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Xavier stormed out of the boardroom, his steps echoing down the hall. Amber hurried after him, holding up each of his ringing phones.

"It's your father." She said urgently, but Xavier brushed past her with a growl.

"The T-news, sir, they're insisting to—"

"Don't answer it," he snapped.

"But this one is important!" She called out, Xavier kept walking, his jaw clenched.She was about to speak again when he suddenly turned and snapped at her, his anger palpable.

"Just leave me alone, Elizabeth!"

Amber flinched and halted in her tracks and at the moment something shifted in Xavier, he could see the hurt in her eyes as she held...