Chapter 445 Forced to Sign the Agreement 

 

Throughout the night, Paul was by Lucia's side. It wasn't until the sky turned from dark to gray that he couldn't resist the onslaught of sleepiness and fell asleep on the side of the bed. 

Lucia woke up to see the man at the bedside, holding her hand tightly. He wasn't sleeping very well and as soon as she moved, Paul opened his eyes, with a haggard face. 

Lucia's heart skipped a beat as she was inexplicably moved. 

She hadn't expected that he would keep watch over her all night. It was the first time she had felt warmth after the chilling experience. 

burst of 

"Lucia, you're awake!" Paul looked at her and straightened up with some excitement. Then, he raised his hand 

to check the temperature of her forehead and asked with concern, "Are you feeling better?" 

Lucia didn't avoid it, smiled, and said softly, "I'm fine. Don't worry." 

After a night of rest, she felt much stronger. Except for her arms which were scratched yesterday from 

crawling on the ground, the rest of her body was almost the same as usual. 

However, when she thought of what had happened yesterday, a chill of fear swept over her like a tidal wave, 

causing her to shiver involuntarily. 

Paul hesitated for a moment and said, "Yesterday..." 

Just hearing the one word, Lucia instantly tensed up her body. She looked more than a little nervous, hurriedly got out of bed, and asked, "Where are Timothy and Janet?" 

Paul was slightly stunned. "They are in the bedroom upstairs..." 

his words, Lucia rushed out of the room. She ran straight up to the second floor and opened the door of the children's room. Seeing Timothy and Janet still sleeping on the

held the two little ones tightly. Tears gushed out as if she couldn't control them, and within a few moments, they were streaming down

like a monster that hid in the shadows, watched them all the time, and waited for an opportunity to

she saw Timothy and Janet healthy and alive in front of her. The anxiety in her heart slowly dissipated. Meanwhile, Paul stood at the door. Watching the scene, he probably guessed what was going on and wrinkled his brow. Hearing the door of the next room open, he turned to see Paula, who was confused, and slowly came back

she heard the voices coming from the children's room, Paula asked with some concern, "Paul,

her aside, and said in a cold voice, "Paula, don't

yesterday,

more

talk about it. If we ask

she wanted to talk, she would have done so last night, but now, it was obvious that she did not want

some effort and have the rest of the matter

expression on her brother's face. After some hesitation,

to do." After that, he stepped into the nearby bathroom, where

at the breakfast table, Lucia coaxed Timothy and Janet into eating, after which Paula took them aside to watch TV so that Lucia

"Have some porridge 

thoughtfully took a bowl of porridge and put

in silence before she suddenly looked up at Paul and said, "Paul, I'll take care of my work in the next few days. Then, let's go to

and then looked up at her with a flicker in his eyes. "Have

her head without hesitation. "Yeah,

she or Timothy and Janet would be in trouble. Yesterday, the man in the mask forced her to sign an agreement, which stated that if she chose to stay with August, then Timothy

promise written in her tone. If she signed it, it would mean that she acquiesced in those desperadoes hurting Timothy and

his man to inject something into her body, leaving her incapacitated. She was conscious, but limp and weak, and at the

hand and put her

those men would have

had happened yesterday, Lucia felt a chill in her heart, which made

"Lucia?" 

her senses, took a deep breath, and raised her hand to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead. She made up her mind, looked at him, and said, "Paul, about work, I'm going to

the public service video. It was a project planned by August, and if she

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