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?

was stunned

he chose to stand

best!” He punched the air with his two fists to cheer her on. After being stupefied by his actions, Sonia fired back at him, “Oh, shut

and

of the tense situation, his eyes widened

and the vice president of the company, it would be bad not to have any decision-making powers. That is why

she could not win against Asher. After all, he had been managing the company for years and the majority of the senior management as well

Asher. Therefore, she came to the secret decision that even

hilarity and bewilderment as he cackled, “Wow, the younger generation nowadays is truly ambitious. Why have I not seen

that he’s no longer around, I have to stand up and carry the weight

This young lady is really something! She brings up Henry to attack me and remind me

was unable to retort, for if he did, Asher would

definitely pin the blame on him. He could almost foresee the domino effect—the bunch of them

stared at her. “Sonia, you are indeed Henry’s daughter! Sure, I can share the leadership

the abrupt turn in his sentence.

it. He would not share the power without putting up a fight. Of course he would set

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

pause, he 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 and ruining the company.

her!” Charles pointed an accusatory finger at Asher, but Sonia pressed Charles’

“Sonia—”

know what Paradigm Co. means to

opened his mouth but could not utter a word. She beamed in satisfaction and

with a conniving smile. “Two in the afternoon—that’s the time of the meeting. Sonia, don’t run late like you did just

the most capable companies. He knew that Paradigm Co. was underqualified

just like that. Charles answered a call and left the room while Sonia returned

when she finally placed aside the proposal that she had reviewed countless

the hotel in her high heels. The closing doors of an elevator caught her eyes and she hurriedly called out, “Wait for me! I need to enter

his eyes and placed a hand between the

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