Elegant dining room, romantic private room.

Lucien personally placed the cutlery in front of Ella with care and thoughtfulness.

Ella's words, however, made Lucien's entire body stiffen.

Obviously, awkward.

Ella didn't spare Lucien any face at all either, saying, "We've been together for so many years and you didn't even know I was allergic to mushrooms?"

So.

You want to show that your love for me is deep tonight, are you here to punch yourself in the face?

Lucien froze for half a second and quickly calmed himself down as he hastily said, "Look at me, I thought of sharing the delicious food with you, I forgot about your mushroom allergy. Waiter, please help me to get another black pepper sauce."

"Yes sir." The waiter hurriedly agreed respectfully.

Ella just watched Lucien's performance with indifference.

Watch Lucien's clumsy antics.

In fact, there are clearly a lot of loopholes, why didn't you see them in your last life?

It's because of too much trust, unconditional trust, that you've been lied to, so woefully and miserably!

Lucien found some topic of conversation to bring over the awkwardness of what had just happened.

He said, "Ella, why are you going to work all of a sudden? I didn't hear you were going to work before?"

"Idle is idle."

"Is it possible that Eden isn't treating you well, isn't making you feel safe?" Lucien looked worried.

"Of course not." Ella denied.

"That's good." Lucien shuddered and smiled, "I'm just afraid you'll suffer after Eden, after all, he has a really bad reputation, I'm worried ......"

"Instead of worrying about what Eden is doing to me, let's talk about what's going on between us." Ella raised her eyebrows lightly, "Didn't you say, talk about it?"

"Yes." Lucien nodded quickly.

She was just too careful with her to be offended in any way.

He said, "The burial of Hedy today has given me quite a lot of emotions."

Ella bowed her head and ate the waiter's re-delivered dinner as a free comedy session.

"I really didn't think that she would choose to kill herself because of all her ugliness, and I feel a little guilty about it, to say the least." Lucien acted a little hard at this moment, "I should have talked to her again if I knew she was so unable to withstand the shock."

Ella eats her steak very carefully and doesn't react.

Lucien some embarrassment, and self-concerned to give their own round, "in fact, also really is Hedy and your uncle pushed me too much, clearly at that time is Hedy drug seduced me, but finally let me marry her, I love you from the beginning to the end, how can I marry her! I didn't expect my refusal to be met with such retaliation from her, and to have her revile me in public! I also had no choice but to do so in order to prove my innocence.Ella, you shouldn't blame me, right?"

Saying that, that moment suddenly reached out and tried to take Ella's hand.

Ella fakes with the hands up to avoid it.

She said, "That was between you and Hedy, why should I come to blame you? Things happen for a reason, and Hedy couldn't find me even if she was a ghost."

Lucien blushed slightly.

In the old days with Ella, she listened to everything he said and never questioned him about anything.

Now Ella.

She goes against him in everything he says, it's almost like she's a different person.

Lucien gritted his teeth darkly and tried to swallow his emotions as he said, "Ella, because of Hedy's death, I'm worried about you instead."

Ella laughed softly.

The smile was obviously a bit sarcastic.

"I'm worried that you won't be able to think straight either. After all, we love each other so much and I did something that hurt you so much, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk out of the shadow. If anything happens to you, even if I die a thousand times, it won't be enough to atone for my sins!" Lucien spoke with guilt, and his appearance did not look too sincere!

And yet, in Ella's eyes, it just really feels, well, disgusting.

She didn't even know how in the world Lucien could say something so sickening!

"You don't have to worry much about my status. I'm in a good place with Eden now and I'm even thankful for what happened with you and Hedy, which kept us from getting married and allowed me to marry Eden," Ella said bluntly.

"Ella, don't try to be brave, I know you said that on purpose, I know you love me very much, the more you do this the more my heart will hurt ......" Lucien looked worried.

"I don't love you." Ella said clearly, word for word, "When I was little my grandfather told me that we were betrothed. At that time, you were really the only one in my world, and because you were the only one, I thought I loved you, until now, when I realize otherwise. Instead of saying that I fell in love with you at first sight, it's more like, it's because I love my grandpa so much that I will listen to whatever he says, maybe in the place of any man, as long as it's the one my grandpa picks out, I'll be just as misguided, that's what I like about him."

Lucien looked closely at Ella.

The anger held back in that moment was obvious.

How could he accept it? Ella said she didn't like him.

All these years he had always felt that Ella was held by him to death, and had always had an ineffable sense of superiority in front of Ella, and simply couldn't accept that Ella didn't like him, and not only didn't like him, but she had fallen in love with another man in such a short period of time!

He clenched his fists secretly.

In a frenzy to suppress his anger.

"So, I'm really grateful to you for that, for what happened with you and Hedy, for giving me the courage to let go of our engagement, for giving me the courage to marry Eden, and then to understand, what it means to like." The smile at the corner of Ella's mouth was obvious as she spoke, just a very sweet and happy look.

"It's good you don't have a shadow." Lucien was deliberately perfunctory.

The hint of cruelty hidden under his eyes flickered.

Probably never even thought about the fact that the woman who loved herself so much that she had no ego suddenly said she loved another man.

Even this moment, he took the initiative to invite her to dinner, presumably thinking that, with a few sweet words from him, Ella might come around.

After all, at the time of the wedding, maybe she was just angry.

As soon as the anger passes and he shows weakness, she'll come back to him.

Surely he couldn't have accepted Ella second hand.

He's thinking that when he's done using him, he's going to make Ella's life hell!

Let her betray him?

Let her disgrace him?

However.

Everything now was completely off his expectations.

His eyes tightened.

Suddenly picking up the red wine glass next to him, he replaced it with a warm smile and said gently, "I thought that you needed my comfort and my apology, and even thought that we might be able to get back together again. But since you now feel that your current life is what you want, then I give you my blessing."

Ella glanced at the glass of red wine next to her.

She picked it up.

Lucien offered to clink glasses with Ella.

The moment he clinked his glass, a devious smile lifted the corners of Lucien's lips.