Submit To The Boss Lucia And August Novel Chapter 538 – Who Saved Her Five Years Ago?
On the way back from the east coast, Lucia huddled in the car, feeling cold. Maybe it was because she had spent too much time in the wind at the beach, or because she had experienced too many terrible things this evening.
Her hands and feet were cold to the bone, and they didn’t get warmer after a long time. August, who was sitting next to her, noticed it and saw her clasped hands. He moved his eyebrows slightly and then stretched out his hands to hold hers gently.
The woman’s hands were freezing cold, like a block of ice. He wanted to warm them up for her, but Lucia started and tried to pull them back.
August frowned slightly. He held her hands harder and refused to let go of them.
He turned to meet the woman’s eyes. She looked tired, alarmed, and cold. When she tried to pull her hands away again, August said in a slightly sullen
tone, “Don’t move.” With that, he wrapped her small hands tightly in his big hands. The warmth spread to her palms, somehow soothing her.
Lucia took a deep breath and asked suddenly, “Do you remember the incident five years ago when I was tied to the lighthouse?”
Hearing that, he gave a slight pause and responded in a low voice, “Yes.” Lucia bit her lip slightly and turned to look at him.
“But I don’t remember very well. Did you… save me then?” August’s eyes were dark and obscure. His Adam’s apple moved up and down and he said lightly, “Forget it and let bygones be bygones. You don’t have to think about the bad things.”
After that, he leaned back in his seat, looking tired, and closed his eyes slightly, without letting go of her hands. Hearing his words, Lucia fell into silence. She remembered what Bishop had said at the beach, and became more uneasy.
What happened five years ago? She wanted to know, but now she thought that August wouldn’t tell her. When they arrived at Joshua’s villa, it was already getting late. Olivia had gone to bed. She didn’t know anything about what had happened today.
They had hidden it from Olivia on the pretext of going to the doctor for August’s legs so that she wouldn’t be worried. As soon as they entered, they saw Joshua sitting at the bar. With his legs crossed, he was talking to someone on the phone.
When he saw them walk in,
he smiled lightly, said “Good night, baby” into the phone, and hung up hastily. He
was in a good mood. Looking at August and Lucia, who were pale, he took the
initiative to get up and walk up to them,
asking, “Why do you look so pale? Did you have an accident?”
August didn’t say anything, but Burton said, “Bishop signed.”
Joshua laughed. “Good. Let’s celebrate!”
Lucia took a deep breath and glanced at them. “I’m tired, so I’m going back to
rest.”
After that, she didn’t bother to look at their expressions before she stepped
upstairs and went back to her room.
When she finished showering and came out, it was already half an hour later.
She put on her bathrobe, then took out her phone and sent a text message.
At the end of the corridor on the second floor, there was a semi-circular
conservatory, which was filled with flowers and plants. When the transparent
sliding door opened, it was like a small balcony, making it a pleasant place to
hang out.
Lucia came out of the room and walked directly to the conservatory. Not long
after that, footsteps came from the corridor, followed by Burton’s subdued voice
from behind her. “Ms. Mitchell, you wanted to see me?”
Hearing what he called her, Lucia couldn’t help but chuckle. “Burton, you don’t
have to call me like that, do you?” Burton chuckled as well. “Then, I’ll just call you
by your first name in private.”
“Okay.”
Then, he got to the point. “You said you wanted to talk to me about Paula. How is
she doing? Is she recovering well?” Lucia turned to look at him seriously with her
clear eyes. “I want to talk about you and Paula, not about Paula herself.” Burton
was slightly confused. Then he took on a serious look. “You mean…”
“Do you still love Paula?”
“Do you still want to be with her?”
“Have you ever thought about your future with her?”
Lucia threw out three questions in a row. Burton’s eyes flickered as he swallowed
and said seriously, “Yes, I love her and want to be with her. I have thought about
my future with her.”
Seeing the light in the man’s eyes, Lucia took a deep breath and said, word by
word, “Then you need to listen to me and be brave enough to be yourself, no
matter what Paul will do.”
“So, what should I do?”
Lucia was silent for a moment and said, “I will help you, but before that, I have to
ask you something.”
Burton’s face changed slightly. “What is it?”
Lucia’s voice suddenly lowered. “Five years ago, I was tied to the lighthouse, and
then someone saved me. What happened back then?”
Hearing this, Burton suddenly realized that she hadn’t called him out in the
middle of the night just because of him and Paula.
“About that, without Mr. Adams’s order…”
Lucia interrupted him in a low voice. “Burton, at this point, I will definitely find out
if I want to know. Instead of that, why don’t you just tell me?”
Burton hesitated for quite a while before he finally said, “Five years ago, Mr.
Adams almost lost his life for you.” His words hit Lucia’s heart with a heavy blow.
“Mr. Adams had another identity at the time. I’m not at liberty to tell you, but it’s
related to Ethan. Anyway, on one of his missions, he suddenly received a video,
which showed that you were tied to the lighthouse. The tide was rising, and it
was only a matter of time before you were drowned.”
“Seeing that, everyone thought it was a diversionary tactic. With the mission on
one side and you on the other, Mr. Adams told us to go ahead with the original
plan while he himself went to the east coast for you.”
“He has a phobia of the deep sea because he almost drowned in the sea when
he was a child. At that time, the water was rising, and it would not take long to
reach the warning line of the lighthouse. If he got there late, you would surely die.
Mr. Adams had no choice but to get into the sea. I don’t know what happened in
the sea, but I know that when we found. him later, he had fainted on the beach,
with weak breathing. We took him back, and then he had a high fever for several
days before waking up. When he woke up, you had already left Austos City.
I couldn’t tell you what happened after that, but because of this incident, he
suffered a lot of misunderstandings and lost a lot of opportunities. Above all, he
chose to Save you despite his fears…”
Lucia was surprised and moved by what Burton said. She couldn’t believe it, with
mixed feelings in her heart.
If she hadn’t heard it from Burton herself, she wouldn’t have believed that August
had done so much for her five years.
ago, and she hadn’t expected that her survival five years ago was neither
because of a fluke nor because the thugs were scared or got the money, but
because he overcame all his fears and tried his best to save her.
However, from the beginning to the end, she did not know anything!
Lucia clenched her teeth, but she couldn’t stop her tears from coming out. She
raised her eyes to look into the distance. without saying anything.
Burton’s voice sounded again. “Mr. Adams has really done a lot for you that he
wouldn’t have done before.”
Lucia bit her lower lip hard and forced her tears back. Then, she calmed down,
turned to Burton, and nodded at him. “Thank you for telling me this.”
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