August answered in a cold voice when he saw her doubts. It was because Ted drank the wine that was'13
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 breakfast'13
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'
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