Chapter 515 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

He met Celsie and Aaron seated in the living room, watching a show on television, and immediately he sent Celsie a discreet but questioning look. When she also gave him a discreet nod, he turned to Aaron.

“How are you doing, old man?” Benne asked in an easy tone,

Aaron smiled at him, “Thanks to our Jewel, I’m feeling much better,” Aaron said as he patted Celsie’s hand fondly.

“Our Jewel? Nah. I’m not sharing her with you,” Benne said as he took Celsie’s hand and pulled her away from Aaron making both Celsie and Aaron laugh.

Harry joined them at that moment, and he looked at all three of them before focusing on his father, “How are you, dad? How was your day?” He asked, hoping that Aaron would mention that he had left the house.

Aaron shrugged, “I’m fine. Celsie made sure I ate, took my medication, and had enough rest as you wanted me to,” Aaron said, and Harry glanced at Celsie.

“I hope you didn’t let him go out of the house. He can barely stay indoors all day,” Harry said, and Celsie smiled without directly meeting his gaze.

“Don’t worry. We were indoor,” she assured him, and Harry gave her a nod and flashed her a smile of gratitude.

Although Harry had said he was going to give his father time to tell him about what he was hiding, he wasn’t so sure anymore. If Benne and Celsie already knew about it, and they were willing to lie to him just so they wouldn’t be the ones to tell him what his father was hiding, then he was sure it was something very important, and it was time for him to look into it and find out what was going on.

Lucas had a lot on his mind as he sat in the restaurant, waiting for Miley to arrive. He didn’t know what to expect from her, especially as she had said she was coming with Amy.

He was yet to make up his mind concerning his discussion with Celsie earlier. Even though he understood everything Celsie had said, and as much as she was right, he also wanted to look out for himself.

It was wrong timing. He had met Miley at the wrong time. If he hadn’t just experienced this crazy relationship with Rachel, maybe he would have been open to getting to know Miley and being friends with her, but he was yet to heal emotionally, and the worse thing he could do to himself was to get involved with someone who would leave him devastated soon.

As much as he liked her and enjoyed her company, and how she seemed to make him forget his problems, he knew that it was all temporary. She might make him forget all about Rachel and her problems right now, but in the next couple of months, Rachel won’t be his problem. Losing her would be.

He would rather go through the regret of not getting involved with her, than going ahead to set himself up for such heartbreak.

Lucas stood from his seat when he saw Miley and Amy approaching the table. He had to admit to himself that both ladies were dazzlingly beautiful in their individual ways.

While Miley was dressed in a revealing skimpy red dress that showed off her feminine curves and cleavage, Amy was dressed in a partially decent white dress, which gave off some sort of shy feminity vibe.

Upon closer appraisal, he noticed that something seemed different about Amy. Although he could not entirely understand why he thought so, but Amy looked sort of more beautiful and feminine.

What changed? He wondered as he continued to look at her for a moment before he realized it, and then his gaze shifted to Miley for confirmation.

It wasn’t just Amy. It was the both of them. Looking at them, he could bet that they had a makeover. He had noticed the change in Amy because unlike her, Miley had looked strikingly beautiful and sexy to him from the first time he opened his eyes in her apartment, so seeing her this way wasn’t surprising.

But seeing Amy that way was surprising. He couldn’t exactly remember her face the first time he met her at Celsie’s, but he could remember thinking that she was smart, and something else he remembered clearly was wondering why she was visiting dressed in tennis outfits.

He couldn’t help but wonder if they had gone for the makeover just for this meeting. He hoped not.

“Hello, handsome!” Miley greeted with a cheerful smile that lit up her beautiful blue eyes as they got to where he stood.

Before Lucas could respond to her greeting, she embraced him, “You smell so nice,” she said with a wide smile as she pulled away from him.

“You smell nice, and look nice too,” Lucas said in return, and she raised a brow.

“Look nice?” Miley asked with displeasure, while Amy tried not to giggle since she knew ‘nice’ wasn’t the word Miley had been aiming for when she dolled up.

“Yeah. You look nice. Why? You don’t like looking nice?” Lucas asked innocently as he pulled out a chair for her.

“Really, Lucas? Nice?” She asked again without taking her seat, while Amy pulled out a seat for herself and sat down to enjoy the show.

This time Lucas looked at Miley in confusion, wondering what was wrong, before glancing at Amy who was obviously struggling not to laugh when she met his gaze.

“Say stunning,” Amy mouthed to him, and Lucas frowned as he tried to make out what she was saying.

“STUNNING!” Amy mouthed again, and Lucas sighed inwardly when Miley turned to know why he was staring at Amy while she was talking to him.

Stunning? That was what she wanted him to say? Lucas thought with a scoff. Too bad for her that he was only going to say what he wanted to say, and not what she wanted to ear.

“Yes. You look very nice. And cute too. Now sit down. We are the only people standing in here,” Lucas instructed as he returned to his seat.

Amy’s lips twitched in amusement at Lucas’ attitude. Too bad Miley was ill. They would have made quite a fine pair, Amy thought sadly.

Miley’s lips pouted sulkily as she lowered herself on the seat he had pulled out. Nice and cute? She had never been complimented that way before. How could he say she was cute? Cute was meant for describing babies and guys not a gorgeous lady like herself.

“Hello, Amy! I can call you that, right? I don’t know your last name else I would have used that instead,” Lucas greeted, and Amy smiled at him.

“Amy is fine,” she assured him.

There was no reason to address her so formally since she was certain this was not going to be the last she would be seeing or hearing of him even if things didn’t go well between him and Miley. He was Celsie’s twin brother after all, and she was going to continue working for Celsie.

“He should also know your last name. Her last name is Grant. Amy Grant,” Miley supplied just as a waiter approached their table to take their orders.

After the waiter left, Lucas looked at both ladies without saying a word, and Miley flashed him a cute smile which made him smile since it seemed like she had gotten over her annoyance at being referred to as nice and cute.

“It’s good to see you again. How have you been?” She asked, and Lucas shrugged.

“As you can see, I’m fine. What about you? How are you feeling? And why are you in Serenopolis?” Lucas asked, and she shrugged.

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