Facade of Love

Chapter 54 Uncovered Some Clues

Maxwell, the future CEO of Scott Corporation.

The information swirled in my mind, triggering a memory. My father had indeed mentioned on his deathbed that he had arranged for someone to take over as CEO of Scott Corporation.

Was this young, handsome man his choice?

I extended my hand to shake Maxwell’s, but he pulled back before our hands could meet. “Alright, now that introductions are out of the way, let’s get down to business.”

I…

Pulling back my hand, I asked, “Mr. Sanchez, what did you mean by what you just said?”

He shot me a glance, irritation creeping into his voice. “Are my words too difficult for you to understand? What others give you are just words on paper. If you want to investigate something, Ms. Scott, you need to see for yourself. How much did the so–called acquired company spend? What’s the market price for a promotional display screen? What business is GleamGate Media currently involved in? You need to understand all these to know where the money is going, don’t you?”

His words, though blunt, were undeniably true.

I gave a nod, turning to Uncle Marcus and saying, “Uncle Marcus, you might need to accompany me to the marketplace for the next couple of days.”

Uncle Marcus nodded, a smile playing on his l*ps as he replied, “It’s my duty.”

old

at being referred to as an old man. Trying to defend himself, he

“Based on the legal retirement age, you don’t have many years

you?

people in the company I trust. Uncle Marcus has been

market research with you. Mr. Quinn can stay back at the company to go over the account books,

not understand, but then it clicked. By leaving Uncle Marcus at the company, we could create the illusion that I, like Uncle Marcus, was busy scrutinizing the

to use Uncle Marcus as a decoy. Once I had gathered my thoughts, I found myself without any objections to Maxwell’s

the CEO of Scott Corporation, right? Isn’t

plans won’t have

had a point. The shareholders would never agree to

Marcus stayed behind at the company while Maxwell and

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