chapter 326

Chapter 326 Resignation

At this moment, there was a loud noise outside the door, and then, the door of the ward was

pushed open, and

Lucia and Jeanne looked at the direction from which the sound came.

August was standing at the door, face dark. When he caught siglit of Lucia, his face got colder. He

strode over and looked down at Lucia. He asked in a cold voice, "What are you doing here?" Lucia

took a deep breath and wanted to explain when Jeanne said, "Lucia came to visit me, August. Why

did you

come all of a sudden?"

"I come to visit you.” Saving, August walked to tlie head of the bed and adjusted the position of the

pillow leaned against by Jeanne to

make her more comfortable. His movement seemed so natural and fluent. "Are you feeling better

today?" When talking to Jeanne, he sounded apparently gentler.

Sitting beside them, Lucia felt awkward and uncomfortable. She felt that she should leave them

alone now. August's behaviors showed that he really loved Jeanne. She produced a mocking smile

and stood up. She looked at Jeanne and said, "Jean, if there is nothing that needs

me, I'll leave you two alone." Hearing this, Jeanne smiled. "Okay. Pay me another visit someday."

Lucia forced a smile at Jeanne and then walked towards the door.

After getting out of the elevator, she took the elevator to the ground floor of the hospital. She

walked forward

at a loss and with great bitterness. She should have been prepared for that and be aware of her

position. For August, she was nothing compared

with Jeanne. She walked through the small garden of the inpatient department. Just as she was to

walk towards the hospital

gate, unexpectedly, her phone rang. She took a deep breath and liad a look at her phone. "August"

was shown on her screen. Her heart skipped a

beat, and she hesitated over whether she should answer the call. Three seconds later, she bit her lips

and rejected the call. However, her phone vibrated again soon. It was August again. Lucia felt

annoyed. Teeth gritted, she answered the call and said in displease. "Hey, what the hell do you

want?

After a short silence, the man's cold voice came through the receiver. "What do I want? I want to

know what

happened between you and Jonathan.” Jonathan?

Lucia was stunned and she calmed down. "What happened between me and Jonathan?"

The man's voice showed anger. "You don't know yourself? The paparazzi are trying to blackmail me

with some

photos. And you're asking?"

Lucia senised that something severe had happened. She was so confused. Before she could speak,

August

continued, "Where are you? I'll come to you. We talk lace-in-lace.”

Alter hesitating for a while, Lucia looked around and said, "I'in at the little morden behind the

impatient

building. There's a statue here."

Alter she told him her whereabouts, he immediately hung up.

Within five minutes. August liad walked into the garden. When he saw Lucia sitting on a bench

beside the

statue, he strode over. He would feel somehow agitated at the thought of those photos. Lucia

looked up and found August walking towards her. Before she could stand up or ask anything,

August had

already handed over an envelope. Shehesitated and then took it.

Inside the envelope was a thick stack of photos. All were snaps of her and jonathan. Jonathan took

her hand

and brought her into his car at the entrance of Iszoom Movie Studio; she got on Jonathan's car at

the racing

club; he drove her home after the crew finished shooting in the middle of the night... If she weren't

directly involved, she would also have misunderstood if she only looked at these photos. Lucia held

the photos tighter. Face pale, she looked up at August and asked, "Where did these come from?"

Seeing her expression, August showed sneer in his eyes. He said coldly, "Bought from those

paparazzi.”

Lucia gritted her teeth. It suddenly occurred to her that she did catch sight of some paparazzi when

she was at

the gate of the cinema city with Jonathan. It seemed that they would go to several selected spots,

and their

target was Jonathan. They had intended to take some photos as proofs of Jonathan's box news.

However, she and Jonathan were innocent. They never had an affair with each other. Lucia took a

deep breath and looked up at August. She explained, "There's nothing between him and me. In the

first place, I had to persuade him into accepting endorsement for redeur. That's why I would accept

his

invitations.”

August wrinkled his brows and asked, "So, Jonathan was the wooer?

Lucia shook her heard. "No! There's nothing between him and me!"

As the woman refused to admit, August felt angrier. He approached her.

Lucia subconsciously wanted to step back. However, she soon found herself against the statue. She

had

nowhere to go. August again showed sneer in his dark eyes. He taunted, "Lucia Mitchell, I didn't

know you are so charming,

huh? Jamie Nordhaus helped you prove your innocence. Paul Thomas centers around you. Even the

popular toy

boy is interested in you..." He paused and then snorted. "Lucia Mitchell, you're fucking amazing!"

August felt upset at the thought of those men beside her. How he wanted to hide this petite woman

completely away from men of the outside world!

Hearing the man's words, Lucia took a deep breath and somehow felt humiliated. She remained a

shiort silence,

and then, after gritting her teeth and bracing herself up, she looked the man in his eyes. "August,

you asked

mne to find endorsement for redeur. Oh, you are regretting now?"

"Rezret?" August was surprised by her cut to confront liim. "I never know the feeling of regret.”

Lucia Cathered up her courage and pushed the man away. She then took a step back to keep a

distance between

them. She looked at him and said, "No matter what inethod 1 used, 1 did succeed in finding reduer a

brand

spokesman, didn't?"

August frowned. Simmering witlanper, he pressed his lips. He didn't know how to retort her.

After all, he didn't have the right to judge and restrain her private life now.

Lucia took a deep breath and plucked herself up. "I will reach an vreement with the spokesmen as

soon as

possible. But you have to promise me one thing.” August asked, "What?"

Lucia unwittingly pulled her hem, which indicated her nervousness, and said word by word, "I Want

to

Resign!" Her words made the atmosphere even more depressed. After seconds, August said in a

deep voice, "You're

being serious?"

Lucia didn't hesitate to nod and say, "Yes, I am serious.” "Fine." August showed a transient upset in

his eyes. "I will only give you three days." Then, he cast her a meaningful glance and walked away.

Since she didn't want to work in Lion group, he would give her a chance to resign. After three days,

he wanted

all gossips about her and Jonathan disappear.

Lucia stood still, eyeing the man's back going farther away, and produced a bitter smile. She felt a

frightening

chill.

She had thought that August would at least ask her for a reason. However, out of her expectation,

he should

accept the promise so crisply.

It seems that I really mean nothing to him in his heart. She thought.

Fine. As long as I can get Jonathan as the brand spokesman, I think I can leave the Lion without

scruples.