No Ulterior Motives C249
by MarineTLChapter 249: A Loss or a Gain? Inside the conference room. Lu Xiaolong leaned back in his chair, spinning a silver-gray lighter between his fingers. The crisp click of the lighter echoed rhythmically through the room. Beside him, Lu Huang slouched in her seat, staring blankly out the window with a gray headset in her ears. A faint hum of singing drifted from her direction. She looked both lazy and utterly uninterested. At that moment— Lin Ke pushed open the office door and took a seat across…
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