Chapter 63 We Haven't Broken up
At this time, Kyle was standing in front of Arthur's desk, because Arthur was holding his phone.
Seeing Arthur frowning in annoyance, he suddenly said, "Mr. Davies, Miss Webb is not that kind of person!"
Kyle took the report to Arthur just to inform him that this had happened, and in no way did he intentionally cause Arthur to misunderstand Lucia, so he mustered up the courage to say so.
"Oh, why?" The secretary's sudden words caused Arthur to raise his eyes and ask him.
"Miss Webb is a woman with pure goodness even in her eyes. She is never like that!" Kyle, as Arthur's secretary, follow him around socializing was a daily routine. He used to see the world's insincere people so he believed Lucia.
The report was by no means true, but Lucia, why did she go to see Jacob alone last night?
Arthur came to the Jibillion Inc building again at lunch time and stopped Lucia. This time he went straight over and dragged Lucia away. Lucia did not resist because she also saw the report about herself and Jacob.
It had to say that Jacob's move was really excellent. He asked her out during this sensitive period and also hid reporters to take those photos. It was afraid that Jacob wanted to push her into the hell.
It was a pity that it was not so easy for Jacob to attack her. Five years ago, she had long experienced the sarcastic comments. Today's report was not as much as the first ten thousandth of those verbal criticism. But...Arthur...
Lucia actually expected that Arthur would find her. He must also be very suspicious of those reports. Although she had proposed a breakup, Lucia was still secretly looking forward to this man who can believe in her. So when Arthur forced her into the car, she did not make resistance.
The two got into the car. Arthur did not say a word and drove the car into the traffic. Lucia sat in the back seat and was also silent.
The black Rolls-Royce Phantom drove slowly through the shuttle-like traffic towards the suburbs, and the traffic on the road became less and less. Lucia leaned on the edge of the window, looking blandly out of the window and not asking where she was going.
Arthur took Lucia to the city's moat park, where the scenery was extremely beautiful and secluded, but very few people were there on weekdays. Arthur chose this place because he was concerned that there may be paparazzi following them. Even if there were, just driving around the city, it was expected that by now they will have been left behind.
Pulling into the park's parking lot, Arthur said his first words, "Go down for a walk."
Lucia continued to lean on the car window and answered directly, "No, it's cold outside."
In the angle where Lucia can not see, Arthur showed a light smile. He got out of the car, walked straight to the rear seat and then opened the door to sit next to Lucia. Lucia did not move but complained secretly. She would like to sit to the side but there was no room to retreat.
Arthur always had a refreshing aroma on his body. When she asked him before, he said that he did not use any perfume, but only used the same kind of shower gel for a long time. The shower gel alone can create a charming body fragrance. She was afraid that only Arthur can do this.
The familiar scent seemed to be diffusing around her. Lucia really wanted to get out of the car and ran away, but now she can only struggle to put on her fake mask and look calm, as if she didn't care anything. Arthur saw that Lucia was calm, and did not deliberately stare at her. He was just sitting beside her, looking at the front window of the car, and asking, "Why did you go to see Jacob alone last night?" Sure enough, Lucia was not surprised by this, but she also did not know how to answer, so she chose to be silent.
"Is it that you don't want to talk about it, or that you can't?" Not getting an answer, Arthur slowly turned his head and looked at Lucia and asked.
When looking at Arthur who was slightly hurt, Lucia immediately and subconsciously turned her head, pursed her lips, and whispered, "We have broken up, right? This matter has no relation with you." Who said that words cannot be like blades. Now only listening to Lucia's words, Arthur felt that her words were sharp as a blade which was cutting his heart, but he still can not put her aside, so he said, "The breakup was brought up by you unilaterally. I didn't agree to it."
Arthur's words made Lucia couldn't help but purse her lips again. She felt bitter in her mouth, dry in her lips, and hurtful in her heart, but... she was still ruthless and said, "I can't help it if you didn't agree. As far as I'm concerned, we've already broken up, so you shouldn't ask questions or interfere in my affairs."
Arthur was really feeling self-abusive at the moment. Knowing that Lucia would say this, he still denied it, not to mention that such a tit-for-tat was not the purpose of his bringing Lucia out today.
"You know very well what kind of person Jacob is. What exactly you went to the appointment for last night? You needed to be alert."
Arthur's words revealed a strong sense of concern. Because he considered it, he always felt that Jacob was taking advantage of something by being able to ask Lucia out so easily.
"No reason. He just wanted to see and then I went there." Lucia struggled to maintain her composure and answered blandly.
"Wanted to see you?" Arthur could no longer keep composed.
"Well, it was, after all, someone I loved dearly." Lucia said so, which was cruel and sharp to him.
"Lucia!" Whether it was because of being excited and provoked, Arthur could hardly believe what he was hearing as he reached out and grabbed Lucia's wrist, forcing her to face him, staring her in the eyes and asking, "Are you out of your mind? That's the man who hurt you!"
"I'm not!" Lucia felt really sad with this answer. In fact, she was not far from being crazy, but, never in front of Arthur, "I am not heartless! Jacob was the man I loved. He was compelled by Poppy to do those things to me, and he explained it all to me last night!"
"So you believe it?" If he hadn't heard it himself, Arthur would almost suspect that these words did not come from Lucia's mouth.
"What do you care if I believe it or not! It's none of your business anyway!" Lucia said fiercely, breaking away from Arthur's hand and quickly turning her face away to stop looking at him.
Lucia didn't know where the limit of the heartache was, but she felt she was getting close too.
She had already thought of using Jacob to get Arthur to give her up this morning, but she didn't expect it to be so hard to carry out. And every word she said hurt so much that she couldn't breathe.
Silence substituted arguing. The air in the car was terribly quiet. Every breath will make people feel suffocated. Arthur already did not know what he can say. He recalled the time when he was with Lucia. More and more, he felt that this woman who was once so close with him was incomparably strange.NôvelDrama.Org: text © owner.
"Didn't you believe those reports, too? Why else would you have come to ask me." Lucia's low voice swept through the air.