Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 198 Signed for Ten Years

Upon hearing that, everyone in the conference room erupted in an uproar. They clearly didn't expect me to say something like that.

I glanced at those people who remained silent in the conference room and asked, "What's it going to be, then? Is everyone agreeing to this?"

A pervasive silence ensued, with no one offering any response.

It all became clear to me in an instant-they were all reluctant to take the lead in making a decision. Jack, who had always been the first to oppose me, remained unusually passive too. It seemed like our previous bet had rattled him quite a bit. In an attempt to defuse the situation, Mr. Plume said, "It's alright, Jae. I mean, let's just settle on two brand ambassadors and forget about the bet."

I turned my attention to Mr. Plume and displayed no inclination toward

conciliation. "I wasn't the one who insisted on the bet, Mr. Plume. In addition to that, if I lose, I'm getting kicked out of the board."

Upon hearing that, Mr. Plume fell silent and let out a deep sigh in response.

I stood up, took two sheets of paper from the printer, and tore them into equal sizes before handing them around to the group. I then said, "It seems like no one is willing to take the lead in making a decision, so let's settle this with a vote with the majority opinion taking precedence."

I gathered the slips of paper, and as expected, the majority opted to proceed with the bet.

marked with "No" on them. It was highly likely that two of them came from Dad and Mr. Plume. I looked at the

"It's decided, then. I don't care who

concluded the board meeting, I managed to contact Elise's agent

...

arrived at Brown Group, accompanied by her agent. I had just pushed open the door to the meeting room when Elise, who

from her, and said with a smile, "I'd like this to be treated as just a friendly

that Rose Warren, Elise's agent, smiled and said

Ms. Brown. It seems like

that Elise's cheeks were flushed

tried to maintain her smile. It was almost

shy young woman before

I had once seen on

in

the contract across the table, saying, "Please

contract, Rose stared at

leaned forward to try and see the contract's contents. Upon seeing the contract term, Elise's eyes widened in surprise as she blurted out, "It's actually for ten years? You want to sign

and I could tell this was probably the last