Something was wrong.

“Hi,” she breathed.

“Hi. You look great,” he eyed her up and down.

“So do you,” she said accepting the flowers. “These are gorgeous. Let me put these in water and we can go.”

After getting the flowers situated, Damian held out on arm for her.

“Shall we?”

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Lucien dismissed his eighth and last meeting of the day. His brain felt like it was going to fall out of his ears before he made it home. In the short time Eugene had taken over, Reynolds Industries was in free fall. It reminded him of the catastrophe he dealt with right after he and Audrey had been married and he had to run off to Italy. The employees were terrified especially after the police had begun the formal investigation.

So many people had been let go or arrested in connection with the corruption. The remainder were scared. Lucien set up meetings with every department so hear their grievances and begin to heal the wounded company.

Reynolds Industries was bleeding, and he had to stop it.

It had gone that way all wee