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."

this exactly how things went with

And what happened then?

seizing control of Tudor Group right

"This time it's different from last time. I'm actually out of a job. How about you take care of

said, "I

"You can. I'm

know

too much to bear. They couldn't listen to

on earth was

Lucas slowly turned his gaze toward them, giving them

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

Aveline was speechless.

fell silent

in the middle of a meeting,

quickly hung up the

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

stark contrast to his earlier

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

a call from his wife, and she was concerned

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

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