Lucius, sitting across from me in the office, wasted no time and asked directly, “Isn’t this a bit too much?”

His voice was calm, but his high-handed posture felt like an invisible hand gripping my heart.

I thought, just how anxious must he be to have come all the way from PrimeSphere just to stand up for Cecily?

And to do it in person, no less.

I took a deep breath and replied flatly, “Please, Mr. Albrecht, enlighten me.”

Lucius shot me a ...