"I suggest we be rid of him right away, to serve as a warning to the others!" "No, we have to make him return every last dhe stole from the company over the years!" "Yes! We will do that, and then get rid of him!" Kallum was certainly furious to hear that the board members who were so loyal to him before were now ready to lynch him.

However, he was afraid to say a thing, even as he subtly glanced at Frank while wondering if he could take Helen hostage before Frank realized it.

On the other hand, Helen was hiding a giggle as she listened to the board members' shouts of indignation even as they scapegoated Kallum.

Turning to Kallum, she narrowed her eyes and asked, "So, Mr. Gaetz. Do you yield or not?" Kallum turned away-how could she still ask something so pointless at this stage?! But he was already set on this path, and he shall see through it! "No, I refuse!" he snapped coolly. "You may be able to fool these idiots, but not me! You're just coercing them to cooperate, or Lanecorp would fall to chaos with a sudden purge of executives! You'll abandon them in time, or am I wrong?" The board members were once again snapping and condemning Kallum's rant, but they were also casting looks of concern at Helen.

which concerned them-Helen had leverage against them, so it was only natural that they were

I'm not betrayed, of course—that I'll be increasing every board member's bonus by twenty percent at the end of the year and giving a fifty percent base salary increment." The board members' eyes lit up at Helen's promised

even more

for the specific numbers she provided now, it meant that she was not just providing lip

to fulfill her promise, it

was done with them. And since Helen offered a promise, they

just had to make sure they paid for what they had taken and Helen's leverage would be void in months. Embezzlement? What embezzlement? And seeing that the other board members were

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