Chapter 130

August answered in a cold voice when he saw her doubts.It was because Ted drank the wine that was
drugged by Irene."

Lucia's body stiffened as soon as she heard these words.

So, it was like this.

To ensure that everything went smoothly, Irene tailored the trap down to the finest detail.

If she hadn't learned about this plan from August beforehand, she would have suffered greatly.

The cold rose from Lucia's feet to her neck, her fists clenching lightly, and a layer of sweat
unconsciously formed on her palms.

Seeing Lucia standing there without any reaction and her face turning pale, August slightly nodded and
said, "It is true that the evils they bring on themselves are the hardest to bear."

The evil in Irene's heart led her to design such a trap to harm others, but in the end, she became her
own victim.

She was just fretting in her own grease.

Lucia came back to her senses and did not say anything.

A palpitating heartbeat filled her as she sat down in a chair near her.

A long time ago, Mrs.Mitchell always told her this world was full of evil people, but she never had that
feeling.



This society's darkness was now so evident to her that she could no longer ignore it.

Looking at Lucia in a daze, August raised his hand and gently knocked on the table.

"Eat your breakfast while it's hot.If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

After saying that, he stood up, put a box of ointment in the corner of the table, and walked away.

The door closed with a bang.

As she slowly came to her senses, Lucia stared at the ointment on the table with a complex feeling in
her heart.

Having eaten breakfast, Lucia applied some ointment and noticed that it was getting late, so she went
straight to work with her handbag.

When she arrived at the entrance of the department, she met a few colleagues who didn't usually talk
to her before, but she didn't expect them to take the initiative to greet her.

Lucia was a bit surprised.

Having pressed her fingerprint and punched the clock, she passed by the public office area, where
everyone stared at her strangely.

Walking quickly to her office, she looked in the mirror and couldn't help but talk to herself.

"It wasn't like there was anything wrong with my face anyway!"

Why was everyone staring at her in such a strangling way? Not long after she sat down, there was a
knock at the door of her office and Emma pushed her way in with an indefinable smile on her face.

In a rush, Lucia asked, "What's wrong? Why is everyone looking at me like this?"



Emma walked quickly towards her.

"Don't you know the rumor about you and Mr.Stebbing has been cleared up? Lucia froze and shook her
head.As Emma walked over, she opened the group message and flipped it over to her.

"Here, someone sent a surveillance video to the group, in which Irene secretly took a picture of you
and Mr.Stebbing.Since you sent Mr.Stebbing to the car without following him, lrene's photos were
interpreted out of context and intentionally led to misunderstanding."

"Now that Irene and Mr.Stebbing's amour has been exposed, everyone can see that she took the
photos of you and Mr.Stebbing to cover up for them.Therefore, what happened before was clearly a
misunderstanding of you."

Hearing Emma say this, Lucia looked at the video and also understood.

Once the surveillance was released, it proved there was no relationship between her and Mr.Stebbing.

All people's attention was focused on Irene after their amour was exposed, and everyone naturally
made it clear that the previous matter was a misunderstanding, and she was innocent.

It did not take her long to realize that all of that was August's work.

As part of their agreement, she helped August once, and he helped her clean her name, which fulfilled
the promise of mutual benefit and a win-win situation.

"Lucia, what's on your mind? Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, aren't you happy
about that?"

Emma's voice pulled her back to reality.



As she breathed deeply, she regained her senses, smiled at her, and said softly, "I'm just a little
surprised."

Emma seemed more excited than she was.

"This is a good thing, you have to buy dinner! All right, hurry up with your work, we will have a regular
meeting later.Upon evaluation of the quarterly assessment, the bonus should be delivered soon!"

She nodded and watched her walk out of the office.

Then Lucia realized why everyone's attitude toward her had changed significantly once she arrived at
the office today.

No matter what, she should be grateful to August for this.

After a long day of work, it was already evening.

Having just negotiated an important program, August went back to his office, and before he had a
chance to drink water, he received a call from Essence Hospital.

On the other end of the phone, the nurse sounded urgent.

"Mr.Adams, come here quickly.Miss Kelly simply refuses to eat anyway, claiming that she wants to go
on a hunger strike.She hadn't even had a sip of water all day."

August raised an eyebrow after hearing that.

"What's going on? Did someone provoke her?"

During their phone conversation last night, she seemed fine, so why did she suddenly want to go on a
hunger strike again?



"I have no idea and she was fine this morning.I don't know what happened.There was a phone call she
took, and after that, she refused to eat anything, and she wouldn't talk."

Hearing the anxious tone of the nurse, August frowned and answered in a deep voice, "I'll rush over."

Immediately after hanging up the phone, he dialed Burton and rushed to Essence Hospital.

The mood of Jeanne had been cloudy and unpredictable since she was hospitalized.

For things to get better, he had to be by her side every time this happened.

When he arrived at the ward, Jeanne was sitting on the bed with both arms hugging her knees, dazed
and pale.

The sight of Jeanne in such a state made August's heart hurt, and he stepped forward immediately.

"Jeanne."

As Jeanne turned her head to see August, her eyes shone with some radiance, and she called him with
some grievance, "August."

Seeing her pitiful appearance, August felt hurt and depressed, as if he had been struck by
something.He still remembered that in the darkest time of his life, the person who was by his side was
Jeanne.

It would have been impossible for him to survive without her.

Walking up, he gently hugged her and couldn't bear to see her in this state.

"Hmm? Why don't you eat?"



"August, don't you want me anymore?"

After saying that, Jeanne opened her arms to hug August.

The moment she lowered her head, a trace of cold light flashed across her eyes.

This morning, one of her men called and said he saw August coming out of an apartment, and not long
after that, Lucia came out of it too! So, August was with that woman last night! The moment she got the
news, Jeanne's body was shaking with anger, but there was nothing she could do about it.

After all, she stayed sick for so long with this disease! She was sick, but that didn't mean anyone could
take advantage of her situation and approach August.

She instinctively knew Lucia would pose a threat to her the last time she saw her in his office! Sure
enough, she had become her rival, her rival in love! August frowned, raised his hand, and patted her
back.

"Jeanne, don't think too much about it."

Jeanne sobbed on his chest.

"August, I'm so useless! I can't even be by your side because of my disease, and now that I'm still in
the hospital after the surgery, I'm really suffering..."

August lowered his head, looking at the woman in his arms, and his mood became depressed.

"Jeanne, hang in there for a few more days and you'll be discharged from the hospital."

After the surgery, Peter specifically instructed her to stay in the hospital for observation for a few days,
which was why August wasn't in a rush to discharge her.



Sobbing uncontrollably, Jeanne asked in a sad tone, "However, it seems like your heart no longer
belongs to me.August, do you like someone else?"


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