Desmond was speechless.

His usually composed expression was starting to crack.

Shareholders were equally at a loss for words.

"What on earth? Do you even hear yourself right now?" they thought.

Their expressions were a sight to behold, all eyes on Lucas, waiting to see what else he might say.

On the other end of the line, Aveline fell silent.

Did she hear him right? Did he just say he was being bullied?

Wasn't he usually the one doing the bullying?

With a calm tone, she replied, "It seems like you're fine, so I'm going to hang up now."

"There is something, really!" Lucas quickly insisted, trying to keep her on the line. "After this incident, the executives at Tudor Group are holding a board meeting. They want to remove me from my position and send me packing. I'm about to be unemployed!" Shareholders were speechless.

This was getting more and more ridiculous.

Aveline paused for a moment and said, "This process sounds oddly familiar."

how things went with

And what happened then?

went and pulled a major move, seizing

different from last time. I'm actually out of a job. How about you

"I can't afford

can.

didn't know what

was too much to bear. They couldn't listen to

earth

turned his gaze toward them, giving them a

"What are you looking at? Don't any of you

Aveline was speechless.

fell

middle of a meeting, yet wasting time whispering sweet nonsense to her, her

hung

frown, clearly displeased. His gaze shifted back to the shareholders,

to his earlier

think that if the shareholders hadn't been

all, it was a call from his wife,

get divorced... Lucas seemed

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