The pressure on me vanished. I straightened and adjusted my collar, which had been yanked crooked.
Everyone in the hall froze. They stared at the doorway in fear, and not a single person dared move.
A man's silhouette appeared against the light. The moment he stepped into the hall and everyone saw his face, their expressions changed dramatically.
Someone sprang from his seat and cried out, "Adrian Blake?!"
Adrian was the sole heir to the Blake Group and was worth hundreds of billions.
The Blake Group controlled the nation's largest supply-chain network. Without exception, every one of Nathan's businesses depended on Blake logistics.
In other words, the lifeblood of Nathan's commercial empire had always been in Adrian's hands.
Nathan instinctively released Sophia. His arm dropped sti
