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 to August, when Bishop was challenging

the broad picture fairly. August was

was willing to back her up in such a

her reply, August looked up at her, frowning, "So 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 the girlfriend stuff to her, and

sulkier. Noticing Lucia was taking her

hold of

he was being tipsy, that action made him stagger before

frowned and tried to

tight that she couldn't move

and low voice. Lucia just

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

man might fell down

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

anainst the car at her both sides. Lucia looked up at him in surprise.

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

and two buttons at the top, undone,

quite appealing to her somehow. August suddenly bent down slowly and whispered to her, "I'll try my best to make you carefree in the

August raised her chin up 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..."

he was sober. But now, he only ignored lier remind, and approached her ear

his breath, "Could you still dine with me

herself almost paralyzed, and her mind really a

liis. As she was thinking

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

as Jeanne. That idea just got Lucia to stiffen up. She was not

she said to hersell, especially when the man was

calmed down and demanded seriously, "Let go of

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