Submit To The Boss Lucia And August Novel Chapter 240 – Could it be that he had feelings for this woman? Once the idea came to his
mind, Martin’s face clouded over. That was impossible!
He was counting on Jeanne to marry into the Adams’ family. He would allow
no one to upset his plan. This woman was pretty and smart, and he was
impressed by her decent manners. No man could resist such a woman. He
couldn’t let things go on like this. He would not let her foil his plan.
A sense of crisis rose in him, adding to the pressure from the crisis with his
company. He decided to test August and see if the latter cared about this
woman. 20 minutes later, Lucia was called back to the parlor. Martin was
sitting on the sofa with a gloomy face. “Ms. Mitchell, I’ve waited for 20
minutes but heard no updates from you.” He snorted and glanced at her,
“Didn’t bother to brush me off?”
Martin was energetic. When he raised his voice, Lucia tensed up and lost
her head. Taking a deep breath, she explained, “I’m sorry about that, Mr.
Kelly. I’ve checked it and found that Mr. Adams is still in the meeting. For
fear of disturbing you, I didn’t report the
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situation, but I am keeping an eye on it.”
’Humph!” Martin gave her a cold look, “I think you’re slighting me. And are
you sure he is not hiding from me?”
Lucia turned pale, took a deep breath, and explained in a hurry, “It’s not like
that. Mr. Adams is really busy.”
“Busy?” Martin glared at her, ‘Td like to see what he is busy with. He doesn’t
even have time to meet his future father-in-law.”
He pounded the table, stood up, and prepared to head out. Lucia’s heart
tightened. She stopped a man in a hurry. “Mr. Kelly, please give it more
patience.”
August was really in a meeting, and she had been instructed to stall the man. It
would be a disgrace if she failed her task. She couldn’t screw up her first task in
the President’s Office, could she?
“Patience? I’m running out of it!” Martin snorted.
Blocking his way, Lucia was at a loss of what to do when something crossed her
mind. Then she bowed deep and apologized, “Mr. Kelly, I’m sorry for the
inconvenience. Please take a seat. I’m getting Mr. Adams over to see you right
away.” She was trying to buy some time. Unexpectedly, the trick didn’t work on
Martin. His chest heaving with anger, he sat down on the sofa, saw the coffee cup on the table, picked it up, and hurled it at Lucia. The cup
shattered with a crash, and her forehead bled.
She hadn’t seen that coming or had enough time to dodge. The cup grazed her
skin, and the blood streamed down her pale face. It was a horrible scene. It
happened so suddenly that she only felt warm in her head. Melinda heard about
it, hurried to the scene, and asked in a panic. Only then did she feel dizzy.
“L… Lucia!” Melinda’s knees felt weak. She glanced at the man sitting on the sofa
and saw his grim face. Not daring to ask about it, she stormed out for the
conference room.
The meeting was still in progress, and she didn’t dare to break in. Instead, she
called Burton out and reported the situation. Burton turned serious. It seemed
that things had gone out of control. Regardless of everything, he hurried back
into the conference room and reported it to August.
August’s face fell in an instant, and a complicated look appeared in his eyes. A
second later, he stood up, glanced at the crowd, and said, “This is for today.”
While people were looking at each other in confusion, he strode out of the
conference room. The President’s Office was on the same floor. With his men,
August made it to the scene and immediately saw the woman with a bleeding
forehead. The red color looked garish on her pale face. Most of the blood stains
had been wiped off, but the horrible wound was exposed. August wrinkled his
brows and regained his composure as soon as he felt a penetrating gaze from
the side.
He turned to look at Martin and said in surprise, “Martin, I didn’t expect to see
you here.”
Martin returned a smile. His eyes refused to give away his emotions. “You didn’t
know? I’ve waited for an hour.”
August said tactfully, “I’m sorry about that. I came back as soon as the meeting
ended.”
“What a coincidence! The meeting ended as soon as a little accident happened
here.”
Both sophisticated, they were trying to sound each other out. Their intentions
were hidden behind their smiles. The others didn’t notice anything wrong.
Intentionally or unintentionally, August glanced at Lucia and curiously asked
Martin, “Accident, what accident?”
The fragments of the cup and the water stains were conspicuous
on the floor. From that angle, he had figured out the situation as soon as he
came in. He just hadn’t expected Martin to call it an accident.
“About that, you’ll have to ask your beautiful secretary.” Martin narrowed
his eyes and smiled, “Ms. Mitchell was trying to pour me a cup of coffee
when she slipped, smashed the cup, and hit the corner of the table. She
bled a lot, and it looked painful.”
Standing on the side, Lucia heard the man lying teeth his teeth. Her eyes
rounded with anger. He smashed the cup on her head but refused to
admit it. She looked up at August in a panic. Surprisingly, the latter
remained calm.
His tone was unsuspecting and relaxed. “Is that so? I’m sorry about that.
My new secretary is clumsy.”
In an instant, Lucia’s heart sank to the bottom. She had thought that he
would ask about what happened after seeing her injury. To her surprise,
he bought into Martin’s story. Her heart lurked, and pain spread. She
dropped her eyes and did her best to contain her emotions. The voices of
the two men came into her ears.
“It’s alright. We’ll be a family anyway. August, I have something to tell
you. Is this a convenient time?”
*Yeah, come with me to my office.”
Lucia listened to the leaving footsteps and felt cold. For a moment, she felt
more pain in her heart than from the wound on her forehead. Melinda was
worried to see Lucia standing in the parlor in a daze.
“Lucia, you should get your wound treated in the hospital, or you may get
infected.” The assistant hurried over and advised her. Lucia came back to
her senses and finally remembered her injury.
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