Chapter 29 Unexpected Absence

In the conference room of Peak Entertainment at nine o'clock the next morning.

Everything was already set for the first meeting of the play titled, The Crown.It was expected of the important players, like the investor, director, and scriptwriter, to be present.

Chelsea was the keynote speaker in this meeting.

As the scriptwriter, she needed to introduce the plot of the play and show the others the draft she made for the script.

Edmund and Diane showed up hand in hand.

Luka was surprised, but he stood up to welcome them.

With a polite smile on his face, he asked meaningfully, "Long time no see, Miss Stevenson.Why are you here? Are you by chance interested in this play?"

Diane held onto Edmund's arm.Her face was heavily made up, so her smile was rather frozen.She replied, "It has been ages since I got myself involved in one of these.I'm not interested in the play at all.I only accompanied Edmund here.Do you have any problem with that?"

for any trace of her enemy,

he

looked at his wristwatch and then at the door.It was almost time for the meeting to begin, but Chelsea was

meeting started ten

our scriptwriter can't come today.In her absence, I will brief you on the

Edmund's face darkened.

didn't she show up for such an important meeting? Did she think this play was something to joke with? How dare she act so wilfully?

They began to murmur.

the opportunity

this is the first meeting of this project.I think it's rather irresponsible for your scriptwriter to stand us up.If she does this on the

"It wasn't her intention to stand us up.She actually had an

Faint worry lines appeared on Edmund's forehead when he heard this.His mind was

sort of accident? Her arm was scalded yesterday.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмBut Chris prescribed some ointment for her.Didn't she apply them? Was the wound infected? Or did something else happen to her? Was it serious? Luka's defensive response made Diane feel embarrassed.She had spoken in

that it seemed that Chelsea was away for a good reason, she feared that Edmund would think that she was deliberately taking

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