Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 182: Comparison

Andros's POV

I stood in front of my father with my head lowered and my fists clenched tightly to my side as I waited for what his reaction was going to be.

I had just finished giving my presentation and showing him everything. Now, he is meticulously going through the data I have printed for him to see.

The seconds ticked by, the silence in the room deafening, and I could feel the tension building, coiling tighter with every passing moment.

I flinched, my heart pounding in my chest, when he suddenly slammed the papers down onto the desk. The documents scattered, and I swallowed hard, bracing myself for the onslaught of criticism I knew was coming.

"Two percent?" My father's voice thundered, the anger and disappointment lacing his words. "You are already proud of that after all the resources poured into this venture, this is the best that you can do?"

I opened my mouth, desperate to explain, to plead my case, but the words got caught in my throat as his piercing gaze silenced me.

Two percent is the development that the business made. I know it's too little to satisfy him, but I wasn't expecting to receive such a violent reaction from him.

shaking his head in disgust. "Your sister, Astrid has only been

Before, when Astrid still hadn't entered our life, my father criticized me fairly, focusing solely on the

would always compare me to her. It was always Astrid,

me, more capable than me. Father is

my worth, to show my father that I could be the great Alpha that he wanted me to be, but

you

you experience and to have the training that you needed. If you can' even manage a simple business, how

and defeated, the

weren't already high enough, it becomes even higher because of Astrid's

have been fine with the two percent progress, but because of her, the two percent progress is no longer

next time," I mumbled,

many times have you already told me

here in the Pack for a month, anyway," he muttered, making me look up at

up on me and was going to remove me as the CEO of the