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."

things went with DK

And what happened then?

seizing control of Tudor Group right

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

"I can't

responded, "You can.

really didn't know

bear. They couldn't listen to this any

on earth

Lucas slowly turned his gaze toward them, giving them a sweeping

asked in a cool, languid tone, "What are you looking at? Don't

Aveline was speechless.

shareholders fell

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

quickly hung up the

gaze shifted back to the shareholders, now carrying a colder edge. "Continue," he said curtly, his tone

contrast to his

think that if the shareholders hadn't been staring at him

from his wife, and she was concerned about

get divorced...

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