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Chapter 834 Why Is He Here?

Lucia arrived at Star Plaza early the next afternoon. Many people had walked past the unremarkable bar, but no one noticed her. After completing and uploading the latest cartoon order, she turned off the notebook in satisfaction, went out of the bar, and walked toward the familiar straight figure.

Edmund was walking slowly in deep thought, so he didn't notice the woman walking toward him at all. And he didn't come back to his senses until she almost collided with him.

Edmund?" Hearing her surprised voice, he suddenly raised his eyes with a flash of panic on his face.

Lucia pretended not to see his reaction and asked with confusion in her eyes, "Don't you have work today? Why..."

'1 made an appointed with a friend here,' he said while subconsciously avoiding her gaze. When she suddenly took his arm, he was surprised.

But Lucia responded with a smile, "If I had known you had an appointment here, I would have come with you. I wanted to introduce a friend to you yesterday."

He stared blankly at her holding his arm, and then, a look of struggle flashed across his eyes. After a while, he forced a faint smile and comforted her softly, saying, "I'll invite your friend for dinner next time."

Lucia blinked with a hint of expectation in her eyes and ventured, "Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?"

distance between them had been getting closer, and he believed he just needed a chance to confirm their relationship as a couple now. If Lucia knew he had joined hands with Currer, the

withdrew her hand from his arm and forced a smile, saying, "Go ahead to meet your friend. I'll wait for you

she retracted her arm, Edmund

said in a slightly bitter voice, "Sophia told me a sightseeing tour will do good to Phillip's health and help his treatment. I want to discuss with you about taking him out for a

"I'm not going to meet anyone important. She is just in charge of a document's

dispel Currer's idea of immediatelygetting rid of her. When Lucia heard his words, a cold light flashed in her eyes. And then, she let him drag her into a

music was melodious, and the wind chime at the door made a crisp sound. When Lucia looked at the table by the window, she suddenly stopped her footsteps, subconsciously clenched her fists, and stared intensely at

Why was August here?

subconsciously thought it was because of Currer. So, he let go of her hand, wrapped his hand around her slender waist, and lowered his

when turning to look at the appointed

at the two people entering the door side by side, stretched out his arm around Currer's shoulders, and asked in a deep voice, "Is this the

And then, the four of them looked at each other in silence. Only August remained calm, and the atmosphere was inexplicably awkward. In the end, he broke the eerie silence in a cold voice, saying, "Mr. Shea, do you know the purpose of today's meeting? I'm afraid it is inconvenient to let this

and responded coldly, "When Miss Sullen asked me out, she didn't tell me how many people

shoulders, pulled her into his arms, and said proudly like a

Fiancée?

then sneered, and asked in a gloomy voice, "When did you get engaged? Why haven’t I

proposal, and we have no plan to make it public

in a cold voice, "Today, we will just negotiate about the signing