**Lucian’s POV**
There was complete silence for a long moment after I said it.
Finley just gazed at me as if he couldn't possibly have heard me correctly.
“You're…. Taking your secretary?”
Finley's loud voice echoed throughout the room, his expression of discontent and shock made his feelings clear.
He stood there with a tablet forgotten in his hand and his brows slowly pulling together as if his brain needed time to process English.
I did not respond to his question immediately. I just leaned back in my chair and opened a file.
Anything that will keep me in control.
“You realize what that means, right?” Finley went on cautiously. “What it implies and what people will presume. Your mother. The board. The press. Lucian…”
“Finley.”
Just my voice, but it shut him up.
His jaw tighte
