Chapter 41

She had always been the first to send a message between them and it was the first time that he had
done so.

"I’ll meet you at the underground garage after work tonight."

Lucia was instantly overjoyed to see those words and a smile appeared on her face.

So, August was waiting for her to go home together! She couldn’t hide her joy and held her phone
happily for quite a while.

Suddenly, the door of her office was pushed open and Emma walked in quickly.

"Lucia, Carter wants to see you in her office now!"

Seeing how nervous Emma looked, Lucia was stunned and asked, "Why? What’s wrong?"

Emma shook her head, "I’m not sure, but Carter looks unhappy. You'd better hurry up and go over."

Lucia turned serious when she heard that She immediately got up and walked out of the office, going
directly to the supervisor’s office When she pushed open the door of the supervisor’s office and walked
lit, Lucia saw three or four colleagues standing in a row, all with their heads down.

Carter was sitting in her office chair.

She glanced at Lucia with a sullen face and asked in a cold voice, "Are you working on the quarterly
report?"

Lucia hesitated for a moment and nodded.



"Yes."

Last night.

Lisa stopped her after work and asked her to do overtime for the report, but she left directly and did not
start doing it until she arrived at the office this morning.

Carter forced back her anger, but her eyes were sharply fixed on Lucia.

"I heard that the documents were handed over to you yesterday, yet you haven’t turned the report in
today."

Lucia was instantly stressed out and said, "Yes, but I…"

“No buts!"

Carter slapped her desk and interrupted Lucia unceremoniously.

"Where did you get so many excuses? Do you know how many people are waiting to use the report?
Just because you didn’t do it, the schedule of the whole team has been delayed!"

Carter was usually quite forgiving about almost everything, but she was absolutely strict and meticulous
about work Lucia lowered her head and couldn’t say a word.

It was true that she had been given the task yesterday, but it was already the end of the day when Lisa
told her.

Even if she had started to do it then, it would have been too late to organize and file some of the
documents and then do the report.

Carter said in an angry voice, "Let me remind you, don’t make excuses at any time! Not doing a good
job is your own problem, understand?"



Those colleagues standing in a row responded, and only then did the angry look on Carter’s face ease
up a bit.

She turned to Lucia and instructed in a deep voice, "Now that you are an administrative assistant,
Lucia, whatever you do must be thoughtful.With an attitude like yours, our Administration Department
will be in trouble! Don’t get proud just because of a small achievement, understand?"

Carter was saying that in front of all those colleagues in the room.

Lucia found it quite embarrassing, She bit her lip and nodded.

"Yes, Carter, I will keep it in mind."

As she spoke, she inadvertently raised her eyes and saw Lisa standing next to Carter with a look of
pleasure and triumph.

Instantly, she got to know what was going on.

No wonder Lisa had given Lucia the documents after work yesterday.

It turned out that she had done it on purpose so that Lucia would fail to hand in the report and delay the
schedule of the team.

Lucia took a hard look at Lisa and slowly suppressed her anger.

Carter glanced at her and instructed, "Go back to your work and finish the quarterly report as soon as
possible"

“Okay."

Lucia replied, turned around and walked out of the office.



The colleagues who had been scolded together in the office just now also came out.

They couldn’t help but whine and complain.

"It’s all because of her! Our schedule has been delayed just because she didn’t finish the report!"

"I know.And we got scolded by the supervisor too.What bad luck!"

They kept talking like that with no intention to hide it from her.

Lucia could hear everything, but she couldn’t say a word.

They were right.

It was because of her that their schedule was delayed She walked quickly back to her office, looked at
the documents on her desk, and could not help hul sigh As she caught sight of her phone at the side,
her original excitement was gone She picked up her phone and texted August back.

"I have to work overtime tonight.You can go home without me She had to finish the report as soon as
possible.If she kept delaying the schedule and causing trouble for her colleagues, she was afraid that
her situation in the Administration Department would be even more difficult An hour later, Lucia tilted
her head back and pinched the back of her sore neck.

Then, she intended to go back to work when suddenly, she heard footsteps slowly approaching, Lucia
froze, feeling a bit strange.

At this hour, almost all her colleagues in the department had left and the big lights outside had been
turned off, so why would there be footsteps? The footsteps sounded steady and they were indeed
approaching her.

Lucia clutched her mouse and unconsciously got nervous.



Now that she was alone in this large desk area, she would surely feel afraid.

Suddenly, the footsteps stopped at the door, which was pushed open after a few seconds of silence
Lucia’s eyes widened, and when she saw the man standing at the door, she suddenly heaved a sigh of
relief

"What… are you doing here?"

August raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw that the woman looked like she had seen a ghost,
"Can’t I come here?"

"I didn’t mean that."

Lucia secretly sighed in relief and her fear was gone.

"I thought you had gone home"

August walked toward her on his long legs and stopped at her desk.

He took a glance at the large pile of papers on the desk and the look in his eyes suddenly turned a little
sullen.

He propped his hand on the desk and stared at Lucia from above, looking a bit displeased.

"I didn’t know you love your work so much."

Lucia wasn’t sure if his comment was positive or negative.She blushed.

"I didn’t finish my work on time and delayed the schedule of the department."

Hearing that, August paused and casually put the paper bag in his hand on the desk.



"Eat first."

Lucia looked up and saw the porridge and side dishes in the bag.Her eyes suddenly lit up.

Just now she was already starving, but she had to endure it because she was working overtime Lucia
found it heart-warming and looked at August with some excitement.

"Have you eaten?"

August nodded slightly and gave the order, "Yeah.They’re just for you.Finish them."

Without saying another word, Lucia immediately started to eat, while August just sat beside her,
casually picking up a document to read.

After the meal, Lucia went back to work.

With August by her side, she felt somehow more secure, and her work efficiency increased a lot.

It took her another hour or so to finish all the report work.

On the way home, Lucia turned to look at the man who was driving and the corners of her mouth went
upward involuntarily.

After pausing for a while, she finally couldn’t help but say, "Thank you for doing overtime with me
today"

It happened that their car stopped at an intersection, waiting for the traffic light to turn green.

August turned around and stared at Lucia seriously.

"Lucia, there is no need to say thank you between you and me Lucia was touched.



She nodded with a smile.

Soon, their car arrived at the house.

Lucia entered with August.

Turner came up just after they changed their shoes.

"Madam and Sir, Harris came over with two invitations just now."

Hearing that, August took the invitations over from Turner and had a look at them.

"Got it."

It was a jewelry exhibition on Saturday.

They invited people from the business and entertainment circles in Austos City to attend the event,
mainly for the release and display of some new jewelry For August, it was just a cocktail party where he
could find business opportunities and socialize.

He casually put the invitations on the cabinet in the foyer.

When he turned around, he saw Lucia staring at the invitations with a look of concentration and
curiosity.

He paused for a moment and asked, "Do you want to go?"

Lucia had not expected him to find out what she was thinking.

She smiled with some embarrassment.

"I guess it would be fun."



She had never attended such an event before.

The largest event she had ever been to was the annual party of the Lion Group at the end of the year.

Hearing that, August picked up an invitation and handed it to her.

"Just go and see if you want to."

Lucia hesitantly reached out to take it.She blinked and asked, "Aren’t you coming with me?"


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