Chapter 57

Chapter 057

Within ten minutes, there was a knock at the door, followed by Burton pushing the door in, “Mr.

Adams, Irene is here.” August nodded slightly, “You go out.” “Yes.” Burton turned around walked out

of the room, and closed the door by the way. Irene stood in the doorway, inexplicably feeling guilty,

“Mr. Adams, what's the matter?” “Come here.” August didn't look up, sitting on the couch and

casually flipping through the magazine on his lap. Seeing this situation, Irene was in a cold sweat on

her back. She clasped her hands together and moved forward slowly. After the last lesson, she truly

realized the horror of this man. He seemed to be calm on the surface, but he could crush a human

with ease. August looked up. Seeing her slow movements and stiff expression, he smiled crookedly

and asked, "Did the mango taste

good last time?”

As soon as she heard about mangoes, Irene couldn't help but feel sour in her stomach. She forced

herself to hold back her discomfort and took a deep breath, “Yes... delicious.” It was so good that

she never wanted to eat another mango in her life! “Well, that's fine.” August paused and whispered,

"Where were you last night around 8:30?" “Hate in the private room with the others.”

“Did you go out?” “I went to the bathroom twice.” August glanced at her and continued, “Did you

know that Lucia fell into the pool yesterday?” When she heard the word “Lucia”, Irene’s face went

pale, “I know.. Mr. Adams, don't you think that I did it?” August raised an eyebrow, “It wasn't you?”

"Yes!" Irene said with certainty and hastily added, “Yesterday I was in the private room drinking with

other colleagues. And I went to the bathroom with Mary. You can ask her if you don't believe me! I

don't even know where Lucia went!"

Hearing her explain so much at once, August didn't panic and then asked, "Okay, so did you do

anything to Lucia in the

restaurant bathroom at noon yesterday?” Irene opened her eyes wide and was speechless, “.” At the

time she saw Lucia, she did get angry and splashed her with water. August became a little more

serious, “Go ahead.” Irene hurriedly said, “I didn’t mean to do it. I just accidentally threw the water

on her!” “What about yesterday morning? You did nothing with the water for the ice bucket

punishment?” Yesterday morning while doing the game, Lucia and he lost and drew the punishment

of the ice bucket challenge. It was

then that he saw Irene hovering next to the ice bucket. Later he took responsibility for both buckets

of water being poured on him, and he clearly felt that one bucket of water was much colder than

the other. That bucket of water had been added with more ice. Upon hearing this, Irene suddenly

turned pale, “Mr- Mr. Adams, I just taught her a small lesson. Last time I was punished because of

her and was hospitalized for several days. I feel so bad. This time, I see that she even implicates you,

so I just.

When he heard her say that, August frowned and held back his anger. The first time he suspected

her was when he saw her hovering by the bucket. The second time he suspected her was when he

saw Lucia with water on her face and saw Irene coming out of the bathroom. Both of these things

were done by Irene,

and it was natural for him to think that she might have pushed Lucia into the water last night,

He clenched his fist and asked in a deep voice, "Did you push Lucia into the swimming pool?

Irene shivered, “It wasn't me! I just wanted to teach Lucia a little lesson. How dare I do such a

harmful thing!”

The way she was shaking and explaining didn't look like she was lying. August took a breath and

said in a deep voice, “Irene, the reason I didn't fire you was for your uncle's sake. If you hurt Lucia

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again, you know what to do without me telling you.” Irene said in a rush, “Yes! I won't hurt her

anymore!” When she left and Burton came in, August asked, “Was she here all last night?” Burton

nodded, “Yes. I asked several people. They all said Irene was here the whole night and she went to

the bathroom with someone else, too.” August casually put the magazine aside, “Okay, I get it.” It

seemed to be more complicated than he imagined Meanwhile, in the Lakeside Manor superior suite

on the same floor, a man was sitting in front of a large floor-to-ceiling window.

Suddenly, the man in the wheelchair spoke up leisurely, “He was gone all night and didn't come

out?” Bob nodded, “Yes, he came back this morning, but he seemed a little suspicious.” Bishop

shook the goblet in his hand, “Will the waiter you arranged to keep the secret? Will he tell others?”

Bob affirmed, "He will keep the secret, and he dare not say anything. He is the one who pushed

Lucia and saved Lucia. If he

told others, August would not let him go.” Bishop smiled crookedly and said softly, “So, in your

opinion, do you think he likes Lucia?” Bob was silent for a moment and replied without expression,

“Mr. Adams, I don’t know much about love.” Bishop smiled and said softly, “In that case, let's try

again.” After he finished, he turned his head to look out the window, and his eyes finally rested on

the Lakeside. He murmured, “I heard that it's the Administration Department's turn to take boats

out on the lake today?”

"Yes."

Hearing the reply, Bishop laughed more brilliant...

“Bang Bang!" “Lucia, are you awake?” ia was still dreaming when she was suddenly woken up by a

knock on the door. She suddenly got up from the bed, took a look at the time, and couldn't help

but raise her hand to slap her head.

How did she wake up so late?

The half of the bed on her side was empty, and Lucia swept around, her eyes finally resting on the

piece of paper on the bedside table.

“Get some rest. We will take a boat trip to the lake in the morning and you can be at the hotel if you

don't want to go.”

Lucia smiled crookedly until she heard Emma's knock on the door again, then she reacted and

rushed to the door to open it. As soon as she opened the door and saw Emma who was worried

outside, she hurriedly said, “Sorry, I'm too tired.” Emma didn't blame her and asked, “I heard you fell

in the water yesterday. Are you okay?" Lucia smiled, “I'm fine.” “That's fine. This morning, everyone is

going to take a boat trip to the lake. Do you want to go?” Lucia didn't think much about it and

answered, “Sure.” When she first arrived at Lakeside Manor yesterday, she marveled at the view. She

didn't want to miss the chance to go out

and see it today, After changing her clothes, she went vith Emma to the meefing place by the lake.

Tris time, it was the Administration Department and Secretary's Office's turn to take a boat trip o the lake. Soon after

arriving, Lucia saw August and Burton walking toward her. The crowd greeted August. He nodded, took a fast look around, and finally looked at Lucia. He told

her to rest well at the hotel, but to his surprise, she came over anyway. The staff at the ake saw that people had arrived and asked, "How do you want to play?

Do you want to take boats on the lake or compete?

As s00n a Guy heard there was a competition, he immediately asked about the rules with great interest. The staff explained, “The race s to drive the boat in

teams, with two to four people forming a team. We have put red flags in

some teeds in the lake, and the team that drives the boat back within the time limit and gets the most red flags wins.

After hearing the rules of the competition, everyone wanted to compete and excitedly started grouping. August paused, looked at Luci, cleared his throat, and

spoke, "Why don't we still group as we did yesterday.”