Chapter 71

After dinner, Julie noticed Lucian cleaning the dishes. She embarrassedly offered, "Let me do it." Lucian glanced at her with a faint smile. "You can help me out." "I don't want to help," Julie retorted. "Then, just rest." Julie muttered a grumble and made her way to the living room. Then, she plopped down onto the couch with her phone in hand. She glanced at the time. It was almost midnight. Just as she was about to call Amaya, a text from WhatsApp popped up. It was from Amaya. "Come clean. Is that guy trying to win you over?" Julie blinked in confusion and sent a puzzled emoji. Amaya responded, "Don't play dumb." Julie asked, "What are you talking about? Who?" Amaya's reply came in almost instantly. "Lucian, duh. Is something going on between you two?" Seeing Lucian's name, Julie instinctively glanced toward the kitchen. For some reason, she raised her phone and snapped a picture of Lucian washing the dishes to send it to Amaya. After a long pause, Amaya's text finally