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 

She knew the situation had been quite disadvantageous to August, when Bishop was

August was actually fighting alone, and

willing to back her up in such

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

him even sulkier. Noticing Lucia was taking her

out his hand to get hold of her wrist and dragged

before he held her into his arms out of reflection to

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

she couldn't move at

be drunken." cameliis hoarse and low voice. Lucia

smell of alcohol from his body. She had to liold him

might fell down any

arms, and thus pressed her against

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

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

His tie had been loosened and two buttons at

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

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

in his heart when he was sober. But now, he only ignored lier remind, and approached her ear

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

her mind really a mess now.

ambiguous words of liis. As she was

dinned with lim in the canteen, but it was Jeanne who often ate

her as Jeanne. That idea just got Lucia to stiffen

to hersell, especially when the man

and demanded seriously, "Let

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