Chapter 131

After hearing that, a woman's face appeared in his mind, and his hand stopped caressing her back.

Lucia? How could he think of her at this time? August frowned and lowered his eyes to reassure
Jeanne.

"No.I will keep my promise to you."

"Really?"

Jeanne lifted her eyes, her large eyes shining with tears.

"Will you marry me?"

"Emm."

August answered.

But there was a surprising difference between this answer and the previous ones.It was now as firm as
before.

As soon as he calmed Jeanne's emotions, he coaxed her into eating some porridge sent by the
caregiver.

Looking at the relaxing side face of Jeanne sleeping in bed, August finally felt relieved.

He had been caring for her like this many times since she was sick, and he really owed her this.

August pressed his forehead and walked out.

He gently closed the door with his hand and turned around to see a man standing next to him.



An iron-gray suit encased the handsome, tall man, but his face exhibited almost a sickly pallor.

An evil expression appeared on the man's face as he raised an eyebrow at August.

"Mr.Adams, long time no see."

Upon recognizing the man in front of him, August narrowed his eyes slightly.

Surprisingly, it was Jeanne's biological elder brother - Merlin Kelly.

Merlin Kelly's lips curled up into a smile, but his gaze was still cold.

He stepped forward, sizing up August, and said in a cold voice, "August, how could you treat my sister
like that?"

A trace of coldness crossed August's eyes, and he asked ina cold voice, "What's wrong with that?"

In Jeanne's case, he performed significantly better than her so-called brother.

Merlin Kelly sniffed as he approached August.

A sarcastic smile spread across his face as he stared at August with gloomy eyes.

"My sister didn't eat anything for a whole day.I won't believe you if you say you don't know the
reason.We Kellys agreed to you dating her, but that doesn't mean we'll forgive you if you hurt her.No
matter what, she is a member of the Kelly family! All of us in the Kell Family will not be finished with you
if something happens to her!"

"Is that so?"

August said in a cold voice, "As far as I Know, this is the first time you've come over to see your sister
in the past three months or so."



There was no difference between Merlin Kelly and his father Martin Kelly.

Since Jeanne was seriously ill, the Kellys could not help her, so they left her to August, never caring for
her at all.

After hearing that her surgery had been successful, they came one by one to see her.

"Cut the nonsense.In short, we won't let you hurt her anyway.In this case, I did not come as a reminder,
but as a warning!"

As Merlin Kelly glanced at August grimly, he dropped these words, turned around, and left.

Burton couldn't stand it at the side.He frowned and looked at August, awaiting his order.

"Mr.Adams..."

Taking a cold glance at him, August shook his head and said nothing.

Slowly, August's gaze retreated as Merlin Kelly walked away.It was difficult for Burton to calm his
emotions.

"Mr.Adams, with the Kelly family being so rampant, how can you..."

August pursed his lips and lightly uttered two words.

"No hurry."

He had endured this for a long time.

A moment like this would never cause him to be impatient.



In his perception, Jeanne was Jeanne, and the Kelly family was the Kelly family, completely two
different things.

Ward of the Second Central Hospital.

Lucia sat on the chair next to the ward, in a depressed mood.

In seeing his daughter like this, Bill Mitchell, who was lying on the bed, remained silent for a long time
without speaking, and finally, he raised his hand and lightly stroked her head.

"Come on, Lucia, don't be too sad, everything will be fine."

Upon hearing that, Lucia sniffed and her eyes were filled with tears.

A half hour ago, she had just learned her father needed coronary bypass surgery, but there were some
risks involved.It was evidently a difficult moment for her to accept this bad news.

The sight of his daughter like this made Bill Mitchell's heart hurt as well.He patted her shoulder and
comforted her.

"Don't worry.August told me that he would make contact with the doctors in the capital for this operation
so that it would be the safest possible and the chances of success would be higher"

Hearing him say that, Lucia was stunned.

A few seconds later, she turned to Bill Mitchell and asked, "Dad, is this true?"

After seeing Bill Mitchell nod his head with a positive expression, she felt relieved.

Somehow, as long as August was there, everything seemed to have a better chance of winning.



"Lucia, even though your relationship with August ended, you're still friends.For the sake of me, do not
make it hard for him, okay?"

Hearing Bill Mitchell's advice in earnest, Lucia raised her eyes, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally
nodded her head.

In any case, August was also Bill Mitchell's favorite student, so she didn't have to make a scene with
him anyway.

On the way sack from the hospital, Lucia thought about what her father said and unconsciously felt
grateful for August.

This time, August would have to be credited if the operation had been successful.

This mood continued until the next morning.

For the first time, Lucia woke up early and prepped two fancy lunches using the lunchbox tutorial on
her phone.

Even though the Iunchbox seemed perfect, Lucia always felt something was missing.

Sie thought about it for a long time and finally took out the ketchup and squeezed a smiley face on top
of the fried egg.

"Done!"

Finally, she slammed the lid shut, put it in her lunch bag, packed everything up, and headed to work.

The bento was prepared as a gift for August as a way of showing her appreciation.



She rarely prepared lunch for herself, now she sacrificed her sleep time to prepare this exquisite
lunchbox, which was enough to prove her sincerity.

By noon, when the colleagues in the department had almost left, Lucia took the bento, went to the
pantry, and heated it in the microwave. intending to deliver it directly to August.

After exiting the elevator, she had only taken a few steps when she heard two women talking together
not far ahead.

"This is such a large issue, who knows how it will be dealt with? The board held a meeting today to
discuss it."

"Mr.Stebbirg must be punished, considering the damage he caused to the company.Why does the
company’s leadership not take a stand?"

"That's right, and I heard that Mike Rodriguez is Irene’s uncle.Considering one is the company's top
executive, the other the vice president, this is really a big deal!"

As they talked to each other, Lucia walked behind them listening to what they were saying.It was clear
to her what the situation was.

She hadn't known that Irene had such a relationship with Mike Rodriguez, the company's finance
manager, and it was no wonder Irene was so rampant in the company.

When she reached the president's office, Lucia came back to her senses and saw that there was no
one around at the door of the president's office.

As she approached the door, she raised her hand to knock.

There was no answer inside, and sure enough, as she thought, August was not there.



This was the least crowded time of day for the company.

Therefore, she decided to enter the office, put down the bento, and leave as soon as possible.

Lucia pushed the door open, walked in quickly, put the lunch bag on August's desk, set it right, and
before she could turn around, there was a sound of footsteps at the door.

She was so nervous that she turned around in a hurry, and when she saw the cool-faced August at the
door, it was as if she had been caught red-handed doing something wrong, and her tongue tied in
panic.

"You...came back?"


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