Ethan took another sip of his tea, he was even starting to feel a little bloated in his stomach from drinking too much tea while waiting for his fiancé to return.
He had waited a long time, but she had not yet returned, much to his annoyance.
He checked his cell phone many times. There was no message from her. He tried to contact Lucia, but she didn't answer his call.
"Gosh, damn it!" he grumbled angrily.
"You'd better come back later, sir. I'll call you when Miss comes back."
"Don't be presumptuous, butler Yun! I'll take care of myself!"
She was starting to get annoyed that she had been standing with Ethan for so long, but the man was too stubborn--she thought.
"Then I'll go back to the kitchen first, sir. Your tea seems cold," She quipped.
"Yeah, whatever--ah...don't forget to bring a cake or a sweet treat."
Butler Yun was getting more and more irritated, but she was trying to keep herself from getting emotional. "Yes sir."
The woman walked away, resting her sore legs for a while. She hoped that Lucia would return soon, or else her legs would hurt all night.
Without them realizing it, to be honest, Lucia already knew that until this moment Ethan was still waiting for her. She purposely made her fiancé wait a long time.
About 1 kilometer from her residence, she waited until Maria contacted her again.
Before that, she didn't forget to send a message to Brian because she was sure that Rose would also meet her lover soon to deliver her message.
[Just act like you normally would, give it a little bit of resistance, okay?]
[Okay.]
She knew her plan this time would hurt Brian, but she wanted to open her enemy's eyes wide so he would realize who Rose really was.
Drrttt'
Her cell phone vibrated again, an incoming message notification from Maria.
[Miss, he is still waiting. Should I go out and deliver your message? Butler Yun kept urging me to contact you, he even slapped me for refusing to do that.]
Lucia sighed heavily, that woman dared to injure her personal maid and she couldn't just let it go. She immediately replied to the message.
[No need, I'll come.]
[Very well, Miss.]
She immediately drove her vehicle towards the mansion, saw Lucia's car coming in. Ethan was delighted.
"Lucy!" he greeted her as he approached Lucia. "Where have you been, huh?"
"I went to Rose's apartment. Why?"
Hearing that, Ethan nailed it. "W-what? Why?"
Lucia enjoyed every expression that Ethan and Rose gave whenever they were nervous. She was too stupid to be so naive in her previous life and couldn't see clearly that they had been cheating on her from the start.
"Why? I visited my best friend's apartment. Is something wrong?"
Ethan shook his head slowly. "N-nothing like that... it's just... not like usual."
"I came there because I wanted to invite her and Brian to the cruise party."
Ethan was even more surprised when he heard that. "Are you kidding? Why did you and Brian suddenly get along?"
Lucia chuckled, she must have expected Ethan's reaction when he heard this. "Me... Brian? What are you talking about?"
"Didn't he come here earlier? What for?" he asked suspiciously.
In the past, Lucia would have thought that Ethan was jealous of her, but now it was different. He was just afraid that they'd be on good terms and end up ruining their plan to take out both her and Brian's fortunes.
"Are you jealous?"
"O-of course!"
Lucia smiled bitterly. "You don't have to worry about that."
"So, what are you guys talking about? Did he organize this party too?"
Lucia shook her head slowly. "This is a party that I went to. He came just to return something his parents borrowed from my mother," she said.
"Ah... I see." Ethan put his arm around his girlfriend and led her to sit beside him. "Honey, how about we go for a walk today?"
"Where?"
Ethan was happy, that meant Lucia wasn't mad at him anymore. "Just follow me, Dear."
Lucia had already figured out where the man was going to take her. Thanks to the memories of her previous life, she was able to prepare herself so she wouldn't be fooled again by a jerk like Ethan.
"Okay."