Chapter 372

What a shame.
She’d raised a daughter with barely a lick of sense.
Caitlin glanced over at Annie. “Draw up a contract,” she said.
Annie hesitated, looking uneasily at Keira.
This kind of bet was practically a signed death warrant.
Without Keira’s approval, Annie didn’t dare take a step.
But Keira trusted her granddaughter completely.
In her eyes, Caitlin never took a risk she couldn’t handle.
“Go ahead,” Keira nodded.
With Keira’s permission, Annie immediately set to work on the agreement.
It wasn’t long before Annie returned, contract in hand.
Leo, eager to make sure Caitlin wouldn’t back out, signed his name without hesitation. Then he pushed the paperwork toward her. “Your turn, Miss Gonzales.”
Caitlin picked up the pen and signed her name with a flourish.
Two copies-one for each of them.
Leo held his copy, a glint of triumph in his eyes. “Well then, Miss Gonzales, you’d better prepare to pack your things and get out of Gonzales Holdings.” ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ.net
Caitlin merely smiled. “Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, Chairman Barrett. You might want to prepare yourself instead.”
Leo let out a laugh at that.
What a naïve little girl.
Did she really think a knack for numbers would make her a product genius? Utterly ridiculous.
If launching a hit product were that easy, Gonzales Holdings wouldn’t still be riding
the coattails of its old bestsellers after all these years.
As the meeting adjourned, Caitlin turned to Keira. “Grandma, let’s go.”
Keira followed her granddaughter out.
Inside the elevator, Keira finally spoke, her eyes shining. “Freya, you were incredible just now!”
She’d thought Caitlin only wanted to look at the financials out of curiosity.
She hadn’t expected her to see straight through to the heart of things.
In that moment, Keira glimpsed real hope for the future—
A sense that her legacy might actually continue.
Caitlin glanced at her. “Grandma, I just signed a bet with Leo. Aren’t you afraid I’ll lose?”
“Not at all,” Keira’s voice was steady. “Freya, I believe in you.”
“Thank you, Grandma!”
Later, Keira gave Caitlin a full tour of the company’s factory.
If Caitlin was going to create a brand-new flagship product in six months, she needed to understand every inch of the operation.
News of the contract spread fast-Amanda soon heard from the shareholders about Caitlin’s bet.
“What an idiot! Who does she think she is? Six months? Please! Even if you gave her ten
years twenty-she’d never get Gonzales Holdings up to
international standards!”
Amanda had been worrying about how to kick Caitlin out.
Now, it seemed, she didn’t have to lift a finger.
Ann, busy taking her medication, looked up curiously. “Mom, what’s going on? Who’s the idiot? What international standards?”
Amanda recounted everything that had happened at the company that day.
Ann narrowed her eyes thoughtfully. “Mom, how do you think Caitlin spotted the problems in the financials?”
“It had to be your grandmother who
told her!” Amanda huffed. “Your grandmother’s as cunning as they
come she knows exactly where to
strike. Too bad that country
bumpkin let her down.”
If Caitlin hadn’t made this ridiculous bet, she might’ve stayed on her feet at
Gonzales Holdings.
But now?
She’d be gone for good.
Amanda’s gaze slid over to Ann, her eyes full of satisfaction. “Ann, once Caitlin’s heir Gonzales Holdings
, you’ll be the soot