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About a week ago

Gemma and Derek were seated in a restaurant. It was as if they were waiting for someone to arrive. Soon mr. Hughes walked over to them and took a seat right next to Gemma.

“I’ll go straight to the point,” he said after they exchanged pleasantries.

“I’ll raise the topic of dismissing Max at the meeting instead of just dismissing Sylvia,” he revealed.

Gemma was stunned but then Derek didn’t seem surprised. It was as if he already knew or maybe expected it.

“Why?” Gemma asked.

“He doesn’t deserve the seat,” Hughes told her, leaving it at that.

“I don’t think you intend for my wife to take that position do you?” Derek who has had a long experience in business could immediately see through the man’s plan.

“About that. I intend to take over as the CEO while Gemma gets the position of the chairwoman and COO,” Hughes told them.

At first, Gemma completely disagreed. She wasn’t going to pull out the company from the greedy clutches of her family, only to let it fall into the h