The drive to the Sterling estate was extraordinarily calm, Lucian had his head resting on his seat headrest.
His eyes were closed but his thought was anything but calm.
The knowledge that Emily might have to endure a lot during his departure didn't go down well with him.
Just like this report of Bryan…just this morning he had been the one to drop her off at the company and now someone else had to shove a transfer letter to her face.
Does that mean they also want to bully her even in his presence.
Was he that incapable?
Or does that mean, they never put him in their eyes.
rivals
Lucian felt as though he had tasted bile in his mouth.
If only he could go with her, he thought, but then the situation might not be a safe one.
The possibility of her becoming a target pressed down on him.
With several business rivals waiting eagerly for even the slightest chance of him slipping up, any misstep could be fatal.
