"Mr. Adrien, you're here too?"
Sophie Li was completely floored.
Utterly floored.
What was going on? Were they all coming in groups to see our President Lucas today?
First, there was Qin Xiao, then Camille Laurent showed up.
And now...
Adrien Lefèvre was here too!
This was unbelievable.
The employees were also feasting on this drama, nearly stuffed.
"Our company, Tian Ying, is destined for greatness!"
"Today is absolutely President Lucas's moment to shine! A hundred-billion CEO coming to our door!"
"Pfft, this gives me the illusion I'm watching a romantic drama."
The online bystanders were equally stunned.
After all, today's events were simply too shocking.
Their modest little billion-dollar company had three different hundred-billion CEOs visit on the same day.
One of them was worth several hundred billion.
How many lifetimes of work would that take?
Unimaginable.
Standing before Sophie Li, Adrien Lefèvre was still dressed in his flashy white suit. A look of confusion crossed his handsome face.
" 'Too'?"
Adrien asked, "Who else has been here?"
He was a little curious.
His little follower hadn't been bothering him these past few days. Could he have been secretly pulling off something big?
He had also come today to discuss cooperation with Lucas.
After all, if Wei Ting valued him, Lucas must have some secret he hadn't shared.
Sophie Li answered truthfully, "Quite a few people."
"Earlier, President Qin from the Qin Group came. Right now, President Camille from the Laurent Group is inside."
There was no need to hide this.
She, as the secretary, knew the relationship between President Lucas and Adrien best.
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, Adrien was taken aback.
Qin Xiao was here too?
All big shots.
But...
Why was Camille Laurent here?
With Sophie Li's mention, he recalled the scene from that night—Camille holding Lucas's hand.
Instantly, his handsome face darkened.
It seemed...
These two were hiding something from him.
Thinking this, Adrien wasted no more words. He walked directly to the president's office door and pushed it open.
*Creak.*
The door swung open.
An urgent, expectant voice drilled into Adrien's ears.
"Lucas, can you promise to be good to me alone from now on?"
Hearing this sentence, Adrien's face instantly clouded over.
Deceitful pair!
So it was true! These two really had something going on!
Lucas... Well done! Secretly stealing Camille away behind his back?
And Camille too.
What a hypocrite!
So all that deep affection and pitiful vulnerability before was just an act!
"Lucas!" Adrien couldn't help but shout.
Hearing his voice, both Lucas and Camille inside the office turned their heads.
Seeing Adrien, they were both stunned.
"Adrien? / Mr. Adrien?"
Lucas was surprised and also perplexed.
Why was everyone coming to see him today?
What was going on?
Camille felt a moment of awkwardness, but she quickly composed herself.
Adrien was here.
Looking at his gloomy face, she felt an unexpected sense of... satisfaction?
How strange.
Seeing them standing so close, with Camille's body almost pressed against Lucas, Adrien felt a surge of disbelief.
"What were you two talking about?" Adrien asked in a low voice.
He wanted to see what topic they could possibly be discussing.
He also wanted to see how Camille would explain herself!
Adrien had already decided: if Camille dared to confess her feelings to him again later, he would humiliate her mercilessly!
Hypocrite!
Pretending to be pure on the surface, but scheming behind people's backs!
These past few days, Adrien had been at home discussing with his mother whether to formally propose to Claire Dubois.
In the original story, this plot point was also the catalyst that spurred Adrien Lefèvre to strive harder.
Unable to bear seeing the granddaughter of his master's old friend being coerced like this, he was determined to reclaim dignity for Old Master Bai.
He wouldn't let Adrien's arrogance continue unchecked.
He wanted Claire to choose her own path in life.
So, he worked hard, starting a company with his own abilities.
Then, finding opportunities, he rose rapidly in a short time.
Later, through a series of plot developments, "Brother Buzzcut" Adrien Lefèvre successively unearthed crucial evidence that could bring down the Su family.
In short, the protagonist could find what he needed wherever he went.
Even opportunities he didn't actively seek would find him.
Seeing Adrien's foul mood, Lucas didn't seem bothered. He smiled and said, "Ms. Laurent mentioned she had a project to discuss with me."
"Adrien, what brings you here?"
Lucas didn't stand up to greet Adrien as he usually would.
Nor did he display the obsequiousness Adrien had come to expect.
This made Adrien uncomfortable and irritated.
Although he was a mama's boy, to the outside world, he was a cold, domineering, decisive CEO!
Discuss a project?
Adrien scoffed inwardly at Lucas's words.
Did he think Adrien was deaf?
What had Camille just said?
Asking Lucas to be good to her alone from now on.
Was *that* the "project" he was talking about?
Adrien didn't respond to him. Instead, he fixed his gaze on Camille, who stood beside Lucas.
After her initial discomfort, Camille had also regained her composure. She ignored Adrien's stare.
She simply said to Lucas, "If you're willing, we can discuss it anytime!"
With that, Camille stood up to leave.
As she passed Adrien, she didn't pause, nor did her eyes show any flicker of emotion.
It seemed she had truly let go.
But...
It was precisely this action by Camille that stirred a thread of displeasure in Adrien.
What did she mean?
Camille, are you ignoring me now?
Just as Camille was about to step out of the office door, Adrien suddenly called out to her, "Camille!"
Camille's steps halted. She turned, a look of puzzlement on her face. "Mr. Adrien, is there something you need?"
She forced calm on the surface, but her heart was anything but still.
Hearing her tone, Adrien immediately felt aggravated. He said sternly, "Don't you have anything to say?"
"You leave as soon as you see me?"
"Say something?"
Camille was momentarily stunned. The heart that had once belonged solely to Adrien finally turned completely cold.
You...
You call me back, just to take this tone with me?
What do you want me to say?
Greet you politely? Or continue confessing my feelings to you?
In your eyes, Adrien, was all the kindness I showed you before just something you took for granted?
Camille felt a pang of hurt.
Although she wanted to let go of Adrien and have no further contact with him,
after all this time, emotions couldn't be discarded so easily.
Camille adjusted her emotions, took a deep breath, and said, "Well, Mr. Adrien, what would you like me to say?"
"Should I continue confessing my love to you?"
Her words fell, leaving the air utterly silent.