Submit to the Boss He Rules the Boardroom and the Bedroom

Chapter 294

Chapter 294 The Engagement Invitation

After a long time, just when Lucia felt that she was about to lose her breath, the hand that was clasped on her shoulder suddenly let go.

Like a fish being released, she inhaled heavily, with her heart thumping uncontrollably.

Once she looked up and met August's shining eyes, she was embarrassed and became even more nervous.

The man narrowed his eyes slightly, smiling, "Still spicy?"

Lucia spoke with some embarrassment, "No...I don't feel spicy anymore."

With saying that, she hurriedly averted her eyes, picked up the porridge box on the table, lowered her head, and began to eat.

Although she felt that her mouth was not hot anymore, she felt her heart was hot.

After quickly drinking half of the porridge, Lucia hurriedly spoke, "President Adams, I’m done eating and I'll go back to work..."

"Wait a minute."

August frowned and swept a glance at the porridge that was still half left, "Why are you eating so little?"

He had known Lucia for so long that he knew very well how much she could eat.She must not have eaten enough with such a small amount.

Originally Lucia was feeling too awkward with him like this and wanted to leave earlier, but she didn't expect to be exposed so soon, so she smiled at August with some embarrassment, "I am trying to lose

weight recently..."

"Lose weight?"

As if a layer of frost had been stained between his eyebrows, August pursed his lips and said, "Why?"

She was so skinny.

If she still was on a diet, she would be malnourished and anemic.

Seeing the warning in the man’s eyes, Lucia had to sit down again, "I'm just saying."

"Do not lose weight."

August raised an eyebrow, "You are just right."

What did he mean by "just right"? Lucia was confused, "What do you mean?"

August curled his lips, skimming his eyes over her chest and lifting his chin to ask rhetorically, "You tell me."

Following his gaze, Lucia looked down and blushed when she saw her chest.

So, that’s what he meant! Lucia was ashamed and annoyed, biting her lip to say nothing.

Just then, a footstep suddenly came from outside the office, and immediately after that, the door of the office was directly pushed open, "August..."

Jeanne appeared at the door.

Seeing the scene in the room, she froze in place.

August and Lucia were startled as well and looked up at her.

August was the first to return to his senses and opened his mouth to ask, "Jeanne, why are you here?"

Jeanne came over in surprise, with mixed emotions under her eyes, "August, you..."

As she looked at Lucia and the looked at the meal box on the coffee table, her face became pale.

With the reaction, Lucia hurriedly put down the porridge box in her hand and stood up, "Ms.Kelly, we have lots of work to do later, so we'll just have something to eat first..."

Only when she heard Lucia say that, Jeanne’s face became a little red.

She looked at August and curled her lips, "August, when you said you were working late, I was worried, so I came to see you..."

Saying that, she went to sit next to August and put the bag in her hand on the table, "I asked the chef at home to stew your fish soup.You work hard, so you can’t always eat this kind of non-nutritious takeaway and need to eat tonic food..."

Lucia stood next to them and suddenly felt she was a little redundant.

Just then, Jeanne looked up at her and smiled politely at her, "Lucia, would you like to eat some more?"

Lucia smiled and politely declined, "No, thank you.I'm almost done eating and I’m ready to go to work."

With that, she bent down and gathered the meal boxes and bags on the table together.

August glanced at her, pursing his lips into a line, then he turned to Jeanne, and said, "Didn't I tell you not to take it so hard? Why did you still come here?"

"I'm worried about you, and I haven't seen you in a long time because I've been busy preparing for our engagement the past two days!"

Jeanne hugged one of August's arms and spoke affectionately.

Lucia heard that and unconsciously paused to gather the things.

"By the way."

Suddenly letting go of August, Jeanne smilingly picked up her bag, took out a delicate envelope from it, looked at Lucia, and said, "Lucia, August and I will get engaged this weekend.Here is the invitation and you must come!"

With that, she handed over the invitation.

Lucia’s heart sank.

Looking up at the envelope, she felt a little upset.She reached out her hands to accept it and forced out a smile, "Okay, congratulations to you."

"Thank you!"

Jeanne smiled sweetly and winked at her, "Wait for you!" This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.

Lucia nodded and said nothing more.

Pretending to be calm, she picked up the packed bag, looked at August, and said, "I'll go to work then."

With that, she turned and stepped out of the office.

The moment she closed the door behind her, she could still faintly hear Jeanne’s soft laughter.She mechanically threw the waste into the trash can outside and returned to her office.

Looking at the invitation on her desk, she felt a little aggrieved.She had already consoled herself many times secretly, but when she encountered such a situation, she still couldn't help but feel sad.

Twenty minutes ago, August kissed her, but in the blink of an eye, she received an invitation for his engagement to another woman, which is ironic.

Lucia gritted her teeth, forced down her discomfort, and put the invitation in the drawer.

Just by receiving this news, she could not control her emotions, so how could she attend their wedding calmly the whole time? Forget it and she'd better find an excuse not to go some other time.

After she got half of the remaining work done, two hours passed.

Lucia picked up her phone and saw August's message to her, "Get off work."

There were only three words.She took a deep breath, gathered her things, and came out of the office to see that the President's Office next to her was empty as if she was the only one left on the whole floor.

It seemed that she was alone all the time.

The next morning, Lucia arrived at the office from her bachelor pad and clocked in on time.

Not long after she arrived at the President's Office, Melinda came over and knocked on the door, "Lucia."

"Here's the breakfast I brought you."

"Thanks."

Lucia smiled at her and casually asked, "Why did you ask for leave yesterday?"

Melinda explained, "Something came up at home and it's been sorted out.I left all the work to you as soon as I left, which is a real bother."

Lucia smiled and shook her head, "Colleagues should help each other and it's nothing."

"By the way, I heard that Mary came back to the company today.I feel it is strange because she hasn't finished her month-long wedding leave yet."

"Is that so?"

When she heard that, Lucia’s heart sank, "Maybe it's because the company has so much work lately and is understaffed?"

Melinda nodded, "Maybe.Enough for now and I’m going to work."

Lucia hmmed and watched her walk out of the office.

After the door was closed, she thought of what Melinda had just said and suddenly felt some faint uneasiness.

In her mind, she roughly calculated that it had been almost a month since she was transferred from the Administration Department to the President's Office, and it was logical that Mary should have returned.

However, once Mary came back, it meant that she was going back to the Administration Department.

The sixth sense of women was surprisingly accurate.

Just after office time, Burton knocked on her door, "Lucia, President Adams asked you to come over."

Lucia’s heart thumped when she heard this, and she already guessed in her heart exactly what was going on.