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 went with

And what happened then?

pulled a major move, seizing control

"This time it's different from last time. I'm actually out of

"I can't afford

can. I'm very low

know what

too much to bear. They couldn't listen to this any

earth was going

gaze

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

Aveline was speechless.

shareholders fell

that Lucas was still in the middle of a meeting, yet

quickly hung up

gaze shifted back to the shareholders, now carrying a colder edge.

stark contrast to

if the shareholders hadn't been staring at him while he was on the phone,

all, it was a call from his wife, and she was concerned

get divorced... Lucas seemed determined to

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