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I sucked in a breath at his words, stated so casually as though he was discussing something as mundane as the weather of what he wanted to have for dinner. My eyes roaming from the lights to the elegant decorations.

I could begin to presume the kind of business the man was into, how long it’s been in his family or the amount of staffs in his employ. With the company going under they’ll be put out of their jobs. Most of them would have families to feed, the decision of one man to have such devastating effects and there’s Ian in the center of it ready to pull the pin, toss it in the ocean and watch the ship sink while everyone scrambles looking for ways to stay afloat.

I bit my bottom lip, “That’s… brutal”

“Like you said, it is the way of business”

We don’t speak any more after that, I- I had nothing to say to someone who would make a decision like that.

It’s times like this that I’m reminded of his reputation, what the media says about him, opportunist, ruthless, a cutthroat.

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