Helen was even more busy after being appointed as the head of the Lane family, disappearing for an entire week while re-establishing contact with Trevor Zurich.Nonetheless, she suddenly showed up at Frank's hilltop mansion in Skywater Bay one day, dragging him away from the dining table and shoving him into her car to ride shotgun."You're coming with me to Zamri," she said as she handily started the car and drove off, as Winter Lawrence and everyone else looked on in confusion."Zamri? Why?" Frank asked, not quite coming to his senses."I'm loaning you from Vicky," Helen said, throwing him an agreement and a ballpoint pen and instructing him curtly, "You'll be the Lane Holdings' head of security and my personal bodyguard. Just sign there and seal the deal.""Seal the deal?" Frank chuckled as he stared at the stuff on his lap in wry amusement. "What are you up to, my dear Ms. Lane? Am I signing my own death warrant here, and can I say no?""Nope," Helen snapped, exceedingly push
Frank chuckled. "There, Ms. Lane. I signed your slave contract.""Stop messing around. I'm driving!" Helen snapped, but she could not help smiling faintly as she glanced at the agreement.After over two hours of driving, Helen and Frank arrived at Zamri and headed straight for a thirty-floor building.Alighting and throwing her keys to a security guard on hand to receive her, Helen finally explained why she brought him there. "This is a billion dollar investment company owned by the Lane Family and basically their lifeblood. As the head of the family, I naturally have to take control, but many board members are ganging up against me, refusing to cooperate because I'm a weak girl.""A weak girl?" Frank snorted, looking at Helen from head to toe.She was dressed in a business suit that revealed a part of her collarbone and accentuated her lips.Coupled with her black silk thigh highs, she was an imposing, professional businesswoman who could clearly hold her own.Weak girl was cer
Kallum Gaetz looked around at the board members sitting around the table and flashed a calm smile.He even beckoned to his pretty secretary to light his cigar, breathing a large puff before looking up and chuckling. "What's there to worry about? A woman and a fringe member of the Lane family… Does she think she can be our boss just because she was airdropped on us? Who does she think she is?"His smile then turned dark. "As long as we work together, what can a woman do to us? We just have to band up against her, protesting and refusing to comply with any policy she makes… I really doubt she'll last against us for a month. In the end, she'll just recognize reality and return where she came from!"Kallum's suggestion left every other board member giving him a thumbs up. He really was the boss here!Still, a bespectacled middle-aged man who appeared soft-spoken rose to his feet. "But what if she proves to be a complete novice and insists on standing against us? We can't afford to drag
As the elevator doors opened with a jingle, Helen and Frank strode out.Helen could hear the rowdy laughter from the conference room, but she remained impassive as she calmly and determinedly strode through the hallway and entered.The conference room was immediately silent.As Frank followed Helen in sight, he could see that the board members were stunned by Helen's beauty, and he heard the subtle gasps.They had heard that the new chairwoman was a beauty, but not one of such proportions!An ice beauty with a perfect face? She was the ideal subject of conquest for any man!Their eyes were hence fixed on Helen, unable to look away.For her part, Helen did not appear upset with the stifling scent of tobacco in the room, and instead strode up to Kallum's seat while carrying a stack of document folders."Mr. Gaetz, was it? Did no one tell you that's the chairperson's seat?"She asked impassively at Kallum and quietly added, "And I'm enforcing a new rule—no smoking in the conferen
Kallum glanced at the other board members and insolently took off his shoes to put his feet on the table, as if he was in his own house.Snorting in amusement, he then asked, "So? How are you going to confiscate my shares, Ms. Lane? Did you think some verbal threat would intimidate me? Go on, do it—let's see if you can actually carry out your threat."The other board members also quickly joined in, voicing their disapproval. "You're a fringe member of the Lane family, Helen Lane! Mr. Gaetz has always been in charge here—show some respect!""Exactly. A woman like you trying to lord over us? You really give yourself too much credit!""Strutting as soon as you come in and demanding Kallum to give up his seat?! Just stand there and shut up!""You can make us coffee since you have nothing to do anyway… And make it extra milky."As the board members laughed rowdily, Helen's gaze cooled.She had been prepared for over a dozen scenarios before she came and was prepared for the worst.
The other board members quickly agreed with Kallum."Exactly! There's no way we'd cooperate!""We can understand airdropping a new leader on us… but a woman and a member of the Lane family? And someone who hasn't even been to Zamri?""Not only did you refuse to behave on your first day of the job, but you're already flexing your authority… I mean, a new rule in the conference room? Are you kidding me?""You have no competence, no influence, and no connections. What, are you going to bring in new clients for us with your pretty face?""Pfft… Hahaha…"The board members kept insulting Helen, with one sleazebag even mocking her for her youth and beauty."Are you done?" Helen remained impassive as she watched them, still standing proudly by the meeting table when they stopped laughing.Then, she spoke bluntly, "It's the Lane family who decided that I'll take over this investment company. None of you get to be upset with this decision… Also, contributing to this company? You bloods
Kallum narrowed his eyes and grinned savagely. "Hmph. Don't think you can intimidate us! Resign? So be it—let's see how you can run the company by yourself!""Yeah! We're coming with you, Kallum!""Let's see how she'd do without us!""You'd be begging on your knees!"All the board members rose to their feet, led by the senior members.Only the scrawny Owen Briggs remained in his seat.He wanted to stand too, but he was afraid since he noticed Helen's sharp glare.After all, his accounting department was in a precarious position, as they were in charge of all the financial data and ledgers for the company.And since Owen had been cleaning up the other board members' mess endlessly, he was as good as dead if Helen really started asking questions.However, that was not the case for the other board members.After all, they were dead sure that Helen would cave and beg them to stop—if the rest of the board went on strike, the company operations would stall, even go bankrupt.That
Helen opened the folder in front of Mr. Zork, leaving him gaping. "There. Security photos of you in the act."How could Helen have found out?!This was top secret, and Owen was the only one who could have known since Mr. Zork reported his expenses to him!As such, Mr. Zork was leveling a death glare at Owen too, his eyes almost shooting flames."Naturally, the biggest problem our company has is you, Mr. Kallum Gaetz. As acting CFO, you've really set a new bar in corruption."Helen strode behind Kallum and slammed a document on the table in front of him, saying quietly, "Every yearly ledger showed profits… that is, before it gets passed to you for review. Afterward, everything will be in the red, and the Lane family would have to pay up for it… If anything, I must admit that you have balls."Then, clapping Kallum on the shoulder, Helen finished, "Either way, I've reviewed the ledgers over the last few years. If you have any questions, you may ask them now."Kallum's eyes were nar