Chapter303 She was only a Substitute? 

 

Standing beside the flower beds in the nigh breeze, August was in front of his car. Bein, a bit tipsy, he tried to 

steady himself by leaning against the car languorously while squinting at the direction of the stairs. He 

actually couldn't account for his behavior now. 

He had been drinking with Joshua in Perfect Fortune just how to dissipate the r:loominess in his heart. Yet 

Lucia's face kept floating into his mind, making: liim even more upset. lletlius kept on drinking, and was a bit 

drunken when he eventually left Perfect Fortune, Burton was to send him home, yet he just gave him the 

address of Lucia without much thinking, probably because he was already unable to think. 

The sound activated lights on the ground floor was lit before long, and Lucia appeared some seconds later. 

Wearing a long ivory overcoat which got her white and spidery legs exposed outside, she ran towards him like 

a butterfly, her hair floating in the air. Feeling a crush in his heart, August just couldn't take his eyes off her. 

Lucia went up to the car, and passed him the bottle of icy water after taking a gasp. "Now you can let me know 

the matter." Looking down at the bottle, August got his eyes fixed on her thin wrist. "I'm sorry I wasn't helping today." he muttered after a moment's silence. He'd promised her in his office that he would keep her safe, yet in the end 

he wasn't the one who managed to help her out. Lucia paused for some seconds before she finally grasped what he meant. "It's OK. It's gone now." said she 

knew the situation had been quite disadvantageous

broad picture fairly. August was actually fighting alone, and she was already quite

he was willing to back her up in such a circumstance.

August looked up at her, frowning, "So you are not blaming me?" "Not at all." Lucia shook her head. After a short silence, it suddenly occurred to August that Jamie had mentioned the girlfriend stuff

taking her hand back after giving him

of

stagger before he held

astounded. She frowned and tried to push him away,

tight that she couldn't move at

Lucia just felt her heartbeat

little dizzy, probably because of the smell of alcohol from his body. She

fell down

and thus pressed her

Lucia looked up at him in surprise. "What..." She broke

no lonter as orderly as usual,

over his forehead. His tie had been loosened and two buttons at

her somehow. August suddenly bent down slowly and whispered to her, "I'll try my best to make

ineffable urge, Lucia had lost the strength to push him away. She only bit her lip and took a deep breath, "You've drunk too much..." She was absolutely right,

well in his heart when he was sober. But now, he only ignored lier remind,

"Could you still dine with me in the company?"

just felt herself almost paralyzed, and her mind really a mess now. Why was he

words of liis. As she was thinking hard,

had seldom dinned with lim in the canteen, but it was Jeanne who

as Jeanne. That idea just got Lucia to

to hersell, especially when

and demanded seriously, "Let

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