Lucien. I removed my glasses and set them down on the table. Two days, two whole days of trying to immerse myself in work and forget about everything. I moved to one of my estates and switched off my devices left for the one Dominic could reach through. I stood up, picked up my laptop and headed to the board meeting. I was seven minutes late, something that had never happened. I always made sure to be at every meeting at the speculated time but today, my thoughts had drifted. My assistant walked in hurried steps behind me, trying to form incoherent words. ''Sir, the meeting has began and the stock market for seven days ago..” I paused and turned in her direction. She moved back slowly. ''You are dismissed from your job.'' Her eyes widened in horror as if I had taken her last car

