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. 

clenched her fists. Her hands had been soaked with her sweat. The man's gaze seemed to be able to penetrate through the

knows I have

Lucia gulped nervously. 

looked away and ordered,

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

Brook, Ms. Mitchell am sorry to keep you waiting. President Adams  has just finished the emergency. Please

turned to

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

the inner room. He said expressionlessly,

August nodded slightly. He looked down at his wrist watch and said, "I'm afraid we won't have enough time

have the meeting some other day. I'll be at

nodded. "That's

caller's ID and hurriedly answered the call. Needless to say, it must

and came back with a serious look. "President Adams, an emergency at the studio. I gotta

nodded. "Go ahead."

didn't think

nodded and, after mentioning Lucia goodbye, he left

instant, only August, Lucia and Burton were left

at

as well. They

seemed to have sensed the strangeness in the atmosphere. He, without an extra word, walked out of the conference room

two of them

later, August took the initiative to speak. "You

a deep breath and she knew what he meant..

of the inner room, he still knew that she had seen everything in the inner

her nervousness, tried to speak with composure.

his lips but uttered not a sound. After a

declined, "Don't

made August frown. He looked up at her and

he also sensed the distance and

that something extremely heavy had pressed her chest. She hesitated,

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

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