My Mute Bride

Chapter 348 Fallen From Grace

In an instant, the conference room was so silent that one could hear a pin drop. Someone let out a gasp. After all, Justin was Arthur’s only grandson. Even if he had now been removed as the Burton Group’s president, no one would dare to speak to him like this. Essentially, Robin was testing the man’s limits.

Despite his suggestion that Justin stay in the company as vice president, everyone knew how completely incompatible he and Justin were. If Justin were to stay in the company’s headquarters, he would definitely have a hard time.

Just when everyone thought Justin would definitely lose his temper, Arthur suddenly spoke. “Sounds like a good suggestion to me. Staying at the top for too long would make one forget that one should have their feet on the ground at all times. What do you think, Justin?”

Isn’t Old Mr. Burton gonna stick up for him?

“Old Mr.—”

Justin raised his hand, cutting Frankie short. He stood up and fixed his eyes on Robin across from him, uttering, “I accept it.”

As soon as the meeting ended, Frankie followed Justin out of the conference room. “President Burton, how could you agree to stay in the headquarters as vice president? Now that the company has been handed over to Robin, he’ll definitely give you a hard time at every turn if you stay here. This is—”

“Do you think I’m scared of him?”

“That’s not what I mean. President Burton, I’m just worried that you’ll be humiliated.” In Frankie’s eyes, Justin was a proud and aloof man who had stayed in a high position for many years without ever letting Robin have his way regardless of what the latter did. Now that Robin had triumphed over Justin, what Frankie feared most was that the former would play dirty tricks on Justin. “President Burton, why don’t you talk to Old Mr. Burton? It’s okay even if you have to go to the branch office. In any case, it’s better than staying here and running into Robin often.”

“It’s not necessary.” Justin’s brows furrowed, but his tone of voice was peremptory. It was precisely because Robin had become the company’s president that he had to stay. If the Burton Group were really to be handed over to Robin, no one knew if he would lead the company down a path of self-destruction.

Seeing that Justin had made up his mind, Frankie had no choice but to hold his tongue.

The pair had reached Justin’s office when they saw Miss Evergreen standing at the door with an uneasy expression. “President Burton, Frankie. President Gunson, he…”

Frankie’s face tautened at her words. He pushed the door open, only to see Robin sitting behind the desk with his feet on it. Not only that, but he rested the heels of his leather shoes on a book on the desk that Justin hadn’t finished reading, tearing its pages.

scene. “What do you

company. You should be

“How dare you—”

with a stony face and cold, piercing eyes. “What

stomach. “I’m here to ask you if we should swap offices. After all,

always belonged to Justin ever since he officially took over as the Burton Group’s president 12 years

you?” Robin looked incredibly smug. “Justin, tell

chilly all of a

gleam in the man’s stony eyes, Robin shuddered at once. There were certain times when he was still somewhat afraid of Justin. In an instant, he straightened up and stared warily at the man across from

composure soon afterward, though. He said nonchalantly, “You like this office? I’ll give

Frankie

up

was a little nervous, and he subconsciously pulled his feet off the desk while gulping some saliva. Then, he straightened up, asking, “What are you

and dusted it off with his hand before pointing at the room’s furnishings. “If you like these things, you can use them as you please. If you don’t like them, you can take them apart

earned it from a diploma mill, so he couldn’t speak any foreign language other than very poor Latin. He was able to fool the nonexperts by having his underlings work hard for

someone to pack up

“Yes, President Burton.”

maintained his dignity with an innately noble

Robin swept everything off

office, shuddered with fright before turning to look at

looking at?” Robin’s face was sullen. “Starting from today, I’ll be calling the shots in the Burton Group.

Justin left the Burton

office cleaned up as soon

that. Give