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?

pulled a major move, seizing control

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

said, "I

can. I'm

know what

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

on earth

turned his gaze toward them, giving them a

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

Aveline was speechless.

fell

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

quickly hung up the

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 his

think that if the shareholders hadn't been staring

a call from his wife, and she was concerned about

about to get divorced... Lucas seemed determined to

moment. Finally, Mark broke the quiet, saying, "It seems that you

"Of course. My wife cares about me deeply, unlike

Mark's face immediately darkened.

a reputation for

age, always falling

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