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..." 

the children's room. Seeing Timothy and Janet still sleeping on the bed, she hurriedly went over and reached out to put her arms

see Lucia, calling out sleepily, "Mom..." Lucia held the two little ones tightly. Tears gushed out as if she couldn't control them, and

them all the time, and waited for an opportunity to strike, making

he probably guessed what was going

heard the voices coming from the children's room, Paula asked with some concern, "Paul, Lucia woke up? Is

her, pulled her aside,

about yesterday,

more confused.

said seriously, "Because she doesn't want to talk about

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

put some effort and have

serious expression on her brother's face. After some hesitation, she finally nodded and said

he stepped into the nearby bathroom, where he turned on the water to wash his face so as to clear his

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

"Have some porridge 

a bowl of porridge and put it in

an egg 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 looked up at her with a flicker in

without hesitation.

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 and Janet would be much more miserable than that

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

to inject something into her body, leaving her incapacitated. She was conscious,

watched as the men took her hand and put

she kept seeing August after that, those men

had happened yesterday, Lucia felt a

"Lucia?" 

forehead. She made up her

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

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