#Chapter 14: Guessing Game

Lucian’s POV Ending the call with Dr. A, I lowered my phone to my desk. Then, I took a minute to breathe deeply, satisfaction and relief filling me. Dr. A had agreed to cooperate with me on my offered project of providing free medical care to the common people. I had been worried when she refused to take the proposal from my hand. Leaving it on the reception desk felt like a dismissal. Perhaps, even with her dislike of me, after she read the document, she realized the good we could do together. Either way, I was pleased. At least, I was – until I looked down at the cold red tea sitting in a cup on my desk. To avoid the constant disruptions by Sheila at home, I had taken to coming into the Alpha headquarters building to do my work. As long as Sheila remained in my house, my days of working at home were behind me. This meant that I relied on the service of those working in the building for my needs. From what I could remember from before I started regularly working from