The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 1164

Meanwhile, Lucian was having a weekly wrap-up meeting in a conference room at Farwell Group.

Members of the upper management apprehensively looked at Lucian, who was sitting at the end of the table.

They had been cautious for the past two days, for Lucian seemed to be in a bad mood.

The tension in the conference room was so thick one could cut it with a knife, and when it was time for progress reports, they all walked on eggshells, fearing a single mistake from them would send Lucian flying into a rage.

The directors of departments with terrible performances didn't even dare to raise their heads during the meeting.

Everyone held their breaths in dread until a knock came on the door.

lines of sight of his colleagues. Everyone in the conference room focused their

reveal an awkward Cayden

to look at Lucian with a

was already in a bad mood, got even more furious when the meeting was

he figured Cayden had been working for him long enough to know not to disturb a meeting

suppressed his anger at that thought and gestured for Cayden to bring his

clicked on the text message, displaying it on the screen before handing it over to Lucian. When Lucian reached for the phone, Cayden deliberately glanced at the screen, implying Lucian

his line of sight

the name "Jarvis" on the

furrowed as he perused the message

from Colby that read: Dr. Jarvis accidentally inhaled some poisonous gas during an experiment. She is

hesitated for a while when he saw the contents of

Moreover, he has clearly decided to go about his marriage engagement with Ms. Pearson, Thus, Cayden was conflicted about whether

was about Roxanne's matters, however, Cayden decided to bite the bullet in the end and brought the phone to the conference room. At that moment, he was studying Lucian's expression intently without blinking, afraid that his action was unnecessary and would end up making Lucian

upper management who sat further away could sense the atmosphere in the room growing tenser