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“I heard the person who offended Willie before this was a billionaire from Gold Coast. His family was bankrupt overnight.”
“Yeah. Willie is terrifying.”
“…”
Amid the directors’ discussion, Jeffery let out a long sigh. “It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have allowed Rosabella to bring Willie along yesterday. But I heard Willie came here for an inspection, and I was hoping that Hudson could work with Lyons Corporation.”
“True. If we could collaborate with Lyons Corporation, it’d greatly benefit Hudson.”
“We were wrong. We should’ve made Jeffery the chairman.”
“I regret my decision too. I shouldn’t have voted for Cate back then.”
Feeling helpless, Director Irvine said, “Now that things have turned out this way, we have no choice but to discharge her from her position as chairwoman for the sake of Hudson’s prospects. Perhaps Jeffery is the only one who can help us weather the storm this time. After all, his daughter has a close relationship with Willie.”
Jeffery humbly waved his hand. “I’m not sure if I can settle this. Having said that, Young Master Lyons is very fond of Rosabella. He’ll bring her along wherever he goes. What do you think, Rosabella?”
Suppressing the pain from her wounds caused by Willie yesterday, Rosabella forced a sweet smile. “Young Master Lyons is quite fond of me. He even told me a lot of stuff about the project.”
Everyone beamed with delight. Director Irvine said, “It’s a deal. Jeffery will be our new chairman.”
“Have I agreed with it?”
Cate pushed open the door and barged in. A pair of clear, sharp eyes swept over all the directors. “To me, all of you are the directors of Hudson, who are also considered my elders. I did beat up Willie last night, but did any of you ask me why I did that?”
Everyone was stunned.
Cate added furiously, “Last night, Willie locked me in the restroom and nearly ruined me. Rosabella stood outside to help him keep tabs on the situation outside. Due to their little scheme, I, as the chairwoman of Hudson, was almost ruined. Why? Because Willie is cocky and has absolutely no regard for us. He wasn’t just trying to humiliate me but also the entire Hudson.”
“That’s very unreasonable of Willie,” a director whispered.
“How dare Rosabella do such a thing?! That’s terrifying.”
“I didn’t.” Rosabella rose to her feet right away. “You were the one who wanted to seduce Young Master Lyons, but he wasn’t interested in you. He can easily get any woman he wants. Why would he want to force himself on you?”
Jeffery said in a huff, “Even the reporters took pictures of you gripping Young Master Lyons by his hand at the hotel’s entrance last night. By the way, Young Master Lyons claimed that you stripped off his clothes.”
“How shameless!”
“It’s a great shame to have such a director in Hudson.”
Everyone looked at Cate with disdain.
Director Irvine frowned. “Stop explaining. You’ve landed into deep trouble this time. We just want to protect Hudson. Since it was your mistake, you have to bear the responsibility. Honestly, you can no longer stay in the company anymore.”
The corners of Cate’s mouth twitched with sarcasm while her eyes revealed a frosty look. “So are you planning to kick me out of the board of directors?”
Jeffery smiled coldly. “That’s the only thing we can do. You’d better pack and leave right now.”
Cate dropped her eyes. She was utterly frustrated with the company.
At that moment, an employee ran in and shouted, “Oh no! Willie’s here! He’s now downstairs, and he wants to meet Chairwoman Cox.”
“I knew Young Master Lyons would do something about it.” Jeffery pointed at Cate and told her off, “Look, Young Master is here now. You’d better settle it on your own.”
“Don’t ever go against him.” Rosabella tried to kick her when she was down. “If you offend Young Master Lyons again, even I won’t be able to calm him down on your behalf.”
“Let’s just seize her and bring her downstairs.” Jeffery’s suggestion was instantly approved by many.
Four to five security officers immediately walked toward Cate. With a frown, Elle blocked them in front of Cate. “If you guys dare touch her, don’t blame me for being rude.”
