Chapter 27: Mr Arrogant

"What have I done? My goodness!" Lucia thought. She had been feeling restless since the hug incident that happened between her and Chris 15 minutes ago and now even though Chris was no longer around, the throbbing still hadn't gone away.

She didn't understand, why it was so difficult to make physical contact with her childhood friends? Where in the past, hugging, holding each other and sleeping together was not a big problem that made her have to pound like this.

Lucia touched the nape of her neck, she was starting to feel uncomfortable with this situation. Make love to Pierre while drunk, sleep kissing with Leo and cuddle with Chris. She really hoped that nothing like that would happen between her and Bryan. Although she was pretty sure that wouldn't happen given how much Bryan hated her.

After getting off at the bus stop, Lucia must pass through the luxurious mansion of the 'Walter Family' where the main heir to this super-rich family is her childhood friend.

Since she worked at the cafe, Lucia must have passed this house to the bus stop. If normally she didn't really care about this house, but today was different. Yes, very different and the trigger was from the night she was very drunk and had to have sex with Pierre. Since that unexpected incident, other unexpected and very shocking events began to occur and it made Lucia start to be wary of the cause of the next unexpected thing.

"That bastard is going to London tomorrow. I don't have to say goodbye or anything, do I? Tch, who cares?" Lucia muttered as she casually walked past the high fence of the house.

However, as can be guessed from this story. A luxury car passed behind her and was about to enter through the closed fence, where Lucia was right in front of the fence blocking the entrance.

Tin...tin...

"Miss maid! Why don't you go in first? There's a lot of delicious and sumptuous food that you must never taste!" Bryan is acting up. His actions really tested Lucia's patience as someone who had knocked his teeth out in the past.

"Damn Bryan! Did you do it on purpose? What an asshole!" She thought. Her hands were clenched and shaking. She didn't know why every time she saw Bryan's face the desire to hit always appeared. To Lucia, Bryan's face always looked like he wanted to be hit.

"Why? Pretending not to hear, huh? Tch, you arrogant bastard! That arrogant poor fellow is really ignorant and annoying!"

"Damn you...! Who are you calling an ignorant poor, huh...?"

Lucia ran like a tiger ready to pounce on a proud deer. With her deadly kick, Lucia hit the luxury car in one hit.

The sound of her kick sounded very strong along with a scream of pain that came out of her mouth.

"Ow... that hurts! My leg!" The back of her feet hit the surface of the car which was very hard and sturdy.

"Hahahaha...how does it feel? It hurts so bad? You idiot! How strong do you think your legs are?"

"Bryan, I said stop!" Said a woman who suddenly got out of the passenger seat and went straight to Lucia who was sitting in pain.

"Oh my God, are you okay? It hurts so bad, doesn't it?" The woman gently looked at the condition of Lucia's legs which were reddened and seemed to be swollen if not treated immediately.

"Aunt Maria, I'm fine! It's okay!" She said spontaneously as she saw the face of this blonde-haired woman who she still knew very well.

Realizing that this young woman in front of her knew her name made her immediately observe Lucia intently for 10 seconds before she finally looked confused.

"Sorry, do I know you?"

"She's Lucia, Mom!" Bryan said.

"Lucia? Which Lucia?"

"The tomboyish girl who used to beat me up when I was little!"

"Lucia? You mean Lucia Peterson? Your childhood friend?"

"She doesn't think I'm a friend at all!"

"Oh my God, are you really Lucia?" Bryan's mother looked so shocked and could hardly believe that this beautiful young woman nearby was the girl that many people used to mistake for a boy.

Lucia who was at a loss for words could only smile awkwardly. And now it seems that she has to get involved with Bryan even though she really doesn't want to.

"How are you, Auntie?" She said stuttering. Bryan chuckled at her reaction.

"Never mind the small talk! My mom doesn't need to be questioned by someone like you!"

"Oh God, Bryan! What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly talking so much like this? I've been asking you questions for a long time. You always give short answers? Come on, get Lucia in the car! I'll treat her leg!"

"N-no need, Auntie! I'm going home and-"

"What the hell, Mom? Just let her go home! She's fine! Those legs are stronger than elephants' legs. So there's nothing to worry about!"

"No! Quickly get Lucia into the car!" Bryan's mother was as scary as ever. If she said something, you can't deny it.

Lucia and Bryan looked at each other hatefully, this was not an easy situation for them to face without Pierre, Chris and Leo who would usually intervene if an argument broke out. But they had no choice but to go with the flow.

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"When are you coming back to Lancaster?" Asked Mrs Maria Walter as she wrapped Lucia's leg with a bandage that had been treated with antiseptic medicine.

"Auntie, I'll just-" Lucia who felt reluctant because her leg was being held, tried to take over the task of bandaging the leg.

"N-nothing! Let me do it! After all you got hurt because of Bryan, so I can't let my son do something so irresponsible.

"What? Why am I in the wrong? She ran like a boar and kicked my car! Where did I go wrong?" Bryan who did not accept the blame, immediately protested.

"Never mind! Shut your mouth! If you hadn't made fun of her, she wouldn't have done that!"

"What? When did I make fun of her?"

"Never mind, Auntie! Bryan was right, it was my fault. You should have asked for compensation because I kicked the car, so-"

"Well, there she is! Exactly! My car was scratched by your tornado kick! And now it has to be taken to a repair shop. You have to pay the compensation!" Bryan said enthusiastically, cornering Lucia who immediately stuttered and felt stupid for bringing up the issue of compensation for everything, even though she wasn't serious about saying it.

Lucia glanced at Bryan who was grinning widely and it seemed, his smile couldn't get any wider. Lucia froze, she felt a cold wind blow against her neck. Her eyes looked around the main living room of this house which was very spacious with dozens of paintings and luxurious displays hanging on the walls.

Lucia gulped, she used to go in and out of this house often and although she knew that this house was very big and luxurious, she didn't really know the true value of luxury. Now that she knew how hard it was to make money, she wanted to cry every time she saw the luxurious paintings and displays that seemed impossible for a cafe waiter like her to have.

"Geez, stop kidding! You two aren't kids anymore! Lucia, you didn't answer my question earlier. When did you come back to Lancaster? Didn't you and your family move to America?"

"I've only been in town for 10 days. My mom, dad and my sister are still in America!"

"Is that so? So, what's your purpose in returning to this city? Vacation? Or meeting up with your old friends?"

"Uhm... I came here to change the atmosphere and also miss my hometown!"

"Is that so? How long have you been gone? 10 years? 12 years?"

"12 years! I haven't been to this city for 12 years!"

"So you've met your other friends? Pierre, Galileo, Christopher?"

"I met them at the school reunion!"

"Thank goodness! Well Bryan, how about now? Are you glad to have met Lucia again?" Said Mrs Maria trying to tease her son with a question that made Bryan's face immediately turn red.

"What are you talking about, Mom? Why should I be happy to see her again? I really don't care whether she wants to come back to this city or not!" He said with exasperation.

Mrs Maria chuckled at her son's predictable behavior. She knew exactly how Bryan was when Lucia suddenly left without saying a word to him and his friends.

"Hahaha...is that so? So, who had a fever for a week when he found out that Lucia had moved?"

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