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 was challenging him

the broad picture fairly. August was

when he was willing to back

are not blaming me?" "Not at all." Lucia shook her head. After a short silence, it suddenly occurred to August that Jamie had mentioned

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

hold of her wrist and dragged her

made him stagger before he held her

and tried to push him away, yet his

she couldn't move at all.

cameliis hoarse and low voice. Lucia just felt her heartbeat quicken. She even began

alcohol from his body. She had to liold him

man might fell down any

August abruptly turned round with her in his arms, and thus pressed her

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

hair was no lonter as orderly

and two buttons at

he was no longer the chilly August, and seemed quite appealing to her somehow. August suddenly bent down slowly and whispered to her, "I'll try my best to make

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 wouldn't allow himself to utter such frivolous words to

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

his breath, "Could you still dine with

mind really a mess now. Why was he doing

those ambiguous words of liis. As she was thinking

had seldom dinned with lim in the canteen, but it was Jeanne who often ate with him. Lucia was

got Lucia to stiffen up. She was

when the man was not sober

seriously, "Let go of

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