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.

stopped talking and followed the lines of sight of his

door opened to reveal an awkward Cayden standing

the rest before turning to look at Lucian with a troubled expression.

a bad mood, got even more furious when the meeting was disrupted. His expression turned stonier than ever, and he was seconds away from

for him long enough to know not to disturb a meeting unless there was something

at that thought and

and hurried into the room. He even 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,

line of sight and dropped

a glance, Lucian caught the name "Jarvis" on

as he

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

while when he saw the contents of the

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

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 angry He

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