Could it be that he had feelings for this woman? Once the idea came to his mind, Martin’s face clouded over. That was impossible!

He was counting on Jeanne to marry into the Adams' family. He would allow no one to upset his plan. This woman was pretty and smart, and he was impressed by her decent manners. No man could resist such a woman. He couldn't let things go on like this. He would not let her foil his plan.

A sense of crisis rose in him, adding to the pressure from the crisis with his company. He decided to test August and see if the latter cared about this woman. 20 minutes later, Lucia was called back to the parlor. Martin was sitting on the sofa with a gloomy face. "Ms. Mitchell, I've waited for 20 minutes but heard no updates from you." He snorted and glanced at her, "Didn't bother to brush me off?" /

Martin was energetic. When he raised his voice, Lucia tensed up and lost her head. Taking a deep breath, she explained, "I'm sorry about that, Mr. Kelly. I've checked it and found that Mr. Adams is still in the meeting. For fear of disturbing you, I didn't report the

1/6 16 67%                                                                                                                                                                                       1129 V) situation, but I am keeping an eye on it."

’Humph!" Martin gave her a cold look, "I think you're slighting me. And are you sure he is not hiding from me?"

Lucia turned pale, took a deep breath, and explained in a hurry, "It's not like that. Mr. Adams is really busy."

"Busy?" Martin glared at her, 'Td like to see what he is busy with. He doesn’t even have time to meet his future father-in-law."

He pounded the table, stood up, and prepared to head out. Lucia's heart tightened. She stopped a man in a hurry. "Mr. Kelly, please give it more patience."

stall the man. It would be a disgrace if she failed her task. She couldn't

out of

trick didn't work on Martin. His chest heaving with anger, he sat down on the 2/6 33 33%                                                                             

                                               

coffee cup on the table, picked it up, and hurled it at Lucia. The cup shattered with a crash, and her forehead

face. It was a horrible scene. It happened so suddenly that she only felt warm in her head. Melinda heard about it, hurried to the

knees felt weak. She glanced at the man sitting on the sofa and saw his grim face. Not daring to

she didn't dare to break in. Instead, she called Burton out and reported the situation. Burton turned serious. It seemed that things had gone out of control. Regardless of everything, he hurried back into the conference

his eyes. A second later, he stood up, glanced at the crowd, and said, "This

With his men, August made it to the scene and immediately saw the woman with a bleeding forehead. The red color looked garish on her pale face. Most of the blood stains had been wiped off, but the horrible wound was exposed. August

and said in surprise, "Martin, I didn't expect to

refused to give away his emotions. "You didn't know? I've waited

tactfully, "I'm sorry about that. I came back as soon as the meeting

The meeting ended as

intentions were hidden behind their smiles. The others

at Lucia and curiously

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