The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains

Chapter 222 Old Memories

Roger was the first to leave, trying to keep his pride intact.

Alice couldn't stick around and inconvenience Michael and Emily any longer, so she quickly grabbed the embarrassed Luna. "Sorry, Michael, we gotta go. Emily, I'm really sorry."

But Luna, still clueless, yelled out, "Alice, are you nuts? Why are you apologizing to them? They should be the ones saying sorry. They owe us..."

"Shut up!" Alice cut her off, dragging her away and vanishing into the crowd.

The conference room was left in an awkward silence.

Emily took a deep breath. Seeing that Michael still wasn't letting her go, she gave a couple of coughs.

Michael snapped out of it and quickly released her hand.

With a weary smile, he said, "It's okay now."

Emily knew Michael was just trying to make her feel better.

The Ward family was circling them like vultures. Except for Alice, everyone seemed to have a bone to pick with the Smith family. And what debts has The Smith Corporation not settled yet?

Emily was clueless. She only knew that for now, things were settled, but the Ward family would be back, and more trouble was on the horizon.

serious insistence from Emily, Michael

that these families, who seemed so close and friendly, were actually scheming against each other. Even though Michael's dad treated Roger like

for the Smith family. Michael's father was critically ill, while Michael was still young and Mason fell sick unexpectedly. This left the Smith family in a tough spot, and Roger stepped up to

without much thought, letting him handle things. Roger didn't disappoint and helped

and the Smith family lost its leader, Roger did a complete 180. He not only turned his back on them but also refused to give back

used his shares to create rifts within the Smith family, trying to

dad just wanted him to have a major shareholder status

Emily finally got

the Ward family was raking in the 10% profit from the shares without lifting a

help but feel angry. "Then what does

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explained, "My dad had to ask Roger for help to save Smith Corporation. Roger was happy to help, but my dad was always worried it would mess with Roger's own business and didn't want

him half of the company when it was sold as compensation. If it did survive, he'd still compensate him somehow. Basically, Roger would

hesitated for

Emily caught on quickly.

being super greedy now? He wants both

But I didn't expect... Roger secretly recorded it and messed with it, making things as

totally against

ages, came with his second daughter. It looks like he's dead set on getting a piece of

"I think the Ward family must be facing something big. Roger's determined and prepared. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made such a scene today. We need to come

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