Carson brushed Rodney’s hands off and left. Rodney stood in the empty meeting room alone. He just went through a divorce yesterday, and he was kicked out of Snow Corporation the next day.Even his relationship with his family was severely impacted.He was in a daze. A month ago, he felt so satisfied as if he was the happiest man in the world.He had a family, a wife, a child, and his career. In his vision, he even predicted that he would enter the top 100 of the global billionaire rankings in the near future. However, he had lost everything.He could not accept reality and smashed the cup. His eyes were bloodshot from anger.…In the director’s office on the top floor.Jessica knocked on the door and entered. Jason stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows expressionlessly with his hands behind his back.“Dad, sorry to have made you wait. I was talking to Rodney in the meeting room just now, so I was delayed.”Her cool voice resounded in the office.Jason turned ar
Jason felt uncomfortable hearing Jessica’s words. Traces of shame welled up in his heart too. However, there were some things that he could not back down on. “I admit that you’ve sacrificed a lot for the Snow family. I’ll communicate with your grandpa to give you more of Snow Corporation’s shares.”“Are you talking about changing my initial 15 percent of shares to 20 percent?” Jessica laughed sarcastically. “Both of my brothers have 30 percent of the shares respectively. Even their future children will have shares when they’re born. What about me?”Jason’s expression changed. That was an agreement that Old Master Snow had set up privately. No one else knew about it besides him. “How did you know that?”“I know more than you all do.”Jessica closed her eyes. When she opened them again, the desolateness and sadness inside them were gone. Her eyes were just ice-cold now. “Jessica, this isn’t something that I can decide.”In the end, Jason said helplessly, “Although your grandpa is
“Uncle, I’ve communicated with my dad regarding Jessica’s plans. My parents think that it’s best if Jessica inherits your position.”Ryan smiled and said, “It’s okay if you don’t want to step down for now. Just ask Grandpa to hand over 50 percent of the shares to Jessica temporarily. Of course, I understand your worries. Therefore, I suggest that if Jessica were to remarry, her child who’ll inherit Snow Corporation in the future must have the last name Snow. If Jessica’s child is incapable of handling the responsibility, we can choose one of Carson’s future children as well for the sake of Snow Corporation’s future. As for Rodney’s children, only Dani can be in the running. His other children… They’re not allowed.”Jessica pressed her intricate lips together and did not say a word, but she had already given her silent agreement.After feeling shocked, Jason laughed bitterly. “No wonder Jessica dares to be so fearless in front of me. It turns out that you all have colluded earlier on
Ryan raised his eyebrows. “Jessica, you’re so smart.”“You too.”Jessica gave him a weird gaze. Then, she suddenly thought of something and chuckled. “Do you know why my parents and even Grandpa hoped Rodney could marry Freya? Actually, no matter how good her character is, she’s just an elite lady from a small place. She even had embarrassing scandals before.”“Were there other reasons for that?” Ryan showed a rare expression of curiosity.Jessica looked outside the window of the corridor. “Last year, my mom took Freya’s birth date to a fortune-teller, Master Roberts, to check her fortune. My mom asked me to accompany her that day. Master Roberts said that Freya’s life would be extravagant since young and that she would be showered with love by her parents, but her love life would be bumpy. However, after overcoming that, she would have good fortune like queens in ancient times. She would also bring good luck to her husband and family. I didn’t believe in these things, but older pe
Rodney felt as if his face was slapped hard.He lost.He knew that he had failed miserably, and he could sense Ryan’s sarcasm.That feeling was too f*cking awful. He would rather lose to Jessica than Ryan. Maybe it was because Ryan was his brother, or maybe… It was because Ryan kept helping Freya. There was also an ambiguous relationship going on between them.“Ryan, you utilized your position to cover the truth. Look who’s talking.” Rodney’s pretty eyes had a furious, icy gleam. “Protecting criminals and oppressing your brother. Is this your principle?”“Yes. I’m not as selfless as you are. You even have it in you to send your wife to prison,” Ryan mocked.“She’s no longer my wife. Since the day she became a kidnapper, she had no right to be my wife,” Rodney shouted angrily, “You’d better be careful at all times. Don’t let what you’ve done today become a tool that’s used to make you fall from the top in the future. There aren’t any permanent loopholes in this world.”“You’re
“Even if I can’t have Freya as my wife, I can protect her and be her strongest backing. I won’t let her be… bullied by just anybody.”Ryan took his car keys out. He unlocked his car and opened the car door.He turned around and glanced at Rodney. “What about you? Freya was your wife and your child’s mother, but how did you protect her? You feel guilty toward Sarah, but do you even have a trace of guilt toward Freya? Even if Freya had really hurt Sarah, think about it. What if your wife frequently stayed out for the whole night and was always with her ex-boyfriend? She would say that it doesn’t count as a betrayal, but she had gotten pregnant with her ex-boyfriend’s baby. Would you feel like killing her ex-boyfriend?“If you were really able to handle everything well, you wouldn’t have driven your wife to become a woman filled with hatred. You say that she’s evil and selfish, but it’s all because you tortured her that she became like that. Therefore, don’t always blame other people.
Especially Forrest. He had interacted with Jessica before, so he knew what kind of woman she was.It was most likely that she took the opportunity and snatched the leadership role in the Snow family while Rodney’s reputation was tarnished.Forrest’s sharp brows were knitted together into a tight frown. He had no words all of a sudden.On the other hand, Freya was shocked. “That’s impossible. Isn’t Rodney in charge of the alternative energy project?”“Don’t worry. There’s a proper solution to handle this matter. Moreover, his rights to Snowden have been stripped too.”Ryan walked to the bedside. His eyes were warm and gentle as he smiled. “Rodney will never pester you again in the future. He doesn’t have the resources to take the child from you too. He’s probably only left with the paralyzed Sarah, Osher Corporation, and other minor investment companies. He won’t be able to stir up anything else, and the public already knows that the Snow family has abandoned him. It won’t be easy
All these years, Freya had been away from home, so she hardly kept her parents company.This made her feel remorseful.Deep down, Ryan began to feel nervous. He promptly said, “Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Lynch, if Freya goes back to Melbourne, Dani will definitely have to go back as well. I’m sure my uncle won’t be used to not seeing his granddaughter. Also, as far as I know, your business is growing across the country. However, Melbourne is only the second-most populous city in Australia, which might limit Lynch Corporation’s development. I heard Forrest is looking for land in the most populous city. He’s planning to relocate the headquarters of Lynch Corporation and its factory.”Forrest raised his brows. “Who did you hear it from?”Ryan smiled. “Freya.”Freya was speechless.When did she say that?However, considering that Ryan had helped her a lot, she silently watched him bluff without exposing him.Forrest fell quiet. He never told Freya about it, but he might have told his parents.