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 to August, when Bishop

broad picture fairly. August was

was willing to back her up in such a

all." Lucia shook her head. After a short silence, it suddenly occurred to August that Jamie had mentioned the girlfriend stuff to her, and

taking her hand back

hold of

made him stagger before he held her into his arms

frowned and tried to push him

that she couldn't move at

Lucia just felt her heartbeat quicken. She even began to

little dizzy, probably because of the smell of alcohol from his

might fell down any minute.

arms, and thus pressed her

her both sides. Lucia looked up at him in surprise. "What..." She broke ofl as she

His hair was no lonter as orderly as usual, with some

his forehead. His tie had been loosened and two buttons

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

urge, Lucia had lost the strength to push him away. She only bit her lip and took a deep

he was sober. But now, he only

you still dine with me in

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

As she was thinking hard, something occurred to

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

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

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

down and demanded seriously,

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