Sentenced to Marriage by MadlainQ

Revealing the truth There were only two pairs of eyes looking at Aren and me without an ounce of hostility: Chris, who sat on our left side as the second biggest shareholder, and Neil, who sat farther away from the main people, ready to offer his assistance if Aren needed it. The fact that I found suspicious was that only Chris seemed to be overjoyed by Aren’s return, while the rest exchanged nonchalant looks or filled the room with their impatient huffs. I seriously wondered what was wrong with those people.

As Chris noticed my confused grimace, he leaned into my ear to give me an explanation. “Most of the shareholders are the rich kids–the unnecessarily bright and easy to manipulate rich kids.”

I stifled a chuckle, suddenly detecting a lack of brain cells in at least five of those who sat by the table. I wanted to thank Chris for giving me more confidence, but he suddenly moved his chair a little further away from me. I couldn’t understand why until I shifted my gaze to my husband and saw him glaring at his friend. My lips instantly formed an evil grin, and I leaned over him.

“Are you jealous, dear husband?” I whispered to his ear, my lips delicately brushing his earlobe.

He took a deep breath as if he needed it to remain composed. “I should be the only man you see,” he murmured, a hint of annoyance in his tone. I smirked teasingly. “I see a lot of men in this room, but there is only one I want to see naked.” The corners of his lips dangerously curled up as he locked his intense gaze on me. “Be careful what you wish for.”

His words sent a wild wave of electricity down my spine. I bit my lip before realizing that I was getting turned on in the room filled with vicious people. Aren’s presence made my stupid hormones march in happy parades all over my blood vessels. I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to resist a moan if he even accidentally touched my thigh. As dumb as it sounds, I was actually relieved when Mr. Cooper stood up and started to speak.

“Ladies and gentlemen, shareholders of the Lan Diamond Corporation, we, the board of executives, called for this meeting due to the long absence of Mr. Aren Lan, the Chief Executive Officer.” Mr. Cooper started his speech hesitantly, barely sparing Aren a glance, unlike Aren, who gave him all of his attention. “The replacement that Mr. Lan appointed seemed inefficient, and it resulted in a drop in sales of -”

“Did it really?” Aren interjected, messing up Mr. Cooper’s carefully prepared arguments.

“P-pardon?” He looked at Aren with a nervous smile.

Aren chuckled coldly. “You are the CFO, for God’s sake. You should know all the numbers by heart, so stick to the facts. Prove that Cora Lan made the sales decrease,” he dared as his lips curved in a wicked smirk.

Mr. Cooper restlessly corrected his glasses. “Well, Mrs. Lan’s decision concerning the “Sky Fight” game didn’t match the current trend and”

Mr. Cooper.” Aren’s even voice pierced the room like

not… I-I

Neil a brief nod. Neil nodded back and remotely turned on a half-wall-size screen with a large-scale sales statement. Aren pointed at the screen, glancing at the

trend that I was talking about…” he squeezed the words

flashing through his lips. “Are you saying that we should imagine the trend?” A wave of snorts spread through the auditorium. “I didn’t say that. According to my predictions, the game’s sales might drastically drop over the next three months, and that wouldn’t have happened

lips curled up into a timid smile. He couldn’t have the full knowledge of why I had made the decision to push the launch of that game earlier than Aren had initially planned, and yet he trusted that it was

strategy as well as graphic solutions. I ordered the Lan Diamond Corporation’s special team to find out whether our competition was planning to release something similar to the market, and we discovered that our assumptions were correct. The company called Blue Dreamland Corp. has just announced their new game, “Space Fighting,” and I can assure you that the name isn’t the only similarity to our

our project.” I smiled and sat down. Aren quickly grabbed my hand, a warm smile forming on his lips as he looked at me. “I couldn’t be more proud of my wife right now.” He kissed my hand before shifting his

of muttering and approving nods. Even if they were reluctant to believe that

shyly, only glancing at my husband, but inside my mind, I was madly celebrating the fact

opportunity when all eyes were on Aren and checked the message I received. It was an email from Alan. He sent me a few photos with

idea who those men were, but it looked like the group in that photo was celebrating something. I was about to take a look at the rest of the pictures when I noticed Mr. Hill standing up and getting

shareholders. “I just wanted to say that we decided to call this meeting because we, as the executives with experience, thought that Mrs. Lan’s decisions

“This woman?” he repeated, sharpening the edge of his tone as if it were a deadly weapon before he got up from his seat. “You are trying to

eyes brightened with agitation.

in hiring you, Mr. Hill, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Dawson.” The way Mr. Hill’s jaw dropped was priceless. I barely stifled a laugh as I saw it, but Chris

Dawson jumped up from his seat. “We’ve been bringing money to this company for years! If

are replaceable. In fact, your replacements might start working for Lan Diamond Corporation by the end of the week,” Aren said coldly. The tension within the room rose sky-high. The commotion kept increasing by the second, easily covering all the shouts and cursing coming from the executives. I took that opportunity to use a few tricks and check the identity