Chapter 72

Burton said while driving, "I asked them just now, but no one admitted it."

They didn't dare to do that in general, but how did Grandma know? August thought about the question
and failed to find an answer.

As he watched the car run onto the main road, he took out his phone and called Lucia directly.

After a few beeps, she finally answered at the other end.

The woman's voice came, sounding a bit cold.

"Hello?"

Hearing the impatience in her tone, August subconsciously frowned and asked in the same cold way,
'Is Grandma with you?"

Hearing that, Lucia at the other end turned to look at the white-haired old lady, who was sleeping on
her small floral bed, and replied quietly, "Yeah."

August frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Then why didn't you call and tell me?"

Grandma was so old that she usually had someone with her when she went out.

However, she was out alone all afternoon today.

He had been worried about her all the time.

However, Lucia didn't even call and tell him that Grandma was with her! Lucia heard the reproach in
the man's tone.



Her grip on the phone tightened a bit as she frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Why should I call
you? It's your responsibility to watch over Grandma, isn't it?"

Her questions caught him off guard and August actually found himself speechless.

Anger flickered in his cold eyes as he said in a cold voice, "I'm coming over now."

After that, he directly hung up the phone.

Lucia looked at the interface showing that he had hung up on her.

She was both angry and annoyed.

He had the impudence to blame her when he was responsible for it.

What the hell? Putting away his phone, August ordered with a cold face, "Drive faster."

Burton immediately said yes.

He gingerly raised his eyes and glanced at August in the rearview mirror, feeling nervous.

He rarely saw August so angry and couldn't tell if the man was angry with the old lady or with Lucia.

The car ran at high speed down the road and finally arrived at the entrance of Lucia's neighborhood.

August got out of the car and rushed to Lucia's home.

He suppressed the anger in his heart as he raised his hand to knock on the door.

"Click."

The door opened and Lucia was there.



She saw the man standing outside in a steelgray suit, which looked distinctive with his upright figure.

He had a perfectly handsome face that was impeccable, except for the fact that it was sour now.

Lucia frowned.

She didn't want to fix her eyes on him and subconsciously turned to walk away.

Suddenly, she felt that her wrist was grabbed and she was pulled back around directly by the force.

They got closer to each other all of a sudden.

Lucia staggered and almost fell into his arms, but she managed to keep her footing.

Her heart was pounding.

She gritted her teeth and calmed down.

"What...

are you doing?"

August frowned.

"Why didn't you call me? Do you know how worried I was?"

His questions sounded a bit ambiguous at first.

Lucia felt her heart fluttering uncontrollably as she met the man's bright, deep eyes.

She bit her lip and her face turned red with anger.

"Do I have any obligation to call you? Let go of me!"



Seeing what the woman was like, August frowned and said in a deeper voice, "What if I don't?".

"How dare you!"

These words weren't from Lucia, but from behind her.

The two of them looked towards where the voice came from practically at the same time and saw
Grandma walking towards them with her stick.

Grandma walked over to Lucia and stared at August with a bit of anger in her eyes, saying in a deep
voice, "Let go of her! August paused and hesitated for a split second before he released her wrist.

"Bastard! Who do you think you are? You divorced Lucia without telling me.

I'm not calling you to account now, but why did you hold her hand after the divorce?"

Grandma was so angry that she knocked on the floor with her stick and her body was trembling.

"And what's wrong if she didn't call you? Don't you realize your fault?"

August lowered his head as Grandma admonished him.

His eyelashes fluttered and his voice softened.

"I was worried about you."

Grandma interrupted him angrily.

"You don't need to worry about me!"

On the side, Lucia hadn't expected Grandma to do this to her grandson.

The anger that had been haunting her was almost gone.



She said softly, "Don't be angry, Grandma."

Hearing that, Grandma paused for a moment.

Only then did her attitude ease up a bit.

In the end, she looked at Lucia and said softly, "Help me back to your room, Lucia."

With that, she turned to glance at August.

"You, come with me."

One after the other, Lucia and August followed Grandma into the bedroom.

The door was closed.

Grandma looked at the two of them standing in front of her, without speaking.

After a moment, she nodded her head slightly.

"Sit down."

Lucia and August both sat down in the chairs.

Grandma looked around at them coldly and finally fixed her eyes on August.

"Tell me, why did you get divorced?"

After all, she didn't believe Lucia's claim that the two of them had divorced because they weren't right
for each other.

She had lived for decades, so she knew better than that.



Without a doubt, it couldn't be that simple.

August's face slightly darkened.

He seemed to have thought it over before he moved his lips and said gently.

"It's my fault.

Lucia didn't do anything wrong."

Hearing that, Lucia was surprised and nervous.

Was he going to tell Grandma the truth? Grandma's face turned even sourer.

"Tell me, what happened?"

August moved his taut lips and finally said lightly with his thin lips parted, "I failed her."

"You!"

Grandma's face darkened.

She raised her hand in anger and there was a resounding slap as she struck August across the face.

After the slap, it was as if time was frozen.

Lucia hadn't expected that Grandma would hit her grandson so hard! She turned around in shock and
saw an obvious red handprint on the side of the man's face.

Apparently, because of the pain, his eyebrows were slightly knitted, but his expression remained firm
as he stood there without moving.



For some reason, her heart actually skipped a beat as she saw that.

Grandma couldn't help but curse, "Bastard!"

Her body trembled with anger.

At last, she slowly turned to Lucia and looked at the girl with guilt.

"I'd like to apologize to the Adams family, Lucia.

I'm...

too ashamed to see you again."

Lucia tried to comfort her.

"Grandma..."

Grandma waved her hand.

It seemed that she had already guessed what Lucia intended to say.

She slowly stood up and headed for the door.

"Goodbye, Lucia."

With that, she stepped out of the bedroom.

Lucia felt a lump in her throat as she watched the old lady leave slowly from behind.

Only when Grandma left did she realize that there was someone else in the room.

She turned to look at the man who had been motionless in that position, with mixed feelings.



Seeing that the man's face had swollen up where the red handprint was, she gasped, went to the
nearby table, took out a tube of ointment from the drawer, and brought it to August.

lucia took a deep breath and said lightly, "Apply some ointment before you go."

With that, she put down the ointment and walked out of the room to check on Grandma, Outside, she
was relieved to see Grandma with Burton and the others She turned to go back to her room.

Just when she opened the door, she went slap into August who was coming out She raised her eyes
and frowned when she saw the red and swollen side of August's face.

He didn't apply the ointment that she had given him.

August glanced at her and said lightly, "Thank you for taking care of Grandma."

After that, he stepped around her and walked away.

Lucia's heart skipped a beat and she blurted out, "Wait a minute!"


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