Chapter 163: Smash It
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lucas was perturbed. There was, of course, nothing between him and Grace. But if he were to explain, it would definitely lead to the revelation that Amelia had been abducted, which would definitely frighten Cheyenne.
After pondering about it, Lucas was at a loss for words. When he saw that Cheyenne was lying on the bed and refusing to talk to him, he could only smile helplessly and then go to the bathroom to wash up before lying down on the ground on the other side of the room.
He had to think of a solution so that Cheyenne wouldn’t continue misunderstanding.
Their relationship had finally progressed a little, and she had also allowed him to stay in her room every day, though she didn’t explicitly state so. If she really misunderstood and thought that he was having an affair, she would definitely push him away resentfully.
But he still had no clue as to how he should broach the subject to her.
While thinking about it, Lucas fell asleep without realizing it.
In the dark room, Cheyenne, who was quietly lying on the bed and pretending to be asleep, immediately opened her eyes when she heard the faint sounds of Lucas snoring. Staring at him, she felt aggrieved and somehow furious.
She had been waiting for him to explain to her about Grace. But to her astonishment, he didn’t say anything and dozed off so quickly!
This is too much!
The next morning, Lucas saw Cheyenne sitting not far away from him as soon as he opened his eyes. She was staring at him expressionlessly, and he had no idea how long she had been staring at him for.
“Ahem, Cheyenne, you’re up early.” He sat up and smiled at her.
“Don’t you think you’ve forgotten something?” she asked expressionlessly.
“What?” asked the stunned Lucas.
“An explanation for what happened yesterday,” Cheyenne said through gritted teeth.
Lucas suddenly felt troubled. He fell asleep before he could come up with a solution. And now that he had just woken up, he had to face her questioning again.
He smiled bitterly. “Cheyenne, there’s really nothing between that woman and me. I just put Amelia in her care for a short period of time. I swear that I only met her yesterday. Charlotte can vouch for me.”
Cheyenne looked at him before saying sourly, “Charlotte has always been biased toward you, so she’ll naturally speak up for you. Even I am secondary to you.”
Charlotte had obviously treated Lucas differently on several occasions. When he took Amelia to a stranger’s home last night and returned home so late, Charlotte was the first one to insist on believing him.
Cheyenne was not suspecting her sister. But she just noticed that there seemed to be something going on between Charlotte and Lucas, and they were hiding it from her, making her feel rather uncomfortable.
Lucas was a bit surprised. Since when has Charlotte been biased toward me? Why don’t I know about it?
Besides, Cheyenne asked me for an explanation first thing in the morning. Does that mean…
“Cheyenne, are you… jealous?” Lucas asked cautiously.
Cheyenne immediately blushed and stood up. She chided angrily, “Who’s jealous? Don’t spout nonsense! After all, you are still my lawful husband, so you can’t be involved in an illicit relationship with another woman out there. Isn’t that so?”
After saying this, she felt that there seemed to be something wrong with what she said, so her face got warmer and warmer. She simply said, “Forget it. I can’t be bothered to talk to you! I’m going to go wash up!” She then hurried into the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and splashed her red and warm face with cold water.
Standing outside the room, Lucas froze for a while before suddenly bursting into laughter. She was obviously angry out of humiliation because he had exposed her thoughts. But the words ‘lawful husband’ made him feel a sense of sweetness.
She obviously truly considered him as her husband. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so concerned about whether or not he was intimate with another woman.
Lucas was in a good mood for the rest of the day. And even until breakfast time, he was still smiling.
On the other hand, Cheyenne was the opposite of him. She wouldn’t stop frowning or blushing and would glare at Lucas from time to time.
Seated across the table, Charlotte noticed their expressions and thought to herself that something must have happened between them.
Halfway through the rare breakfast, the loud sound of an explosion suddenly came from outside, followed by the sound of something collapsing and the ground quaking.
They were startled, and Cheyenne immediately pulled Amelia into her arms as Lucas stood in front of both of them and hugged them protectively. After recovering from the shock, Karen dropped her bowl and dashed out of the door.
“What’s wrong… Ah! What are you people doing?!” After dashing out and seeing what was going on outside, Karen raised her pitch and shrieked in horror.
There was a large, bright yellow excavator that had a large hydraulic crushing hammer in front a short distance in front of the courtyard door. The hammer immediately crushed the wall of the Carter residence into smithereens.
Upon seeing Karen come out to question them, a man who looked like an engineer and was standing in front of the excavator said to the operator of the excavator, “Continue smashing!”
The hydraulic crushing hammer moved upward and smashed onto the two-story building in front of it!
Bang!
The entire house quaked, and a small storage room on the second floor was crushed by the hammer, causing large bricks and debris to roll down.
“Watch out!” Lucas exclaimed. He held Cheyenne’s waist with one hand and picked her up into his arms together with Amelia while pulling Charlotte, who was beside him. He then dashed out of the shaking building.
Behind them, large cracks formed in the ceiling above their heads, and countless amounts of lime powder dropped.
Dumbfounded, Karen looked at the collapsed wall of the house. It took her a long time to realize what happened. She suddenly shrieked before dashing toward the engineer. “You bastard! Who said you could smash my house? Are you blind? Can’t you see that there are people inside? You scoundrels! Will you still abide by the law?!”