Chapter 264 Privilege
Seeing that Lucia didn t want to talk about it, Paul didnât ask any more questions. After drinking
some water, he felt a little dizzy, so he lay down to rest. But expectedly, he fell asleep as soon as
closed his eyes.
Seeing his gentle sleeping face, Lucia secretly felt relieved. A lot of things had happened today. And
after such an incident, she felt even more overwhelmed. She had sneaked into Perfect Fortune to
ask August about the leak of the plan, but now, her efforts were all in vain.
She didn't know that the man she was thinking about had already known everything. August was
watching the surveillance video in the monitoring room with a deep frown. After the ambulance had
come, all the customers had known there was an accident in Perfect Fortune. August had not cared
about it at first. But later, Burton had come to report to him that Lucia and Paul had been involved!
Hearing their names, he had suddenly had some strange emotions, so he had immediately gone to
inquire about what had happened. But the staff of Perfect Fortune did not know about the incident
clearly, so he had come to the monitoring room in person.
The surveillance camera captured what had happened at the door of the lavatory on the sixth floor
clearly from the time Lucia had rushed inside to hide to the time Paul had been attacked by a wine
bottle.
After watching the video several times, August guessed what had happened. Gritting his teeth, he
raised his big hand with a frown, pointed at the men on the screen with his slender finger, and said
coldly, "Catch them!"
They must not get away with it1 They had blatantly attacked Lucia and wounded Paul. Did they
think they could escape? Did they think Perfect Fortune was their territory?
Hearing this, Burton immediately responded, "Yes, President Adams.â August stared at the screen
and switched to the video recorded by the camera at the gate. In it, Lucia was holding Paul with
tears in her eyes, looking pitiful. Seeing this, he felt quite upset, and a picture suddenly occurred to
his mind When he had had a car accident in the underground parking lot, she had also been like
this. He hadn't expected her to equally care about another man. It turned out her nervousness,
worry, and anxiety were not exclusive to him. In an instant, a burst of anger rose in his heart. So, he
frowned and slightly clenched his fists.
After coming out of the monitoring room, he looked at Burton and asked coldly, "Did she call you
today?"
Burton was stunned for a moment and then nodded, "She asked me where you are, and I told her
you're here. I did not expect she would come or could successfully sneak in.â
August narrowed his eyes slightly. He had seen Lucia's clothes in the surveillance video just now.
She was wearing a waitress's uniform. He had not expected her to be so courageous that she dared
to sneak in in such a way. As soon as he closed his eyes, the image of her holding Paul with tears in
her eyes popped into his mind again August frowned, suppressed the hesitation in his heart, and
ordered, "Find those men who attacked her. Let's go back to the villa now."
Burton hesitated for a second and asked, "Would you like to go to the hospital to see Lucia first?"
He replied in a cold voice, "No."
She had accompanied another man to the hospital, so he would not go there to be the third wheel.
Asking for unhappiness had never been his way of doing things.
The next morning, the sun shone through the window into the ward. When the soft beam of
sunshine hit Lucia's face, she looked pretty.
She was sleeping peacefully while hunching over the edge of the bed with a coat on her body,
revealing her smooth little face. When Paul woke up and saw
this scene, his heart softened a little. Looking at her face, he felt he could keep on doing this
forever.
She might have sensed his straightforward gaze in her sleep, moved her body, and slowly opened
her eyes. When she saw Paul, she suddenly sobered up, quickly straightened up, and asked, "Are
you awake?"
Paul smiled and replied with a touch of doting in his eyes, "Yes, I just woke up.â Feeling a little
embarrassed because of his gaze, Lucia quickly rubbed her eyes and said, "I'll ask the doctor to
check on you right away.â
After a night in the hospital, Paul could go home to recover if everything was OK.
The doctor came over, gave a simple examination, and instructed, All the indicators are normal, so
you can go home to recuperate now. Remember to come back for a review after three days and
come to remove the stitches after
five days.â
Hearing the doctor's words, Lucia secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When the doctor left, she quickly
said, "Paul, I'll send you back. Do you want Paula...â "No, thanks. I'll ask my subordinates to send me
home." Just as he finished speaking, Luciaâs phone suddenly rang.
Seeing that it was Jasper who was calling her, Lucia answered the call without hesitation.
Lucia, where are youd Why haven't you come to the company? President
Adams arrived half an hour ago, and he seemed very angry to see you absent.â When Lucia heard
this, her heart skipped a beat. She had just woken up and completely forgotten about going to
work!
"I... I'll be there soon." After saying a few more words, she hung up the phone and looked at Paul in
embarrassment. Before she could say anything, Paul seemed to have read her mind and said, "Go to
work now. I'm fine. There will be
no problem."
Then, he turned his head, motioned her to look at the bedside table, and said, "1 asked my
subordinates to buy a set of clothes for you. Put them on and go directly to the company. You will
not be late."
Hearing this, Lucia noticed that there was a shopping bag. She felt warm and incredibly grateful in
her heart. Paul was always attentive, considering everything carefully.
Lucia knew it was not time to say thanks now, so she accepted the clothes without ceremony. After
saying goodbye to him, she went to the bathroom to change her clothes and hurried to the
company. When arriving, she was an hour late.
As soon as she arrived at the President's Office, Jasper hurriedly walked up to her, cautiously
pointed in the direction of August's office, and said, "President Adams asked you to go to meet him
as soon as you arrive." Lucia suddenly felt nervous and asked, "Did he say why7" Jasper shook her
head sympathetically and said, "No Hurry up.â
Lucia took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, stepped forward, knocked on the door, and pushed it
open after hearing his response from inside. When she walked in, August was reading a document.
When he heard her come in, he continued his work without raising his head. Lucia walked to the
desk and stood still, waiting for him to speak first.
But three minutes later, he didn't raise his head as if she were invisible. After waiting for a while,
Lucia glimpsed that he had turned to the last page of the document, so she bit the bullet and said
first, "President Adams.â
Hearing this, August frowned, looked at her with cold eyes, and closed the document in his hand.
When his eyes swept across her clothes, his expression became sullen. And his tightly pursed lips finally
opened when he asked, "Lucia, who gave you the privilege of absenteeism?"
Was it Paul? Wasn't she afraid of losing her job if she was absent from work to take care of him7