Aurelia stepped out of the car with Lucian holding the door open. She looked at the glorious mansion, her eyes dilating in surprise.
Yes, she was used to seeing grand and beautiful mansions but this one was way grander and more beautiful than any other mansion she had ever seen.
“You should see the look on your face, princess” Lucian snapped his fingers in front of her face, bringing Aurelia back.
“Have you gotten richer than you were back then?” She asked him and Lucian chuckled.
“Isn’t that obvious? And would it not be weird if I did not get richer? Marcus got richer too, didn’t he?” Lucian questioned as two men walked up to them.
“Welcome home, boss” they greeted and took the luggage from Lucian.
“Leave”
The two men walked away immediately after Lucian’s words.
“Let’s go in, princess”
Aurelia rolled her eyes at his consistent use of the word she did not want to hear.
Lucian walked into the house and Aurelia walked in after him.
They got to the main living room and Aurelia’s jaw dropped. The place was utterly breath taking.
“Your place is really beautiful” Aurelia said, unable to keep her fascination in check.
“A beautiful place is the only thing that fits a beautiful being like me” Lucian replied and Aurelia huffed noiselessly.
“Please show me to my room” she requested and Lucian led the way.
They climbed up the stairs and walked down the passage for about thirty seconds before they stopped in front of a grand door.
Lucian pushed it open.
“I still remember that your favourite colour is blue so I had the room fixed to your taste” he said, the both of them stepping into the room.
Aurelia was awed by the beauty of the room but she kept quiet this time around, not wanting to give Lucian another chance to boast about how beautiful and perfect he was.
“Here you are. I will be around. Call me if you need anything…. Anything at all” Lucian whispered the last three words and Aurelia felt her cheeks heat up slightly. He probably did not mean anything but she was reading more meaning into those last three words.
“I think I will be fine and won’t be needing anything… Anything at all” she replied and Lucian’s lips curled up in a smirk.
He backed away and walked out of the room. Aurelia released the breath she had not even realized that she had been holding.
She sat on the edge of the bed and did not have time to even think of anything before her phone rang.
She groaned and checked the screen to find out it was her best friend calling.
She picked the call and laid back on the bed.
“Hey Aurora”
“Hey! You haven’t called me all day” Aurora said in a loud voice over the phone.
“I have had a pretty crazy day.”
“Really? I am on my way to your home, are you in?” Aurora asked.
“No, I am not. Marcus had something to deal with and he asked me to stay with his friend”
“For how many days?” Aurora asked.
“For three months” Aurelia replied with a small grumble.
“Oh my! That’s a long period of time. Who is the friend you are staying with? A woman?”
“No, a man”
Aurora fell silent for a few seconds.
“Is he hot?” She questioned and Aurelia shook her head.
Aurora was obsessed with hot, sexy men. She could go crazy over any man who fit into her description of hot.
“I….” Aurelia pressed her lips into a thin line. It felt weird for her to admit to someone else that her annoying brother’s friend was damn hot.
“Is he ugly?” Aurora questioned.
“He is hot, very hot” Aurelia replied.
“Oh my! Do I know him?”
“I don’t know if you might know him. He is Lucian Romano”
“Lucian?!! What girl in this city doesn’t know freaking Lucian?!! Oh girl! You are staying with the dream man of thousands of girls” Aurora literally screamed into the phone.
“Hey! He is not that great”
“You know nothing, Aurelia. He is great! And you are so lucky to stay with him. Forget about your boyfriend and go for Lucian, if you can”
Aurelia sat up with a pissed off look on her face.
“You know I will never leave Charles for anyone and definitely not a f**k boy like Lucian. If you know him well, you must know that he uses women. There is no way I will leave Charles for him”
“So you do not want him at all?” Aurora asked.
“I do not want him at all” Aurelia replied.
“Are you sure that you won’t fall for him within these three months?” Aurora asked and Aurelia strangely found it difficult to answer that question.
“I…. I won’t”
“Alright then. Maybe I can come visiting you there sometime and see Lucian” Aurora giggled softly.
“Yeah, I am sure the only reason you’d be coming to visit me will be to see Lucian” Aurelia chuckled.
“You bet” Aurora giggled.
“It will be Charles birthday tomorrow. I am thinking of…” Aurelia squeezed her dress with her free hand.
“I am thinking of finally giving in to him. I want him to be my first tomorrow” Aurelia completed her words.
“Oh my! Finally. You should know what s*x feels like, already but still, are you sure that Charles is the one for you? I have never really liked him.”
Aurelia frowned.
“He is definitely the one for me. We have been dating for three years now”
“Three years but I see no chemistry between the both of you. You guys look like random friends, there is no romance between the both of you”
“There is. You just don’t like Charles for a reason I don’t know”
“Fine! Fine!” Aurora gave in.
“Do what you want with your body but think it over well enough”
“I have thought about it well enough” Aurelia insisted.
“Alright. I will call you later” Aurora said and ended the call.
Aurelia picked a pillow from the bed and cuddled it, thinking about the words of Aurora.
There was no romance between her and Charles??
Truly, a lot of times, people guessed that she and Charles were just friends but she did love Charles and Charles loved her too, right?
Maybe the attraction to each other wasn’t too strong but they loved each other and that was enough, wasn’t it?