Frustrated

"You are not listening to me, are you?" The managing director of I-Global healthcare and pharmaceuticals asked with a wave of his right hand when Tom just kept staring at him with a puzzled frown on his face. 

The middle-aged man with a receding hairline had been surprised when he walked into the CEO's office and saw Tom looking completely different from what he knew him to be. Seeing how distracted the usually sharp-witted CEO was, he could tell that his mind was very far away from whatever was going on in the office. 

Tom blinked at the director when he waved a hand in front of him, "I'm sorry. What did you say?" Tom asked with a shake of his head, feeling slightly embarrassed that he had been caught in his distracted state. 

"If I'm not crossing the line, we could always leave the meeting for some other time. It's not something urgent, and I don't think you are in any state for a work-related conversation," The director suggested.