddenly grasped the clue and nodded.
Amelia felt that the only option left for her was to cooperate with Lucian. All because she had no idea
about what happened the night before. She seldom got drunk likest night. She had to agree with
Lucian''s request.
"Sir, ma’am, we love each other. Please don’t force Lucian..." Amelia suddenly stepped forward,
pleading with tearful eyes.
Lucian nced at Amelia in surprise. Then he looked at Nichs and Fannie. A smile appeared on his
face.
"What! Why are you after my son?" The middle-aged woman was shaking with anger. She grabbed the
hand of Nichs who was in the wheelchair and said, "Tell you son I only want Shelly to be my
daughter-inw."
"Mom, I''m afraid I''ll let you down." With his arm around Amelia''s shoulders, Lucian said in a calm and
serious tone, "I have decided to marry her. Hence, it would be better if you stop making every possible
effort to force me to marry the daughter of the An family!"
Amelia nced at Lucian’s slender fingers on her shoulders and smiled awkwardly. Then she looked at
the middle-aged man and woman in front of her, feeling guilty.
She seldom lied. Although the woman standing in front of Amelia was mean to her, Amelia could
understand her love for her son.
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"Lucian, how long have you known this woman? Do you really know her? Moreover, you have just
come back. Shelly has grown up to be so beautiful now. You might fall in love with her at first sight."
The middle-aged woman began to convince her son gently. Her angry eyes had mellowed down as she
pleaded to Lucian. However, when she nced at Amelia, her eyes were full of disgust.
"You said ''maybe I will fall in love'' with Shelly at first sight, didn''t you?" Lucian said unhurriedly, with a
slight smile shining in his deep eyes. "But Mom, I already fell in love with Amelia at first sight!"
''Oh my God, what kind of trouble is this?'' Amelia looked at Lucian''s face as he proimed his love and
noticed that he sounded rather serious. Was he actually acting? Well, if he could act so genuinely, she
believed that he could be the best actor.
"Fannie, Lucian has grown up. He has all the right to make his own decision. We should not interfere
too much in his choice. Let''s go back." The middle-aged man took a deep sigh. Then he turned to the
man standing beside him in the formal suit and said in a rejected voice, "Take me back to the Zhan
mansion."
"Nichs, you''d better not be so liberal with your son. Don''t let him do whatever he wants now.
Otherwise, you''ll regret itter!" After finishing her words, the middle-aged woman followed him out of
the room angrily.