Chapter 44 Casual Talk

"Lucien?" she whispers after she recognized him.

Slowly she walks closer to him.

"What are you doing here? Why didn't you get inside the room? What time did you get home?" she asks what has been bothering her mind. But she got no reply even after she had taken a seat beside him. 

"Lucien..." she was suddenly bothered by how he looked. 

Heaving a sigh, she placed her hand on his knee, giving it a gentle squeeze. She stares at his loosened tie and disheveled hair. He looks dejected almost defeated, which is troubling her.

"I've been waiting for you since afternoon. I got out of work earlier. I played with Lucy around the pool, I bathe him and we ate dinner together. I put him to sleep and read him his favorite story" she recounted what she did earlier. She waited for his reply but after a while of silence, she got none. 

"I also tried to call. Lucy wanted to say goodnight to you...but your phone was quite busy" she added and waited again. W