My Husband's Secret Affairs With My Step Sister novel Chapter 18

The blazing sun scorched with a menacing vengeance that day, and the cool breeze which had been a constant relief the previous weeks had turned into a hateful enemy. Amelia could practically feel herself melting with each step she took, and it didn’t take long before she felt like almost passing out. Coupled with the exhaustion she had gotten from lectures which had ended a few minutes ago, she almost felt like a walking candle that would burn out at any minute. She was just happy that school for the day was finally over, and that the next day was a weekend. She’d get all the rest she needed. But first, she needed to solve her immediate problem...

Ravaging hunger!!!!

“Amelia, wait for me!” a voice suddenly stopped her in her tracks. She turned and saw her close friend and ever-loyal seat-mate, May, approaching her.

May was a short, scrawny-looking girl with dusty brown hair and a charming smile. She wasn’t too brilliant though, but Amelia always helped her with school work and that made both of them really close. Did she also mention that May was an endless chatterbox?

“Wazzup babe? Where’re you off to?”

May asked as she reached Amelia’s side and continued her walk with her on the college sidewalk.

“Just somewhere where I can quench my raging thirst. I feel like a walking volcano”

May chuckled, “yeah, the heat is really murderous this time of the year. Common, let’s head to the diner for lunch. My treat” Thanks May, I needed that”

They arrived at the diner a few minutes later and settled down for lunch. May continued her endless babble on how legal studies were such an exhausting course, and how the first thing she’d do when she became a lawyer would be to sue all mean professors in college. Like the one, they’d just finished with. Amelia just smiled and went along with everything she said.

“Honestly Amelia” May continued, stuffing her mouth with food, “what is up with those professors? It’s not our fault that their lives are so sad”

“Common May” Amelia chuckled, “give them a break will ya? Those ‘sad' professors are the reason you know so much about suing people”

“Yeah, well they should go to hell for all I care” she suddenly paused and her eyes went as wide as saucers when she looked over Amelia’s shoulders

“What’s wrong May?”

“Amelia, don’t look now but guess who’s approaching this table”

Amelia shook her head and turned around to see a familiar figure walking towards them. “I told you not to look” May rolled her eyes but Amelia was already transfixed by the approaching figure. She couldn’t help but feast her eyes on the long brown hair, and dimpled smile. The chocolate eyes which could easily melt the coldest of hearts. The carefully sculpted body and regal confidence which he held as he walked.“Lucas Net” she muttered.

“O.M.G! He’s so cute...” she heard May shriek beside her.

“hey Amelia”

“Hello”

“Hi, Lucas!!! What brings you here today?”

“Oh hi, May. I was looking for Amelia. I knew I’d find her here because of the nature of today’s weather. I needed to talk to her about something”

“Why, is there a problem?” Amelia

asked worriedly.“No, not at all...it’s just...I was thinking that since tomorrow’s a weekend....and if you're not too busy of course... that maybe we could go out on a dinner date or something? I’d really appreciate it if you said yes”

“Hold on” May suddenly chirped in with a baffled expression, “you came all the way here to ask Amelia out on a date??? Couldn’t you have called her or something?”

“Well um....I...uh..” he stuttered nervously, “I just wanted to see her face actually. And ask her out personally? It’s stupid, I know....”

“Awwwwwnnnn, that’s so cute!!! Amelia, you have to say yes!”

“May!...stop that” Amelia could feel herself blushing, “Lucas, you didn’t have to come all the way here. You are like my boss after all and...”

“Shhhhh, common Amelia. I don’t see you as an employee or anything. I see you as a friend. A friend that I’d like to take out for dinner tomorrow night, if she obliges that is”

She thought about it for a while.

She wasn’t sure she wanted to go out on a date with this man. He was the one who helped her after all, with the school and even her apartment. Wouldn’t it seem like she was taking advantage of him?

The last thing she needed was to be called a leach or something like that. Then again, she didn’t want to sound ungrateful by turning him down...

“Amelia? Are you okay?” a voice suddenly snapped her out of her thoughts and she looked up to see Lucas’s worried expression looking down at her...“Look, you don’t have to go. I was

just thinking that...”

“What are you talking about Lucas, of course, she’ll go! Right Amelia???” May turned to her and gave her a warning stare. The kind that said “I will kill you if-you-turn-down-this-date-and-get-a life-for once” Amelia immediately understood and

sighed in defeat, “Okay fine”

“Really?” Lucas sounded excited.

“Yeah, really?” even May was surprised.

“Yes, really” Amelia couldn’t help but laugh at the expression on their faces.

“Okay then...wow..so um, is 8 o’clock fine