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?

went and pulled a major move, seizing control of Tudor

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

"I

can.

know what

was too much to bear. They couldn't listen

earth was

stares, Lucas slowly turned his gaze toward them,

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

Aveline was speechless.

shareholders fell silent

still in the middle of a meeting, yet wasting time whispering sweet

hung up

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

stark contrast to

if the shareholders hadn't been staring at him while

it was a call from his wife, and she was

they were about to get divorced... Lucas

conference room fell silent for a moment. Finally, Mark broke the quiet, saying,

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

Mark's face immediately darkened.

a reputation

his age, always falling for a

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