"The head of the finance department provided their assessment of the coboration with Molomia. The detailed analysis is in the document on your left," answered Edmund.


    "Okay. You all can take a break while I go through this document." Lucas nodded to them, and his subordinates finally rxed.


    "Our president is great in every way, but he''s just too much of a workaholic."


    "Yeah, everybody needs to rest. Otherwise, why would he suddenly zone out? But don''t you find it odd that even Mister Lucas was zoning out?"


    When Lucas first took over thepany, he pulled three consecutive all-nighters. The next day, he was still the most alert person in the meeting, earning the respect and admiration of the veteran employees. "The passage of time really is relentless..."


    Even someone as young as Lucas could not endure it anymore. What about them?


    After the meeting, Lucas sighed with relief. Throughout the entire meeting, he found it unprecedentedly difficult to concentrate. He constantly felt like his phone would ring at any time.


    However, his phone remained unusually silent even after his meeting concluded.


    "Edmund, what''s my schedule for the rest of the day?"


    "At 1:20 p.m., there''s a meeting with Mister Danny. At 2:40 p.m., you''re scheduled to make an appearance at Mistern''s birthday banquet. That''s it."


    After a brief contemtion, Lucas narrowed his eyes and said, "Push the meeting with Mister Danny back by half an hour. I have something to attend to now, and I''ll be back before two o''clock." Edmund was momentarily surprised but quickly responded, "Certainly."


    Lucas extended two fingers with his right hand, and Edmund promptly handed over his car keys.


    Lucas hurried away as if in a rush to meet someone. He was in so much of a rush that even his suit''s button came undone.


    "That''s odd. Very odd indeed," eximed Edmund as he watched Lucas'' retreating figure.


    Melody briefly checked her phone and resumed reading the script. Her script, which had been tampered with by someone, had been returned to its original state.? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved.


    Shaun''s expression turned grim when he saw that script.


    "No wonder Logan got here so quickly. It turns out someone called him over..."


    He looked up and nced at the seemingly innocent Melody. ''She still had no idea how she had managed to avoid a certain trap.''


    "It seems like the saying ''fortune favors fools'' is true."


    Shaun did not tolerate anyone pulling underhanded tricks in his production team. Yet, someone had dared to meddle right in front of him.


    "From now on, the script for the female lead will be rotated among us for safekeeping. You''ll be the one held responsible if anything goes wrong while the script is in your hand," announced Shaun. ''This way, it''s possible to eliminate the possibility of others tampering with it,'' thought Shaun.


    Melody could vaguely sense that something had happened. She might have embarrassed herself in front of everyone if it were not for her habit of memorizing lines, and what Logan captured on film certainly would not be receiving the positive reviews she was enjoying. One could imagine how social media users would ridicule both her and the film when it came out. Holding thetest script, she continued to scrutinize the details,pletely absorbed and unbothered by her surroundings as she squatted on the ground. "There are chairs. Why not sit on them?" Lucas questioned as he entered and saw Melody crouched on the floor, looking pitiful.


    Melody nced at him and followed the trajectory of his long legs until she met Lucas'' condescending gaze from above. ''What''s he doing here at this time?'' "I like squatting," she replied.