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 

situation had been quite disadvantageous

the broad picture fairly. August was actually fighting alone, and

back her up in such a

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

made him even sulkier. Noticing Lucia was taking her hand back after giving

of her wrist

tipsy, that action made him stagger before he held her into his arms out of reflection

steady. Lucia was astounded. She frowned and tried to push him away, yet his grip of

tight that she

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

a little dizzy, probably because of the smell of alcohol from his body. She had to liold him tighter, as

might fell

abruptly turned round with her in his arms, and thus pressed her against the car.

which were leaning anainst the car at her both sides. Lucia looked up at him in surprise. "What..." She broke ofl

His hair was no

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

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

with his hand, "Did you hear me?" Feeling an 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, or else lie

when he was sober. But now, he only

still dine with

herself almost paralyzed, and her mind really a

liis. As she was thinking hard, something occurred to

with lim in the canteen, but it

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

she said to hersell, especially when the man was not sober enough!

seriously, "Let go of

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