Chapter 55: Chapter 59

Chapter 059

Seeing Lucia freeze for a long time, August turned his head, “What's wrong?” Lucia held the phone,

not knowing whether to cry or to laugh, “My phone has no signal.” Hearing that, August took his

phone out and looked at the screen. Then, his eyes darkened. Sure enough, the signal was only left

half a bar. They couldn't even connect to the internet on their phones, let alone make a phone call.

Right now, they were trapped in the boat, and if they didn't think of something, the situation could

get worse. “You sit here and steady the bow. I'll go to the stern and have a check.”

August said calmly, arranging for Lucia to sit on the bow of the boat. Then he moved to the stern

and used the oars to paddle the water to see what was going on below. Either a foreign object had

gotten into the engine, making it inoperable, or there was something wrong with the engine itself.

He knocked on the engine with the oar. After making sure there was anything foreign, he went back

to the bow and restarted

the electric boat, but it didn’t respond except for the “buzz” sound. Lucia watched nervously from

the sidelines and took a deep breath. And when she saw that the boat still couldn't move, she

couldn't help but ask, “What if we're really stuck here?” August froze and looked back, just in time

to meet Lucia’s eyes, bright, but with a bit of worry. He opened his mouth and said in a slow,

reassuring voice, “Don't worry and we won't be stuck here.” As long as he was there, he wouldn't let

anything happen to her. After August attempted to start the boat several times, it still did not move.

August frowned and was sure that there should really be a problem with the engine. He turned his

head and looked around. They were right at the corner behind a clump of bushes, and even if a

boat came by. they would be blocked from view by the tall bush. They couldn't see the boat over

there, and the people on the boat over there couldn't see them either. Even if they wanted to ask

for help from passing boats, it would be a problem unless boats were coming around the bush to

see them. Taking a closer look at the nearby situation, August inadvertently drooped his eyes and

saw Lucia sitting in the boat with her two hands clasping together and her cheeks flushing. August

hesitated and said in a deep voice, “Cheer up. If a boat passes this way, we can go back.” Lucia

nodded and tried to stand up to look around as well. But just as she stood up, she swayed from side

to side along with the boat, almost losing her balance. Suddenly, August put his one warm, strong

palm on her shoulder and gently pressed her to sit down, “You sit well to stabilize the boat and I'll

deal with it."

Listening to August's instructions, Lucia settled down a lot and nodded seriously. She was unlucky

to be trapped in the boat when she came out to take the boat to the lake, but fortunately, he was

with her. Lucia took a look at the time and saw that it was time to finish the race. At this time,

everyone shall have returned to the

shore.

The surrounding temperature was getting lower. Sitting in the boat, Lucia could obviously feel the

chill. Her hands and feet become cold first, followed by her whole body. August stood at the stern

of the boat for a long time, without seeing a boat. He looked back and saw Lucia sitting there and

shivering a little. “Are you cold?” He became serious, immediately turned around, and reached out

to touch her hand which was cold as ice! In the past few days, she got wet and had a fever, and after

that, she fell into the water. And now she had been sitting in the boat on the lake for more than an

hour, without eating any food and having no energy. If this continued, she would definitely catch a

cold.

And once she was sick and her immunity decreased, she couldn't have surgery August frowned, did

not hesitate to take off his sports jacket, and was about to put it on Lucia.

Seeing August only wore a gray T-shirt inside, Lucia shook her head repeatedly, “No, I'm not cold

August's face was more somber. Without saying a word, he put the jacket on her and zipped it up

by the way, wrapping her up tightly.

Lucia took a deep breath, stared at him, and asked, “What do you do when you let me wear your

clothes?”

Even if he was in good physical condition, the boat was on the lake and he certainly couldn’t stand

the cold. August spoke rather seriously. “You just wear it, and I'm strong. Understand?” Seeing that

August strongly insisted, Lucia had to take back the words that had come to her lips. Time passed

silently and every second seemed to be stretched out, making people feel difficult and anxious!

Lucia took a deep breath, reached out to gently take August's arm, and whispered, “Let's have a

chato” Otherwise, time passed slowly. At that, August paused for a moment and then sat down at

the side, “What do you want to talk about?” Lucia tilted her head in thought and said softly, “I want

to know how you became the president of the Lion Group to take the sole responsibility?”

When he heard her question, August's eyes suddenly darkened a bit.

In those days, he tried desperately to prove himself in front of his father, tried desperately to get out

of his father's glory, and

tried desperately to make a world by himself, which was very painful for him. He kept tempering

himself, from the most basic drinking, talking about business, to planning, and drawing up

contracts.

Until he knew all the projects by heart and figured out the business world, he grew up but his father

got sick. He naturally became the successor of the Lion Group, and there was no objection.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, but stared blankly in one direction, Lucia slowly

approached him and whispered, “Is it a secret?”

With some coldness in his eyes, August said lightly, “l have experienced a lot of pain, but also

learned a lot of things.”

His tone was so light that one could not imagine the darkness of that time.

Lucia’s heart sank and this was the first time she had heard August say something so serious. A

simple sentence seemed to include too much pain and suffering.

Lucia held her chin in her hand and murmured, “Actually, I also want to be a person like you.” Just as

she finished her sentence, August's low voice came to her ears, “You don't need.” “Why?” August

relaxed and leaned lazily and casually against the railing next to him, “So tired. You don’t need to be

so tired and you're just fine the way you are.”

Naive and innocent.

This topic seemed to have become the key to opening the hearts of the two and they unknowingly

chatted a lot.

Not long after, August feta tte heavy on his shoulder. When he turned his head, he saw Lucia leaning her head on his

shoulder. From his angle, he could just see her delicate pturned nose. She murmured, “Do you think they l find out we didn't go back?” August whispered

Yes, they will”

There was nothing they could do now. Ther cell phones couldn't call for help, and ane oar wouldn't row the boat. They were left with one last way out which

was to walt or their colleagues to realize they hadn't returned and sail to find them, Fesling Lucia beside him quieted down and didn“ say a word for a long

time, August tumed his head and saw that Lucia had closed her eyes unknowingly.

Sieeping in such conditions was mast likely to get sick

He frowned and immediately said, “Lucia, you can't sleep.