Chapter 424

Chapter 424Chapter 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.
Lucia felt so nervous that she unwittingly clenched her fists.Her hands had been soaked with her
sweat.
The man's gaze seemed to be able to penetrate through the one-side glass and lock on her.
August knows I have seen all these? Lucia gulped nervously.
Two seconds later, August looked away and ordered, "Ask them to come out."
The assistant then walked towards the glass door and pressed the open button.She said to Lucia and
Director Brook with an apologetic smile, "Mr.Brook, Ms.Mitchell, I am sorry to keep you
waiting.President Adams has just finished the emergency.Please come over."
Director Brook nodded and turned to Lucia.
"Let's go."Lucia was still panicked.She nodded, hardly recovered from the shock just now, and followed Director
Brook out of the inner room.
August didn't seem to be surprised by their coming out from the inner room.
He said expressionlessly, "Sorry to keep you waiting."
Director Brook smiled.
"It's okay.President Adams, you're so busy.We should be understanding."
August nodded slightly.He looked down at his wrist watch and said, "I'm afraid we won't have enough
time today.Business ahead! We would have to have the meeting some other day.I'll be at the shooting
site when I am free."
Director Brook nodded.
"That's fine."
As he spoke, his phone rang.
Director Brook had a look at the caller's ID and hurriedly answered the call.
Needless to say, it must be a call for work.
Soon, Director Brook finished the call and came back with a serious look.
"President Adams, an emergency at the studio.I gotta go and check it out."
August nodded.
"Go ahead."As the meeting today was canceled, Director Brook didn't think it necessary for him to stick around.He
nodded and, after mentioning Lucia goodbye, he left in a hurry.
In an instant, only August, Lucia and Burton were left in the conference room.
August just stared at Lucia silently.
Lucia confronted his eyes in silence as well.
They silently looked at each other.
Burton seemed to have sensed the strangeness in the atmosphere.He, without an extra word, walked
out of the conference room and closed the door.
At this moment, only the two of them were in the spacious conference room.
Seconds later, August took the initiative to speak.
"You saw everything?"
Lucia took a deep breath and she knew what he meant.Can't keep it from August Adams.
Even if she didn't utter a word after coming out of the inner room, he still knew that she had seen
everything in the inner room.
Lucia, in her nervousness, tried to speak with composure.
"Yes.I saw everything."
Hearing this, August moved his lips but uttered not a sound.
After a short silence, he said, "Let me drive you home."Lucia subconsciously declined, "Don't bother."
The crispy refusal made August frown.He looked up at her and asked, "What? Afraid of me?"
novelbinApparently, he also sensed the distance and the sudden coldness.
Lucia only felt that something extremely heavy had pressed her chest.
She hesitated, but she looked up at August at last and said word by word, "August Adams, is it true
that, in your eyes, everything can be a bargaining chip?"
Even a five years old child? She, as a mother, had two five-year-old kids.She could naturally
understand how parents cherished and loved their kids.
However, August threatened Director Downs with his son.
Hearing this, he showed upset in his eyes.He remained silent for a long while.
"You were frightened, weren't you?"
August suddenly took a stride to approach her and looked at her condescendingly.
He continued, "You think I am cruel and ruthless, and cold-blooded, don't you?"
The coldness and distance in Lucia's eyes would be anything but a denial of his words.He was cold-
blooded indeed.
With countless properties, he still couldn't tolerate his half-brother, Bishop.
Other's families and children were merely stepping stones to his goals.
After seconds without an answer from Lucia, August snorted."Lucia Mitchell, I have always been cruel.You should have known that long ago."
Lucia gave a gasp.She stared at the cold-blooded man who had a gloomy face, and she only felt her
tongue twisted and unable to utter a word.
At the moment, she had an even stronger desire to escape from him.She took several steps back
unconsciously.She looked at the man in front of her.
The more she looked, the less familiarity she had towards the man.
How could she let Timothy and Janet stay close to such a man? If he found out the truth, what would
he do? She couldn't or even didn't dare to imagine.
The best way was to run far away from him! Far enough that she could never come back and he could
never find her! August caught the fright and coldness in her eyes, which somehow made him feel
suffocated.
On the spur of the moment, he reached out and grabbed the woman's wrist.
Then, he pulled her towards her.
The distance between them was violently shortened.
Lucia looked up and met the man's eyes.
Her heart was pounding fast.
August, brows knitted and lips pressed, said, "You think I am cold-blooded, don't you? You think that I
shouldn't drive my half-brother away? You think I shouldn't threaten Joaquin Downs with his son? You
do think so, don't you?"
Lucia pressed her lips tight and made no response.Indeed, she thought so.
Soon, August continued, "Lucia Mitchell, what do you know about Bishop Adams, huh?"