Chapter 502
Seeing their affectionate yet guilty expressions, Anastasia couldn’t help but feel a flicker of confusion. The directors clearly cared about her, so why hadn’t they reached out when she came of age to inherit the company? And why had they allowed Lauren Brennan to meddle in company affairs for so long without doing anything?
Voicing her doubts, she gently probed them.
To her surprise, Mr. Lynn and the others looked completely bewildered.
“But we did contact you, Miss Sterling. We called you more than once when you were sixteen, hoping you would come to the company to learn the ropes
But Anastasia had supposedly refused to take their calls. Eventually, a family member had answered and told them to stop calling, to stop paying attention to her, and to leave her alone. They were told she wanted nothing to do with the company.
Later, when she turned eighteen and could legally inherit, they tried again. This time, they received a blunt text message saying that her grandfather’s family had already decided to give the company to Lauren and that she didn’t want it. The message ended with a demand for them to stop bothering her.
It was her apparent attitude that had caused the directors, who had been on the verge of ousting Lauren, to back down. If Anastasia herself was willing to hand the company over on a silver platter, what more could they say?
Hearing this, Anastasia was even more stunned than they were. A moment later, her face hardened, her eyes turning ice-cold.
“I never received any calls from you, nor did I ever send you any message.”
The color drained from the directors’ faces.
Did that mean they had all been played for fools? The realization that they had been so thoroughly deceived, nearly allowing an adopted daughter to steal the company, filled them with shame and incandescent rage.
Anastasia remained composed. “What number did you use to contact me?” Thɪs chapter is updated by.net
One of the directors quickly pulled it up. Anastasia looked at it and, just as she suspected, the number wasn’t hers.
As for whose it was?
One only had to look at who benefited the most.
It was either Lauren or Regan Frost.
“Regan “Mr. Lynn gasped, fury and shock in his voice.
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The others reacted with similar anger and disappointment. Cecilia Brennan had not been a fool. She had entrusted the company to Regatt because at the time he had been completely trustworthy loyal and competent, which was why he had beaten out Mr. Lynn for the General Manager position.
But Cecilia was gone, and years had passed. People change. After so long at the
helm, Regan’s heart had changed too.
“We support your decision to fire Regan, Miss Sterling,” a director said gravely “But he wasn’t bluffing. A large portion of the company staff are people he personally trained. They are loyal only to him.
“Now that Regan has been fired
Anastasia knew what they were worried about. Regan’s influence ran deep. A
single word from him could bring Unison Pharma Ltd. to a grinding halt.
Just as they were speaking, an assistant rushed in. “Mr. Lynn, a lot of people are threatening to resign! say if the company doesn’t Mr. Frost, they all walk out!”
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The directors’ expressions turned grim.