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 

been quite disadvantageous to August, when Bishop

Eliot had to consider the broad picture fairly. August was actually fighting

was willing to back her up in

frowning, "So you are not blaming me?" "Not at all." Lucia shook her head. After a short silence, it

Noticing Lucia was taking her hand back after giving

get hold of her wrist and

that action made him stagger before he

She frowned and tried to push him away, yet his grip

tight that she couldn't move

might be drunken." cameliis hoarse and low voice. Lucia just felt her heartbeat quicken. She

the smell of alcohol from his body. She had to liold him tighter, as

man might fell down any

turned round with her in his arms, and

up at him in surprise. "What..." She broke ofl as she suddenly found this drunken man was

was no lonter as orderly as usual, with

tie had been loosened and two buttons at the top,

the chilly August, and seemed quite appealing to her somehow. August suddenly bent down slowly and whispered to her,

her heartbeat went even more rapid. Seeing she was still in silence, August raised her chin up with his hand, "Did you hear me?" Feeling an ineffable urge, Lucia had

now, he only ignored lier remind, and

breath, "Could you still dine

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

ambiguous words of liis. As she was

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

That idea just got Lucia to stiffen up. She was

to hersell, especially when the man was not

demanded seriously, "Let go of me."

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