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 

disadvantageous

fairly. August was actually fighting alone, and she was already

he was willing to back her up in

me?" "Not at all." Lucia shook her head. After a short silence, it suddenly occurred to August that

even sulkier. Noticing Lucia was taking her hand

out his hand to get hold of her wrist and dragged her

tipsy, that action made him stagger before he held her into his

to push

that she couldn't move

low voice. Lucia just felt her heartbeat

because of the smell of alcohol from his body.

man might fell down

and thus pressed her against the car.

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

rarely bleary eyes. His hair was no lonter as orderly as usual, with some

over his forehead. His tie had been loosened and two buttons at the top, undone, just

Now he was no longer the chilly August, and seemed quite appealing to her somehow. August suddenly bent down slowly and whispered to her, "I'll try my

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, or else lie wouldn't allow himself

sober. But now,

his breath, "Could you still dine with me in the company?"

really a mess

liis. As she was thinking

the canteen, but it was Jeanne who often ate with him. Lucia was quite

mistaking her as Jeanne. That idea just got Lucia to stiffen

she said to hersell, especially when the man

down and demanded seriously, "Let

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