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. 

fists. Her hands had been soaked with her sweat. The man's gaze seemed to

have seen all

Lucia gulped nervously. 

later, August looked away and

then walked towards the glass door and pressed

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

Brook nodded and turned to Lucia. "Let's go."

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

surprised by their coming out from the inner room.

be understanding." August nodded slightly. He looked down

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

nodded. "That's

rang. Director Brook had a look at the caller's ID and

serious look. "President Adams, an emergency

nodded. "Go

meeting today was canceled, Director Brook didn't think it necessary

after mentioning Lucia goodbye,

August, Lucia and Burton were

just stared at

confronted his eyes in silence as well. They

in the atmosphere. He, without an extra word,

only the two of them were in

the initiative to speak.

and she knew what

didn't utter word after coming out of the inner room, he still knew that she had seen everything in the

in her nervousness, tried to speak

moved his lips but uttered not a sound. After a short silence, he said,

declined,

crispy refusal made August frown. He looked up at her and

also sensed the distance and the sudden coldness.

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

at last and said word by word, "August Adams, is it true that, in your eyes, everything can

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