Beyond the Divorce

I chuckled and said into the phone, "Well then, I'll hang up, Mia! The acquisition of Echelon is a done deal. I'll make it happen whether or not I have the capital. I have no choice since I'm doing it for someone else's sake. "Once it's done, I'll have all the capital I need. Don't worry, okay?"

After saying that, I hung up the phone.

Everyone around me burst into laughter. Lauren said, "That response was priceless!"

I disdainfully dropped the phone and said, "Really? She's the major shareholder, after all!"

As soon as I said this, everyone understood what I meant, and they all burst into laughter again.

Two days later, there was a meeting in the conference room on the tenth floor of the Echelon Building.

My team and I arrived at the Echelon Building on time. The entrance was swarmed with people, crowded by the reporters, making it impossible to pass through.

the reporters into two sides and stationed them at the entrance of the building, preventing them from stepping over the security barrier. Otherwise,

intruded into Fremont Bay without authorization had long disappeared from the scene. With such a

only my team and I appeared in the public eye. There was no sign of anyone related to the ATL Empire, which would undoubtedly arouse

all criticizing me for being

group

conference room, several major shareholders were already present. They

pulled a chair for me. I

that I was seated in the main seat, and several of them seemed eager to speak up. But none spoke first, realizing that most others were still

calmly scanned the people present, some of whom I not only recognized

everyone!" I

at me, and his gaze

he tried to stabilize his emotions and said, "Today's shareholders' meeting of Echelon, I think...