Chapter 126: Chapter 130

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

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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

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."'!3 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.’

Along 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

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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" 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

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 indelinable 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 loze and shook her head. As imma walked over, she opened the group message and flipped it

over to her "Here, someone senta 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,

Irene’s photos were interpreted out of context and intentionally led to misunderstanding’ ®

"Now that licne and M. Stebbings amour has been explised, everyone can see that she took the

photos'® misunderstanding ol you™ ®

Heating Emma say this, Lucia looked at the video and ko understood"

Once the surveillance was released it proved there wat borclationship between her and Mr Stebbing

All"

peoples attention was focused on irenc alter their amma was reposed, and weryone naturally made

it!

clear that the previous matter was a misunderstandint and she was innocent’

It did not take her long to realize that all of that was Auglists work’

As part of their agreeinent she helped August once, anbe helped her clean her name, which fulfilled

the’

promise of mutual benefit and a win-win situation’ ®

happy about’

Emmas voice pulled her back to reality As she breath’

deeply, she trained her senses, smiled at her."

and said softly, I'm just a little surprised’ ®

Emma seemed more excited than she was "This is'®

good thing you have to buy dinner! All right, hurry’ up with your work we will have a regular

meeting later, spon evaluation of the quarterly assessment, the'® bonus should be deliveed

soon!'®

She nodded and watched her walk out of the office'®

in Lucia realized why everyone's attitude toward'®

her had changed significantly once she arrived at the cffice today No matter what she 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 'MrAdams, come here quickly. Miss

Kelly'®

simply refuses to eat anyway, claiming that shewants to go on a hunger strike. She hadn't even had

a sip

ol water all day August raised an eyebrow after heanng 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? Thave no idea and she was fine this morning. I don't know

what happened. There was a phone call she look, and of the nurse, Augus: frowned and answered in

a deen voice "Min.ch avasti'®

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

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

dazed and’

pale.’

"Jeanne."

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

with*

some grievance, "August."

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,

The moment she got the news, Jeanne's body was shaking with anger, but there was nothing she could'®

do about it. After al she stayed sick for 50 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 ime she saw her in is 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 is chest. "August Im so useless! I can't even be by your side because of my disease, and now that I'm stl in the hospital after the surgery,

fm really suffering.”

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?" Suncontoollably, Jeanne asked in a sad tone, “However, it seems like your heart no fo