Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 313

It was only seven in the morning, yet the top–floor conference room of the Wade Group was already buzzing with activity.

As the convener of the shareholders‘ meeting, Sean shamelessly occupied the CEO’s chair, Ashton’s rightful seat. To make matters worse, he even had an additional chair brought over for Justin, seating him as an equal at his side.

Watching their display of arrogance, the other shareholders around the massive conference table merely exchanged glances in silence.

In their minds, Ashton had already been written off as CEO of the Wade Group.

What truly preoccupied them was not whether Ashton belonged to the Wade family, but rather who would seize control of the CEO position next.

Under Ashton’s leadership, the Wade Group had become his personal stage. The shareholders had long grown accustomed to staying absent from meetings, simply waiting for their annual dividends.

While pocketing dividends without effort was comfortable, the emptiness of it eventually gnawed at them.

Many harbored the uneasy suspicion that Ashton might one day sell them all out.

Meanwhile, in the secretary’s office, Jalen sat in silence at his desk, his face unreadable. Behind their computers, his two assistants worked nervously, their hands trembling over the keyboards.

One of the secretary whispered, “Jalen must be angry.”

Another replied, “Definitely. He hasn’t said a word since he sat down.”

The first secretary frowned in response, “But is he angry at the shareholders, or worried about Mr. Wade? Do you think the people in that conference room will actually force Mr. Wade out?”

The other responded, “He’s angry at the shareholders, no doubt. After all, Jalen is a shareholder too. Everyone was discussing this in the company chat this morning–he must have seen it. Of course he’s upset.

“But if Mr. Wade really gets pushed out, what happens to us? Will we be fired too? New bosses always bring their own people.”

“Who cares! We’ll just follow Jalen,” the first one said.

The other agreed, “That’s right. All we have to do is follow Jalen.”

The two thought their voices were low, but Jalen overheard every word.

His foul mood unexpectedly lightened after hearing their exchange.

“They’ll follow me wherever I go?

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respectful as always. He greeted, “Good

directly,

he replied, “They’ve all arrived and are waiting in

said, “Good. The meeting begins in ten

of excitement as he replied,

were pretending to type but clearly straining their ears. “Get ready. We’re heading to the main conference room in

they answered in unison,

me, just hack into the main conference room’s network to

Ashton’s private car rolled to a stop. He was updating Briar on his

sounded anything but

hack the company network as a backup

Briar, on the other end, accepted the

even answered earnestly, “Got it. Don’t worry. If I don’t hear from you in two hours, I’ll

had the

driver, Brandon, was utterly

and Miss Jennings proved the

wasn’t an ordinary schedule report. It sounded more like Mr. Wade was dictating his last

are you seriously preparing your last will

in two hours? The IT department

en route to the Jennings Group, Briar ended her call with Ashton and gazed pensively

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who was at the wheel, noticed her expression and asked,

head in response, “No. Those shareholders at the Wade Group are no match

chuckled, “Then why the long

how Ashton is about to be put through the wringer. People in