“What are you guys waiting for? Seize the two of them right now.” Jeffery still resented Elle for kicking him the other day. Now came the chance to take revenge on her.
When Cate realized that they were going to get into a fight, she dragged Elle away. “It’s fine. You don’t have to seize me. I’ll go there on my own.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she was the first to leave the meeting room.
Rosabella suggested, “Let’s go and have a look as well. It’s better to keep an eye on her.”
“True. Anyway, we have to stop her from offending Young Master Lyons further.”
Everyone went downstairs too.
They walked to the reception room below.
Wrapped in a thick down jacket, Young Master Lyons was huddled up while holding a cup of hot coffee. From the pale look on his handsome face, it was apparent that he had caught a cold and fallen sick.
When Cate thought about the scene of Willie lying on the floor of the restroom with his clothes stripped off last night, she was not sure how long he had suffered the cold. He probably caught a cold because of that incident, which made her feel rather uneasy deep down. She honestly felt that a shameless person like Willie might not be bothered about the photos.
Cate was not worried about herself since she did not have any relatives either. There was nothing else she was concerned about, except that Shaun might be dragged into the mess.
“I’m deeply sorry, Young Master Lyons.” Jeffery strode toward him and then brown-nosed by apologizing to him first. “I hope you’ll be generous enough to forgive us. Don’t sink to our level.”
”Exactly.” Director Irvine immediately added, “We’ve dismissed Cate from the chairwoman position and kicked her out of the board of directors.”
Young Master Lyons was frozen stiff, and his heart was shaking violently. He raised his head with bloodshot eyes. “She’s not the chairwoman anymore?”
“Yes.”
Jeffery courteously said, “It’s because she offended you. We didn’t think Cate would be bold enough to lock you in the restroom and seduce you. That was very shameless of her.”
Of course, Jeffery was well aware of the truth. However, in order to give Willie a way out, he made an accusation against Cate while believing that Willie would thank him.
Just as he was imagining the end result complacently, Willie gave him a furious glare.
Before Jeffery could regain his senses, Willie raised his leg and kicked him viciously.
“Who asked you guys to dismiss her from the position? Who said that she seduced me? You guys are trying to cause me trouble!”
Willie violently kicked Jeffery on his body. He had come a bit too late to save the situation. If Shaun found out about it, he would probably lose his life.
Everyone was shocked to the core, and so was Cate.
Rosabella let out a shriek. She swiftly ran toward Willie and held his arm. “Stop kicking him, Young Master Lyons. This is my dad—”
“Shut the fck up, btch!”
Willie slapped her in the face, and she subsequently fell to the ground. “It’s all your doing. F*ck! What I regret most is being associated with you.”
If it had not been for Rosabella, Willie would not have provoked Cate, followed by Shaun. Despite being injured, he was exposed to the wind on the balcony for the entirety of last night. Frozen stiff, he nearly had the urge of jumping off the building to end his suffering.
“What are you doing, Young Master Lyons?”
Rosabella felt dizzy upon being slapped in public.
When she was with Willie, that pervert, these days, she ingratiated herself with him every day. She even served him in different ways when sleeping with him. She did these with the sole purpose of helping herself and Jeffery to turn things around in the company.
Before she could make Cate learn her lesson, however, she was beaten instead. Feeling aggrieved, Rosabella wept. “Young Master Lyons, it was Cate. She was the one who hurt you.”
“I know. I don’t need you to tell me.” Willie’s gaze rested on Cate.
Cate’s heart did a flip. She quickly took out her phone and swung it as a reminder for him. “Young Master Lyons, you—”
“Miss Cox, regarding last night’s incident, it was my fault.” Willie strode toward her and expressed his sincere apologies.
The crowd was speechless.
Cate was at a loss for words as well.
She was totally stunned. Damn, using his indecent photos to threaten him actually worked.
It turned out that Shaun was right.
The Lyons family was most concerned about their dignity? They could not afford to lose it?
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