The attendees immediately straightened their postures and paid attention to Asher, who started to share stories from his business trips abroad.

When he was done speaking, he instantly shifted the topic to Sonia. “I heard about the problems that surfaced during my absence in the company. Sonia has managed everything well on my behalf. Good job!”

 

On his behalf? She winced at his description but soon broke into a smile. “President Dafoe, please drop the formalities. After all, I am the largest shareholder in this company and as the vice president, I have the responsibility to manage the company. All the blood, sweat and tears are part and parcel of the job.”

Upon hearing that, Asher’s lips twitched as he simmered in anger. This young lady is a tough nut to crack indeed.

He refused to believe that she was oblivious to the subtext of his words—that he was back to reclaim his power to manage the company.

“Oh, is that so? Sonia, you are quite the sensible and mature young lady! Anyway, now that I’m back, you can take a back seat and relax.” Asher stared at Sonia with a fake smile.

 

A smiling Sonia looked straight into his eyes. “That’s fine! I am still young and I have no problem taking on some challenges. President Dafoe, you have nothing to worry about.”

Asher’s expression immediately fell after he heard her courageous reply.

 

At the same time, members of the senior management and other shareholders lowered their heads and held their tongues, for they were surprised at Sonia’s guts to publicly wrestle with Asher Dafoe for power. Should we describe her as courageous or hopelessly naive?

stunned by her

wrong time, he chose to stand by her side regardless of whether she made the

with his two fists to cheer her on. After being stupefied by his actions, Sonia fired back at him, “Oh,

and

middle of the tense situation, his eyes widened in anger at her insolence. “Young lady, are you being

would

knew very well that she could not win against Asher. After all, he had been

secret decision that even if she could not safeguard all her

cackled, “Wow, the younger generation nowadays is truly ambitious. Why have I not seen that

living under my dad’s protection. Now that he’s no longer around, I have to stand up and carry the

“You are right.” This young lady is really something! She brings up Henry to attack me and remind me that I was one

retort, for if he did, Asher would be seen as an

hard truth that Asher did not hold as many shares as Sonia. If the share prices were affected by public opinion, the shareholders would definitely pin the blame on him. He could almost foresee the domino effect—the

of it, his chest rose violently, but he restrained his explosive rage and stared at her. “Sonia,

wavered at the abrupt turn in his sentence. “Please continue,

up a fight. Of course he

took me a lot of effort to gain a seat at the meeting for this proposal. The partner who conceived the idea plans to have five partners onboard. As long as you can secure a seat in this partnership for Paradigm Co., I will share the leadership

introduced the grim consequences of failure, “If you can’t secure a place, you have to surrender your leadership and leave Paradigm Co. as just another shareholder. Of course, if you fail in your mission but insist on taking the leadership from me, please do not blame me for taking things to the extreme

Sonia pressed Charles’ hand down

“Sonia—”

means to me. Even if this is a trap, I will have to jump into it. Do

mouth but could not utter a word. She beamed in satisfaction and reached out

afternoon—that’s the time

not believe that she could successfully secure the partnership, for the leading partner had declared that they would only work with the most capable companies. He knew that Paradigm Co. was underqualified to be a business

Sonia returned to her office with the proposal. She took a seat

proposal that she had reviewed countless times. Then, she drove to the venue of the

which was ten minutes from the meeting time. She parked her car and rushed into the hotel in her high heels. The closing doors of an elevator caught

and placed a hand between the closing

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