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."

Wasn't this exactly how things went with DK Group?

And what happened then?

major move, seizing control of Tudor

actually out of

"I

"You can. I'm very low

really didn't know what

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

on earth was going

their stares, Lucas slowly turned his gaze toward them, giving

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

Aveline was speechless.

fell silent

realized that Lucas was still in the middle of a meeting, yet wasting time whispering sweet nonsense to her, her cheeks grew

hung up the

back to the shareholders, now carrying a colder edge.

to his

but think that if the shareholders hadn't been staring at him while he was on

was a call from his wife, and she was concerned about

to get divorced... Lucas

moment. Finally, Mark broke the quiet, saying, "It seems that you and your wife are very

cares about me deeply, unlike yours,

Mark's face immediately darkened.

a reputation for

age, always falling for a

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