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."

exactly how things

And what happened then?

seizing control of Tudor Group

replied, "This time it's different from last time. I'm actually out of a job.

"I can't

can. I'm

know

bear. They couldn't listen to this any

earth was going

Lucas slowly turned his gaze toward them, giving them a

in a cool, languid tone, "What are you looking at? Don't any of you have wives

Aveline was speechless.

shareholders fell silent

Aveline realized that Lucas was still in the middle of a meeting, yet wasting time

quickly hung

stared at his phone, his brows knitting together in a slight frown, clearly displeased. His gaze shifted back to the shareholders, now carrying a colder edge.

to

unable to help but think that if the shareholders hadn't been staring at him while

from his wife, and she

they were about to get divorced... Lucas seemed determined to win

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