Silly Bride

Chapter 129

say it again!”“I will! You’re an illegitimate child, and everyone here knows about it! Bore by a lowly hostess, you’re a worthless person!”Bang! Enraged, Hamish took a chair and threw it toward the person opposite him.The person did not take it lying down, either. He climbed onto the table and advanced toward Hamish.Nathaniel did not expect that Garland Group had fallen to such a pathetic state. He just watched on nonchalantly as the drama unfolded before him. Although he brought along two security guards, he did not ask them to stop the fight.That was because Nathaniel knew Winnie was watching outside.Hamish was her father and enemy. If Winnie did not intend to stop him, Nathaniel would not poke his nose into it.At this moment, Winnie was sitting on a couch in the outer section of the conference room. She was sipping coffee relaxingly as if watching a show.The female assistant, Jasmine, who was standing beside her, started to worry.She asked softly, “Ms. Garland, a fight has started inside. Do you want me to get the security guards?”“No need.” Winnie frowned slightly. Scenes of this man abusing her mother when she was young started to flash across her mind once again. Her lips curled slightly. “I should be thankful for that person who’s getting his hands dirty on my behalf. Why would I rush to stop him.”But the drama ultimately ended.There was not a single person in the conference room who was on Hamish’s side.Furthermore, they did not wish to leave a bad impression in front of Garland Group’s new owner. Thus, some people quickly broke up the fight.After all that, Hamish was still disgruntled. He banged the table and shouted at Nathaniel, “I am the major stakeholder of Garland Group. I own forty percent of the shares, and including my wife’s ten percent, I have a fifty percent say in the company. Even if you buy the shares from the market and the traitors here, you can’t possibly own fifty percent. Hence, Garland Group is still under my control.”“Shut up!” A bespectacled man who got into a fight with Hamish earlier sneered at him. “You must have gone mad. After the restructuring last year, you’re only left with thirty percent, while your wife only has eight percent now! Plus the fact that you used your shares as mortgage and collateral, you have long been debt-ridden! Even a security guard in Garland Group is wealthier than you! Stop embarrassing yourself here!”Hamish immediately fell into despair as the cold hard facts poured over him.Yes, he was well aware that he had been debt-ridden for a long time.Seeing that these people finally settled down for a moment, Nathaniel pinched between his brows and stood up.The bespectacled man hurriedly followed Nathaniel when he saw him leaving his seat.Nathaniel was not fond of such interactions between a superior and a subordinate. Thus, he gestured to the bespectacled man not to follow him anymore.The bespectacled man took the hint and went back to his seat.He even instructed the rest, “Calm down, everyone. Let Mr. Quinn have a moment of peace.”Nathaniel walked over to the edge of the glass wall. He was indeed slightly exasperated.The senior management of Garland Group was the messiest and most disunited management he had ever encountered.Nathaniel stared at Winnie through the glass wall and gave her an eye signal. It was as if he was begging her to come in quickly and clean up the mess.Upon seeing Nathaniel’s signal for help, Winnie shrugged her shoulders and put down her coffee cup. She stood up and made her way to the inner section of the conference room.As Nathaniel was standing near the glass wall, the seat for the CEO was empty.After a brief exchange of glances with Nathaniel, Winnie walked straight toward the seat.In full view of everyone, she pulled out the seat and sat on it.Her actions were swift and clean, yet elegant and natural, filled with assertiveness. This was a far cry from the dumb girl who was dragged by Daniel into a room to have forced sex with him.Although the bespectacled man felt a bit overwhelmed by her intimidating presence, he quickly reacted and started to act as the guardian of Garland Group’s new owner. “Winnie, who allowed you in here? How dare you take that seat? You’d better get up now. You have no business in here. Get out!”“Ha…” Winnie laughed lightly. Her eyes suddenly turned sharp. “I’m not leaving; all of you will be leaving instead. Starting with you, Felix! And him, Jason, and him… All of you here, pack your bags and get ready to scram.”After one round, almost everyone present was called out by Winnie.These people were already jittery about their future as Garland Group changed hands.Now that they were being called out individually by Winnie in this manner, it was as if they were being summoned to the guillotine.“Who gave you the authority to do this?”“Yeah, what right do you have?”“Mr. Quinn has not even spoken!”The bespectacled man was pressured by the rest to act as their representative. He approached Nathaniel for verification. “That’s right, Mr. Quinn. Today’s meeting is for internal stakeholders, so it’s not appropriate for unimportant outsiders to be present, right?”Nathaniel knitted his brows and questioned the bespectacled man sternly, “Who told