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. 

felt so nervous that she unwittingly clenched her fists. Her hands had been soaked with her sweat. The man's gaze

knows I have seen all these?

Lucia gulped nervously. 

August looked away and ordered, "Ask them

towards the glass door and pressed the open button. She said to Lucia

sorry to keep you waiting.

and turned

still panicked. She nodded, hardly recovered from the shock just now, and followed

surprised by their coming out from the inner room. He said expressionlessly, "Sorry  to keep you

August nodded slightly. He

meeting some other day. I'll be at the shooting site

nodded.

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

came back with a serious look. "President Adams, an

"Go ahead."

canceled, Director Brook didn't

mentioning Lucia goodbye, he left in a hurry.

instant, only August, Lucia and Burton

stared at Lucia silently.

well. They silently

in the atmosphere. He, without an extra

of them were in the spacious

August took the initiative to speak. "You saw everything?"

took a deep breath and she knew what he

Even if she didn't utter word after coming out of the inner room, he still

in her nervousness, tried to speak with composure. Yes. I saw everything."

this, August moved his lips but uttered not a sound. After

declined,

refusal made August frown. He looked up at her and asked,

he also sensed the distance and the sudden coldness.

something extremely heavy had pressed her chest. She hesitated, but she

is it true

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