Life at the Top

As soon as he said those words, everyone’s faces turned dark and somber.

Conrad felt like the fire within him had been ignited. Even though he managed to keep a lid on it, it was at the brink of exploding at any time.

“How ignorant can you get?!” Conrad said with a sneer.

Henry was full of smiles as he was pleased to see Conrad and Mitch infuriated yet were unable to vent out their frustrations. They looked as if they had eaten a fly.

After clearing his throat, Dwayne turned to Jasper. He was unsure what Jasper had up his sleeve, so he asked, “Mr. Laine, are you sure you want to make those two motions you mentioned earlier?”

“I’m sure.” Jasper nodded, giving Dwayne his affirmation.

Dwayne sighed. Seeing how Jasper was determined to embarrass himself, he made no further attempts to stop him and said, “Now that Mr. Laine, holding 24% of the shares, has made the motions, we will begin voting on the first motion.”

“I object.”

his opinion at almost the same time

objects. I abstain from voting on behalf

thinking about it, Dwayne thought it was pointless for him to prompt the other man and announced straight away, “Because the majority voted

Mr. Martin. Mr. Walter has not spoken yet. Isn’t this against the standard operating procedure?”

taken aback for a moment and gazed at Jasper

too hard-headed that he had even failed

embarrassing situation lest he felt humiliated by the absolute majority. What was

We still need to

slowly took off the gold-rimmed glasses resting on the bridge of his

that good to be humiliated in public? If that’s really what you want, then hey, move your face

“I agree.”

frozen in the air. Thinking that he was probably having auditory hallucinations, his head shot up abruptly. He turned his incredulous and

fixedly at the conference table without blinking. He did