Chapter 598 Double Blessings

Lucia hurtled straight into her room and locked the door. Leaning against the door and breathing heavily, she began ruminating on Paul's

remark. Paul had been so accommodating in the past five years. Never was there any dustup between them, nor had he reproached her.

But today he just acted differently. Lucia now felt her heart clutched at by a weird feeling

There then came the light footfall from outside, which seemed to be approaching as Lucia could hear it clearly at the door. It then

stopped in front of her door, only followed by an awkward silence. Lucia knew it must be Paul. Their confrontation just resulted in a

stalemate now, with neither one willing to break the ice by touching the door. There were footsteps again after quite a while, which

trailed away in despair.

With a breath of relief, Lucia went to her bed, though with a little disappointment. Unexpectedly, the matter of Paula and Burton led to

the dispute between Paul and her, which just turned out to be a mess that ailed her so much.

The notification tone of the phone on the table kept popping out and torturing Lucia's nerves, she resolutely turned it off before she went

to sleep.

The next morning, Lucia was wakened by her mother's loud knocks at the door. "Lucia, get up quickly!" Elisa shouted outside as Lucia

turned over on the bed, "Are you sure you don't want to come out? Paula is here."

door, staring at

of her daughter. "How can you be sleeping in till now!

quarter!"

here?" Lucia scratched

her calls could get through." said Elisa. "She even brings some gifts for the three kids

and us."

"I'll get down as soon as possible." She then finished the washing quickly and went downstairs just in her

pajamas.

with the three kids on the sofa in the living room. She beckoned Lucia at the sight of her.

here?" Lucia went

Paula blinked and then became serious, "I'm really worried about you, so I hurried

whisper before Lucia could make any response, "Did Paul make it

left early this

of the water, though her face

Paula demanded, "You don't look well. There must have been a quarrel between Paul and you, right?" Facing Paula's fusillade of questions, Lucia decided to tell her the truth.

the position to meddle with

with her wide eyes. "Paul really said that?"

slight pause. That

her feet abruptly, snarling, "I'll get him to account

back as soon as she

he meant." Paula's forehead knotted in a frown. "How could he

his wife

seriously, "There would only be adverse effects if he thinks I deliberately complain

leave it to us."

finally said with a guilty look, "It's my bad. If

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