Submit to the Boss He Rules the Boardroom and the Bedroom novel Chapter 41

Chapter 041

Lucia wanted to hide it, but her reaction just made it more obvious. Turner looked at her and then at August’s

expression. She guessed what was going on and smiled as she walked to the side, leaving them alone.

August watched as the woman bowed her head and ate only the dish in front of her, blushing and refusing to look up. The smile on his face grew a bit bigger.

She was quite cute like this, so he couldn’t help but want to tease her.

He deliberately cleared his throat and said, “Don’t just eat vegetables. Have some meat and get stronger.”

Although she usually ate a lot, she was still quite thin. Before they came back from the old house last time, Grandma had specifically asked him to urge Lucia to eat more and grow stronger. It would be better if she could gain a few pounds.

“Oh.” Lucia casually responded before she took his words in. “What do you mean?”

She didn’t think she needed to be stronger. Instead, he needed to have more nourishment because of the wound on his lower back.

Thinking of that, she turned to Turner and said before August answered, “Turner, what is good for the back?”

“For the back?” Turner stopped what she was doing and said, ’’Turtles, pig’s kidneys, and pigeon eggs are all

good for the lower back.” Hearing that, Lucia said without hesitation, “Then buy more ingredients that are good for the lower back in the next few days, Turner. You can use them in soups or stir-fries so that August can get stronger.”

Turner had a subtle expression on her face when she heard that. She looked at August and then said, “Okay.”

August noticed the smile on Turner’s face and realized almost instantly that she had gotten it wrong. His grip on the fork tightened and he immediately said, “No, I’m good.” With a body like his, he didn’t need anything good for the lower back. Lucia knew it well enough, didn’t she?

“Why not?” Lucia took a bite of ribs and said in an affirmative tone without realizing the connotation of this topic, “I think you need it.”

August’s face darkened with embarrassment as her words came out.

This woman was so...

August was angry and frustrated. But Lucia looked like she didn’t know what she was doing, so he had to hold back his anger and fell silent, saying nothing more.

Looking at the young couple, Turner smiled and shook her head before she went into the kitchen. After dinner, Lucia wanted to go back to her room for a nice bath, but before she could take a few steps, someone came up behind her.

Suddenly, her wrist was grabbed and she turned around to see August.

Lucia froze and then asked, “What’s up?”

Somehow, Lucia felt that the man looked somewhat unhappy.

August couldn’t help but frown. “You think I have a bad back?”

How could she say that in front of Turner? August was so embarrassed.

Lucia said in an affirmative tone, “You’re... injured, aren’t you? I’m doing it for your own good!”

Seeing what the woman looked like, August didn’t know how to make it clear, so he just raised his eyebrows hopelessly.

He let go of her and started to step toward the study.

Watching the man from behind, Lucia thought of something and suddenly stopped him. ”Wait a minute!

August stopped in his tracks. “What is it?”

+ 10 Thinking about what Mrs. Mitchell told her to do, Lucia took a deep breath.

”I have something to talk about with

you.”

If she didn’t talk about the wedding with August, she was afraid that Mrs. Mitchell would get anxious and come to ask him personally.

“I went for dinner at my parents’ place the other day.” Lucia suddenly felt a little embarrassed and clutched the

corner of her blouse with one hand, “My mother asked me about the wedding.”

When he heard the word “wedding”. August suddenly turned serious.

She hesitantly explained the idea of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell. “My parents said that since we have already got the marriage certificate, we should have the wedding as soon as possible. It doesn’t need to be a luxury and grand wedding, but both families should get together and celebrate it.”

August knitted his brows and paused for a moment before he finally said, “I’m afraid I can’t promise you.”

With his status, even the slightest bit of news about him would cause gossip and make a stir in half of Austos City. let alone a big event like his marriage, which would affect not only him and the Adams family but also the whole Lion Group

Therefore, he could get a marriage certificate privately, but a wedding was absolutely out of the question.

It seemed that Lucia had not expected August to reject it outright. She was stunned for a few seconds, then

forced a smile and tried to ask why, but before she could say anything, August had already spoken up.

“You know my situation as well as the impact of public opinion on the company. If we have a wedding, it will inevitably get known to outsiders, so I can’t afford to give you a wedding.”

Hearing that, Lucia suddenly felt indescribably depressed and upset. What she wanted was not a grand wedding. It was good enough if it was unique, but now it seemed that she had no chance to get it at all. The woman looked so disappointed that August felt sorry for her. Lucia was silent for a while. Then, she suddenly raised her head and looked at August with a serious face.

“Actually... I can understand.”

Since she had seen those scars on his body, she knew that he often had no choice.

She curved her lips into a smile. ”It doesn’t matter if we have a wedding or not as long as we can have a good

life.”

Looking at the panic flickering in the woman’s eyes, August had some mixed feelings. After a pause, he said in a

softer voice, “Tll make it up to you.”

He would gradually make up for what he owed her now and what he would owe her in the future.

Lucia was touched by his words and narrowed her smiling eyes. “Okay.”

She was satisfied with what he said.

Meanwhile, August just stood there in a different state of mind.

He was afraid that one day when Lucia knew his real purpose, she would never smile at him like this again.

The next day, Lucia went to work as usual. When she arrived at the office, she saw a large pile of papers on her desk

Without asking, she could guess that it was Lisa. It was obvious that Lisa had given her so much basic work on purpose.

Lucia thought about it and didn’t bother to go over and argue with Lisa, so she had to start the work at hand.

She hadn’t completed the task assigned to her by Lisa after working on it all day, so it seemed inevitable that

she would have to do overtime today.

Lucia sighed, stretched and sat down to go on with her work. Her phone sud­denly dinged on the desk.

She picked it up to take a look and was surprised to see that the message was from August.

Chapter 041

She had always been the first to send a message between them and it was the first time that he had done so. “I’ll meet you at the underground garage after work tonight.” Lucia was instantly overjoyed to see those words and a smile appeared on her face. So, August was waiting for her to go home together! She couldn’t hide her joy and held her phone happily for quite a while. Suddenly, the door of her office was pushed open and Emma walked in quickly. “Lucia, Carter wants to see you in her office now!”

Seeing how nervous Emma looked, Lucia was stunned and asked, “Why? What’s wrong?”