Chapter 414: An Unpleasant Conversation
"You silly girl, why are you so nervous?" Eric teased with a mischievous smile. He reached for the remote and played some lighthearted music, helping Ella relax a little.
In truth, Ella wasn’t sure why she felt so tense. Perhaps it was the lingering tension, fear, and anxiety from the past few days. Everything she’d been through had left her feeling unlike herself.
But Eric’s fiery kisses gave her no time to dwell on such thoughts.
After some passionate time together, both were drenched in sweat. They showered, and before they knew it, it was already noon.
Around midday, Lucas called personally, inviting them to lunch at the restaurant downstairs and suggesting they visit his home afterward.
Ella initially wanted to decline, but Lucas’s gentle and slightly pleading tone caught her off guard. Before she could respond, he had already hung up.
Eric chuckled and pinched her cheek. "Why hesitate? Just go. Dwelling on past mistakes won’t change them. Holding onto resentment will only make things harder for you."
Ella nodded silently. Her thoughts shifted to Eric’s strained relationship with James.
Unlike her and Lucas, Eric and James’s relationship was much harder to mend.
Lucas’s mistakes stemmed from fear—he had misunderstood and inadvertently hurt Isabella. But James’s actions were deliberate, his cruelty driving Victoria to a tragic end.
By the time Ella and Eric arrived at the restaurant, it was already 12:20 p.m.