Chapter 87 Juliana's First Meeting with Lucia
She was not surprised that Arthur would put a family photo and a photo of him on the table. What surprised her was a photo of a child and a photo of Arthur with a woman.
In the room last night, although Poppy showed her the scandalous photos of Lucia, the lights were dim at the time, and it was taken secretly, so naturally she couldn't see the facial features and had no impression of Lucia's face. Even so, she could guess the woman in the photo was Lucia.
She didn't know Lucia was so important to Arthur. Judging from having the photo on his desk with his closest family and friends, Juliana was worried about Lucia's place in Arthur's heart.
However, most of her attention was still on the photo of the little boy. For some reason, she always felt that the little boy looked familiar, and it was not her fault that she couldn't recognize it. Theodore in the photo was very similar to Arthur when he was a child. After all, he looked like four years old, and Juliana only went to stay with the Davies family when she was about ten years old, so she was still a little uncertain.
"Is this your photo?" Juliana guessed and asked, "You are so narcissistic, and you put out pictures of yourself as a child."
"It's not my photo," Arthur said with a happy smile on his face, thinking that since Juliana was going to surprise him, he would give her one too. So he smiled and announced the answer for her, "This is my son Theodore."
Juliana was stunned for a moment.
What did she just hear?
Arthur said...this was his son?!
Arthur was very pleased with Juliana's stunned expression, and he said again triumphantly, "It's my son."
"You have a son?!" Juliana's voice rose by at least eight hundred pitches.
"Well, it's me and Lucia's child," Arthur introduced proudly, then picked up a photo of him and Lucia and handed it to Juliana, "This is the woman I love the most, Lucia."
Juliana took the photo in a daze, the speed of her brain can no longer keep up with the rhythm...!
Arthur said he had a son, and it was with Lucia?! So what was the point of what Poppy told her last night?
Juliana's mood was overwhelmed. Arthur thought she was overly surprised, so he pulled his friend back to the sofa and sat down, smiling and explaining to her the relationship between him and Lucia. But he was interrupted by Juliana as soon as he talked about Theodore's life experience.
"You mean, you and Lucia accidentally had a baby five years ago because of a one-night stand?" Juliana was shocked. Arthur's description matched Poppy's description, but it wasn't her lover who was dating Lucia at the time?
How could it have become Arthur by accident? She was afraid even Poppy didn't know about this.
But now, Juliana can at least be sure that Lucia was indeed in the hotel at the time, and she had a relationship with him in a daze. It was not that Juliana speculated too much. Lucia was a married woman at the time. And such a behavior seemed very casual indeed.
"Well, I was also surprised at the time, so I did a paternity test with Theodore. He is indeed my son." Although Arthur thought Juliana's tone was a bit strange, he thought she was just too surprised, so he affirmed.
"And then you met again after five years and fell in love?" Juliana thought this fact was odd, and from Juliana's point of view, she thought Lucia came back to meet Arthur on purpose.
Seeing the happiness overflowing from the corners of Arthur's eyes, Juliana's heart sank again.
"So it's because of Lucia that you're feeling weird at Christmas?" Juliana didn't feel happy for Arthur, but worried and asked him about what happened in Christmas. There were some details that Juliana needed to confirm slowly.
"Well, I was going to bring her and Theodore home to introduce them to you at Christmas, but something happened in the middle, so... don't blame me for hiding it. I really don't want to affect your holiday mood because of my stuff." Arthur said apologetically.Text © by N0ve/lDrama.Org.
"Well, I understand." Juliana replied simply, but she slandered about Lucia's reputation. As Arthur's friend, she felt sorry for his decadence and silence during that time. Lucia clearly promised to Arthur, why did she let him be sad in the end?!
From Arthur's point of view, Juliana didn't like Lucia anymore.
"By the way, it's almost noon now. Let's go meet Lucia together." Arthur suggested and was a little excited. Juliana was straightforward and Lucia was strong. He believed that the two would become good friends soon.
Was that so? Juliana raised her eyebrows, and was suspicious. In order to consider Arthur's mood, she nodded quickly, pretended not to know anything, and went with him to meet Lucia at Jibillion Inc. Arthur brought Juliana into Jibillion Inc to meet Lucia. The relationship between Arthur and Lucia was already well known, and they entered without calling the front desk. The two quickly took the elevator to the floor where Lucia's office was located.
As soon as they got out of the elevator, Arthur and Juliana heard an angry screeching noise from anyone they saw.
"You still dare to quibble! I tell you! Your behavior has brought an extremely bad influence to the company, and there is no sympathy for you!"
Arthur and Juliana turned their heads together, and saw that Lucia was standing in front of her office, blazing at a middle-aged employee. And every word was ruthless.
"Manager, please give me another chance. I have parents and children to raise..." The employee begged Lucia with a bitter face.
"Now who doesn't have the responsibility?! Do you think this reason will allow you to stay? If you do something wrong, you must have the consciousness to bear the consequences. If it wasn't for the sake of you being an old employee of the company, it's impossible for you to leave so easily. Pack up for me now and get out!"
Lucia was rarely angry to this level, but today she was really angry.
Seeing that there was no more to talk about, the employee could only wince and back away. The whole person looked depressed. When passing by Arthur and Juliana, he looked wronged. Arthur was expressionless, while Juliana felt bad for this employee.
Lucia watched the staff leave, naturally saw Arthur and Juliana, and recognized who was standing next to him.
"Arthur, why did you come up?" Although she encountered difficulties at work, Lucia's anger quickly subsided when she saw the man she loved. And she had a sweet smile when she saw Arthur.