Chapter 188: Uncle's family
The lunch break ended, and the bell sounded loud and clear; all the students began to rush back toward their classes.
While some of them returned to the club rooms, the members of the drama club also hastily moved to their club room, hoping to at least catch a glimpse of Lucian and Ava still practicing.
They would have tried peeking but were too afraid of her, so they decided to make it all seem normal.
The director was at the forefront of the group; soon, they arrived in front of the room, and without wasting a heartbeat, he pushed open the door.
All the members almost ran into the room, but much to their disappointment, they didn't find the two main leads practicing.
Lucian was simply standing and looking at something on his mobile.
While Ava sat on a chair, her face buried in the papers containing the dialogues, everything here seemed normal, and they didn't see anything that could fire up their imaginations.
Just a couple of minutes ago, Ava and Lucian were busy practicing their kissing scene as passionately as they could.
She had forgotten about all the other things and had melted into the sweetness of the kiss, but Lucian finally ended the practice.
Only then did Ava come back to her senses. Hearing the noises from outside, she knew that the lunch break was over and the members would be back very soon.
She hastily wiped her lips; she had left lipstick on her lips before, which had almost disappeared. Her face looked really red, and her breathing was so fast as if she had run a marathon.
She walked over to the chair and sat down on it, then picked up the dialogue paper and just buried her face in it to hide her state from all the others.
But she was shocked that she had actually kissed him back that passionately, as if she was possessed, and even now, her body was already missing his touch and taste.
'What is wrong with me? Is it the feeling of guilt that made it more exciting, or is it just because of him? Sigh, I can't cheat on him; if he were to find out, who knows what he might do,' Ava thought.
She did love the godfather, but she knew he would definitely punish her if she betrayed him.
"I think we are done here for today. I have somewhere to go, so I'll be leaving first," Lucian said. He had just messaged his uncle to meet a little earlier, and they agreed on a place.
"O- Okay, you can leave if you want," the director spoke. He was very strict with all the others, but in front of Lucian, he was like a meek cat.
They all stared at the guy who had probably just made out with the girlfriend of the most dangerous guy in their school, but they also felt envious of him.
Lucian glanced toward Ava and found that she was peeking at him from the top of the paper she was holding.
As their gazes met, she hastily ducked her head, her heart starting to beat wildly from just their gaze meeting.
'Something is definitely wrong with me; I guess I am already far too gone,' Ava sighed again, not knowing what was going on with her mind and body.
Lucian walked out of the club room under the jealous gaze of all the members, and soon after him, Ava planned to leave the place too. She decided to learn the dialogues somewhere private, and she also needed some time to calm herself.
The classes had already started again. Without going back to class, Lucian walked out of the school.
The guard had tried to stop him, but after knowing he was Lucian, the guard became silent and no longer stopped him.
This was the principal's doing; after losing his main backer, he wasn't as arrogant as before. He didn't even have the guts to come out of his room.
First, Lucian decided to go back home and change into different clothes, then he would use his car to go to meet his uncle's family.
After a short walk, he was already in front of his house.
When the door opened, Tess was pleasantly surprised to see him there, but Lucian didn't stay at the house for long, so her mood went back to normal pretty fast.
After around a dozen minutes, Lucian had changed his clothes and was already heading toward a private room in a restaurant in his car, which also belonged to Karen's husband.
After a ride of around forty minutes, Lucian arrived near the restaurant.
This was not a top-class restaurant but was still quite popular and high-class. His uncle wanted to show his love and generosity toward Lucian, so he was the one paying for all this.
Lucian parked his car and walked into the hotel.
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"Is there a room booked under the name Robert?" Lucian asked at the reception, since the arrangements were made at the last minute, so Robert didn't get the time to tell him the room number.
"Yes, you can head to the third floor, and room 302 is the one you are looking for," a male employee spoke with a smile.
Lucian nodded and went up to the third floor. He didn't have to look around, as his familiar and loving uncle was already waiting for him just outside the elevator.
"Lucian!!!" Before he could even step out of the elevator, Robert jumped forward and hugged him as if he had found his lost son after so many years.
Lucian didn't speak anything as if he was frozen too; he was going to put his acting skills to full use here.
"Sob… I have missed you so much. Where did you disappear off to? D-Don't you know how worried your uncle was? Never disappear like that, okay? Promise me,"
Robert spoke as he finally stepped back and looked at Lucian with tear-filled eyes.
He had probably used some medicine to make the tears come out of his eyes. Lucian could still smell a faint scent of the medicine, which was quite distinct.
"I-I am sorry, uncle. I thought both of my uncles had abandoned me. I felt I no longer had any family. I promise to never leave you again. I didn't know you were looking for me and that you loved me so much,"
Lucian spoke. He could have made tears come out of his own eyes too, but he didn't want to waste that much effort on his uncle.
'So he hadn't matured yet? I thought living such a tough life would have changed him. Is he really the son of my brother? My brother was very smart; maybe he got his mother's brain… hmmm, but even she was pretty smart. I wonder who this stupid boy takes after,'
Robert thought as he gazed at his nephew.
Lucian could almost hear his thoughts, but he acted as if he was extremely sad and happy to finally be reunited with him.
"Let's not talk about the useless things now that we are finally back together.
You know, your aunt was so busy looking for you that she barely stayed at home, and your cousin… we received complaints from his school and college daily since he rarely attended them and gave his time to search for you,"
Robert spoke, massaging his temple as if he was very tired after the long search.
'Even if I am acting stupid, isn't that too much? If someone really looks that hard, it would be impossible for them not to find someone who lives in such a close perimeter. Maybe he is testing my intelligence,' Lucian pondered.
"Y- You looked that hard for me?" Lucian asked with wide eyes, and Robert nodded with a smile, but then Lucian asked:
"But I live pretty close to this place, so wouldn't you have been able to find me? And there are only a few schools around here with low fees, so wouldn't you have been—" but he was instantly interrupted by Robert, who pulled Lucian toward the room, saying:
"Let's talk about all this later. For now, you should meet your aunt and brother. They are waiting for you in the room.
You have no idea how worried they were; they almost look like skeletons since they barely ate," Robert said, while in his mind, he had several thoughts running at the same time.
'Sigh… so he is not very naive. Well, that also proves that he is not acting or anything. If he really didn't understand even that, then either he is just retarded or trying to act, but now at least it feels he is genuinely happy.
Maybe it is because we are the last of his family remaining. In any case, there is our chance to rise again… hahaha, I can't wait to get everything from him.'
While he was thinking about all the things he was going to do after getting all of Lucian's money, they arrived in front of their room.
Robert pushed the door and gestured for Lucian to enter.
The room had a classic setting to it, and even though it wasn't very large, it was enough to accommodate over ten to fifteen people.
Just after taking a step inside the room, Lucian saw his gorgeous aunt and his cousin seated inside.
Before they entered the room, Lucian was able to hear the things his aunt was telling her son, making sure that he acted and behaved properly.
After all, this was all very important to them.
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