There was no light in the office, but there was light coming from the inner room across the door, which was where Spencer was.

"Who?!" Spencer's voice sounded a little panicked.

"It's me." Lucia held back her disgust and answered faintly, and the next second, the door opened.

"Lucia, you came to see me!" Spencer said happily with a smile on his face.

Lucia didn't even bother to nod, but looked up at Spencer. Her indifference was in sharp contrast to the expression on his face. She opened her mouth and said, "Do you still have any discomfort?"

"nothing serious. Just my back is still sore and numb," Spencer replied with an innocent smile, while turning sideways to let Lucia in. But he noticed that Lucia didn't seem to have any intention of coming in, so he asked,

"Lucia, can you come in and keep me company for a while? It's been a boring day here all by myself."

"You could have gone back." Lucia said with a soft grunt, meaning "why are you hiding here yourself and still need me to say more?"

Spencer did not care about Lucia's impatient tone. The fact that she could come here had reassured himself a lot. From her willingness to come, Spencer knew that she was out of humanity, which was also greatly beneficial to the future and whether he had ability to keep her under control.

"Lucia, I'm the one who saved Teddy's life. Must you be so cold to me?" Spencer laughed.

Lucia's irritation instantly rose to the top and she spoke coldly, "I know you saved Teddy, but I paid the price just the same. You don't need to repeat this thing over and over again. I have a brain!"

"Fine, fine, I won't say anything," Spencer immediately gave in with the mindset that women needed to be coaxed, but still said, "As long as you remember, I have no regrets."

Lucia gave Spencer a sidelong glance. How dared he say that!

Spencer raised an eyebrow, maintained a faint smile on his face, and said, "Lucia, just come in and sit with me for a while. We can also discuss the engagement party." "Engagement party?" Lucia asked with displeasure.

"Of course," Spencer said, "I talked to Dr. Clarke today and he said that there was no rejection after Teddy's surgery. His bone marrow and mine are in an exact match, so since he's okay, isn't it time to think about what's going on between us?"

"What do you want to do about it?" Lucia asked coldly, with a matter-of-fact look.

"Come in and talk." Spencer remained stubbornly off to the side, just waiting for Lucia to come in.

But Spencer's stubbornness was no match for Lucia's. Lucia put her arms around her chest and looked at him coldly, saying,

"I'm tired. Just say it. If not, I'll go back."

The room was filled with Spencer's scent, and Lucia didn't want to get any of it.

Spencer was well aware that his relationship with Lucia was still in the pleasing stage, so as soon as he heard her say so, he immediately compromised, "Okay, okay, just say it here. I'll do whatever you want, okay?"

Lucia bit the back of her teeth. Otherwise, she would want to vomit.

"About the engagement party related matters, my father and I also discussed a bit. The engagement party must be held in the country. When Teddy is discharged from the hospital, we will return to the country, to his health as the priority."

"In Athegate?" Lucia asked immediately, not accepting the false gesture of goodwill towards Theodore in Spencer's words.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

Spencer's eyes contained a dark light. He had a slight smile and asked instead of answering, "What do you think?"

Lucia frowned and said sternly, "Spencer, you're tough enough!"

Did that question even need to be asked? No, because what Spencer wanted was for the people in Athegate to be known for her relationship with him. It was not only his hometown, but it was the base for Arthur's career for the next ten years, and there were people she knew. Spencer's goal couldn't be more obvious.

"After decades of pent up resentment, how can I not vent it, right, Lucia?" Spencer said without hiding his misdeeds in the slightest, and even with some glee.

Lucia instantly didn't even know what words to use to describe Spencer's villainous behavior; she had never felt so deeply powerless.

Finally the feeling of powerlessness dissolved into a light laugh of indifference and she said, "Whatever."

The word "whatever" was the least engaging, the most indifferent, the most dismissive word. Lucia put all her negative feelings about Spencer on top of that word.

"Lucia..." Spencer laughed bitterly, "The engagement party is not only for me, nor am I able to decide all the details at my sole discretion. You are involved. How can I accomplish it alone?"

"Then would you like it if I ask you not to have the ceremony at Athegate?" Lucia immediately asked in return. Spencer paused for a few seconds and said helplessly, "Lucia, can you pick something else to comment on?"

"That's all I have a problem with," Lucia said with a sneer, "I'm not interested in the rest. Do whatever you want. I'll be there."

Lucia's indifferent attitude made Spencer more and more unhappy. He was also a handsome man. When walking outside, women would scream for him, but Lucia simply treated himself as if he was air. Even if he was desperate to please her, Spencer can not control his temper.

"Lucia, are you going to keep treating me with this attitude? We will no longer be separate individuals. We will be a complete family. I will treat Teddy like my own child, but one day we will have our own children. Are you going to keep this attitude and exclude me to the end? How will Teddy be able to live with himself and how will our children be able to live with themselves?"

Hearing that Spencer had already fantasized about their children, Lucia frowned unhappily, and since that was the case, she herself said directly,

"Spencer, I don't know where your fanatical confidence comes from, but do you think I would let you touch me? After you get me by such means, will I live happily ever after with you in a wedding dress? Are you living in a fairy tale? No, even in a fairy tale, you can't be that prince!"

Lucia disdained him and clearly told Spencer that even in a fantasy fairy tale, he was at best a villainous minor supporting character, and will never be able to ascend to the throne of the protagonist! "Lucia!" Spencer was so angry that he gritted his teeth and glared at Lucia, but Lucia was not intimidated by him at all, and was even a few points stronger than him in terms of aura.

"If you start with a relationship of interest, you don't have any illusions that you can end with a happy ending of love!" Lucia said with raised eyebrows, not backing down in the slightest.