Chapter 424 Cold-Blooded August 

 

Though Bishop left, the coldness in the conference room lingered. It even grew stronger the atmosphere  became grim and frightening. 

Director Downs had been paralyzed with fright. He looked at August and pleaded with a trembling voice, 

"President Adams, please forgive me. I was put up into this by Mr. Bishop..." 

Hearing this, August didn't relent at all. He turned to Jasper and ordered indifferently, "Business is business." Jasper immediately nodded. He dragged Director Downs by his back collar and dragged the man out of the  conference room. 

Lucia, as she watched everything happen in the conference room, kept emitting cold sweat. 

At this moment, August, to her, was completely a stranger. A stranger who would never dine with her, joke. 

with her or have a bet with her as he did days ago. 

Soon, the people in the conference room left. Only August and Burton were left. 

August flipped through the ledger at hand, exuding coldness of rage. Soon, he threw the book onto the table. 

and said, "Make copies of them and send them to my father.' 

Burton nodded. 

Since the Adams brothers had brutally put their hostilities with each other on the table, August didn't think it 

necessary to keep things secret and spare Bishop's feelings. It was merely a matter of time before Eliot Adamas knew it. 

At that moment, knocks were heard. Soon, the assistant pushed the door open. "President Adams." 

It was the assistant who brought Lucia and Director Brook in. She stood before August and looked towards the 

inner room. She reported, "President Adams, two film directors came for you. They were waiting in the  conference room. Due to the emergency, I put them in the inner room." 

Hearing this, August slowly landed his gaze on the inner room. 

her sweat. The man's gaze seemed to be

I have

Lucia gulped nervously. 

August looked away and ordered, "Ask them

walked towards the glass door and pressed

smile, "Mr. Brook, Ms. Mitchell am sorry to keep you waiting. President Adams  has just

Brook nodded and turned to Lucia.

just now, and followed Director Brook  out

the inner room. He said expressionlessly, "Sorry  to keep you waiting."

be understanding." August nodded slightly. He looked

meeting some other day. I'll be at the

Brook nodded. "That's fine."

Brook had a look at the caller's ID and hurriedly answered the call. Needless to

the call and came back with a serious look. "President Adams, an emergency

nodded. "Go ahead."

didn't

nodded and, after mentioning Lucia goodbye, he left in

only August, Lucia and Burton were

at Lucia

in silence as well. They silently looked at each other.

sensed the strangeness in the atmosphere. He, without an extra

of them were in the

the initiative to speak.

and she knew what

keep it from August Adams. Even if she didn't utter word after coming out of the inner room, he still knew that she had seen

in her nervousness, tried to speak with composure.

but uttered not a sound. After a short silence, he said, "Let

declined,

looked up at her and asked, "What?

the distance

only felt that something extremely heavy had pressed her chest.

last and said word by word, "August Adams, is it true that,

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