Chapter 151

Zavian turned away to place the files from court into the safe before responding. “Administrative work doesn’t appeal to me,” he stated frankly. “I’d much rather listen to the bickering between lawyers than the nonsense from the members of the corporate board.”

Emmeline laughed lightly at his disdainful tone when speaking of business management. “You really do hate running a company, don’t you?” she teased.

He closed the safe with a firm thud and fixed her with an intense look. “My men mostly run this firm,” he revealed.

Emmeline’s brows rose at this new information.

She moved away from the painting to settle herself comfortably in the leather chair behind his desk.

“I didn’t know that.”

Zavian shrugged one of his arms out of his long judicial robe. “I have two capable subordinates who run my family’s main business ventures, and manage my firm...with my help, of course,” he couldn’t resist adding with his trademark arrogance while moving to a near