Chapter 58 – Politely Refuse
“A good phrase with little affection …,” Arthur said coldly while slowly standing up.
His self-proclaimed deep love turned into dominance with her, his self-perceived thoughtfulness and coddling turned into clinginess, and even her emotions, which he clearly felt in deep kisses and hugs, turned into a ridiculous ‘lack of affection’, Arthur did not expect Lucia to see the relationship between the two in this way.
Disappointed to the core, this is Arthur’s most real state of mind right now.
If he had continued to crouch, and continued to gaze at Lucia, he might have noticed the flicker of vulnerability and pain under her eyes after she nodded, but unfortunately Arthur couldn’t see it, and Lucia hid it away quickly.
“We’ve only been together for less than two months, Arthur, let’s get along.” Hearing the disappointment in Arthur’s tone, Lucia continued to burn his heart with fire.
The sooner, the sooner, the sooner, the less painful it will be.
Lucia relies on this thought to anesthetize herself.
Lucia’s last words sent Arthur straight to hell.
Arthur fished his jacket from the back of the sofa and put it on, moving quickly without a moment’s hesitation, dressed, he walked straight to the door, just as Lucia finally breathed a sigh of relief, said sideways:
“It’s okay to break up, but don’t you forget that Theodore is my son.”
Lucia’s heart tightened at the words, unable to say a word, could only watch Arthur open the door and leave, closing the door with a loud sound, like the door to Arthur’s heart, closed with a bang.
As soon as Arthur left, Lucia immediately stood up and went to the window sill, she pulled the curtain over her body, only to show a pair of eyes looking at the car downstairs, soon, she saw Arthur out of the building, got into the car, the sound of the engine roar from downstairs, and then, Rolls-Royce Phantom went away in the dust.
Finally gone.
No longer able to see the Rolls-Royce Phantom, Lucia loosened the curtain and slid slowly into a seat, now exhausted and shivering, the cold, not from the winter chill, but from the heart.
“He’s gone …,” Lucia said, burying her face in her knees and smiling to herself, her voice trembling like a falling leaf in a cold wind.
On the floor, a few drops of crystal water fell, with the grain, slowly haloed.Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org
Arthur did not know how he got back to the villa, on the way he opened the car windows, with the help of the cold wind to let himself cool, let the snow wrapped around his heart, solidified into frost, when he returned home, he had frozen his hands red.
Sophie has not slept, has been waiting for Arthur back, as soon as she heard the door open she ran to the corridor to meet him, and when she saw Arthur shivering with cold, the whole person was heartbroken and shocked.
“Arthur! What’s wrong with you!” Sophie scolded while pulling Arthur into the living room and wrapping his body with the blanket she had wrapped herself in earlier, but with immense anger.
As a mother, Sophie was angry and distressed when she saw Arthur not taking care of his health.
Actually Sophie herself
It was clear in his mind that if nothing had happened, Arthur would not have come home tonight … him and Lucia, what had happened?
The soft blanket on the body warm body, but can not melt the frost on Arthur’s heart, so sat for a long time, he suddenly a side, despite his long grown strong body leaned on Sophie’s shoulders, Sophie hurried to hug him, only to find Arthur was slightly trembling, and then heard him say:
“Break up.”
Sophie’s heart shook and she hurriedly looked down at her son and found that his eyes were surprisingly red.
Without unnecessary words, Arthur went straight back to his room.
The next morning, Sophie opened the door and saw Arthur standing in front of the room thinking, she was both heartbroken and helpless, but hopefully Lucia really has a hidden agenda, otherwise even she did not know if Arthur could pass this hurdle.
“You didn’t sleep well last night, did you?” Seeing the obvious dark circles under Arthur’s eyes, Sophie asked him.
“That’s okay, Mom, go to her house and ask if there’s something I don’t know about, and I’ll send you there now.” Arthur had even thought of the trip for Sophie.
“Wait, do you want to come along?” Sophie asked as she pulled Arthur in.
“Hmm.” Arthur replied as a matter of course.
“Do you think Lucia will reveal anything if you are there?” Sophie wanted to roll her eyes at Arthur, whose IQ was now close to negative, but she held back and continued, “You stay home and wait for mom to ask before she calls you over.”
When Lucia opens the door to meet Sophie, she doesn’t seem surprised, just hesitant when she calls ‘Auntie Sophie’.
Theodore stood next to Lucia with his little school bag on his back, because they had been back for two days, so Lucia planned to send him to school today. After seeing Sophie, Theodore immediately raised a big smile and jumped into Sophie’s arms and called her grandma without thinking, making Sophie’s heart burst with joy.
“My Teddy seems to have grown quite a bit after seeing him for so many days.” Sophie said as she hugged Theodore and gave him a serious height measurement.
“Really? Really?” Being able to grow up is the wish of countless little children, and naturally it is the most cheerful thing for Theodore, who inquired in a milky voice and padded his toes desperately.
“Really, it’s true.” Sophie stood up and stroked Theodore’s little head and looked at Lucia, who was looking down at Theodore and seemed to be consciously avoiding her sight, Sophie sighed darkly and said to her:
“Lucia, can you ask Jan to drive Theodore to school? I want to talk to you for a minute.”
Sophie naturally wants to send her grandson to school, but there is a son at home who is waiting hard for his news, and she is really afraid that he will be anxious to come on his own, so it is better to talk to Lucia as soon as possible.
Lucia hesitated and finally nodded, Sophie would come over today as she had expected, and even, what she would say afterwards was probably clear to her, but the process still had to go
He said, “Then I’ll take Theodore down, Auntie Sophie, you sit first.”
After talking Lucia let Sophie in and then sent Theodore downstairs herself, she had already met Jan so she wasn’t afraid of mistaken identity.
Sophie saw Lucia and Theodore into the elevator before she went inside. The first thing she did was go to the dining room to see what was left, and after finding out that breakfast was indeed toast, Sophie decided to roll up her sleeves and put on her apron to go into the familiar kitchen and start making breakfast.
Ten minutes later, Lucia returned home, as soon as she opened the door, she smelled the smell of food, Lucia frowned, her feelings were complicated, she came to the kitchen door and saw Sophie was seriously making breakfast, after finding herself standing at the door, she smiled tenderly and said:
“Lucia, just wait a little longer, Auntie Sophie will be done in a minute.”
“Auntie Sophie, I’ve had breakfast …,” Lucia replied reluctantly, politely indicating that she didn’t need to get any more.