Xander stepped into the elevator. I pressed the button for the top floor, while he casually selected the 12th.

　　The way people addressed him, along with his formal attire, made me suspicious.

　　Xander, smug as ever, tilted his head from side to side. "Because I'm now the General Manager of GHI."

　　I turned to him in shock. "On what grounds?"

　　GHI was Lucas's company—his empire, built from the ground up. How could someone like Xander, who had ...