“Mr Matt Forrest. It seems you're taking your role as an acting CEO as a joke.” Robert was at it again.
The new mouthpiece of the board.
“No sir. I am not. I just had a bit of an emergency back home.” He raised his head to speak and then lowered again after his eyes went round the board table once.
“He's lying. He tells lies. He was probably back at home on his couch, laughing at us.”
“That is not true!” Matt raised his voice at the same moment his hands struck the wooden table.
The loudness of it silence the rest of the room.
Matt realized just how loud he was and immediately apologized.
“im sorry, everyone. I didn't mean to do that. It was foolish and reckless of me.”
The board murmured about his attitude but they said nothing to him.
“Personally, I don't think we should put our
