Chapter 247: Who Do You Think You Are?
Melanie sat in the company’s boardroom with a melancholy look on her face. The expressions on the board members’ faces were perhaps even gloomier than the time she had first taken over-when they had all believed things couldn’t possibly get any worse. Or that they deserved a better ’leader’ than a mere woman like her.
"You are right. The StormEdge team deliberately targeted us," one of them said grimly. "They added impossible clauses and bribed Spencer to go along with them. We need to take them to court and fight this acquisition tooth and nail.
Melanie gave a tired sigh and rolled her eyes. "Do you really think we can afford the litigation fee?" Her tone was dry, almost sarcastic, and her question silenced the room in an instant. No one had an answer. The company had already been bled dry and they were scrambling to curb their losses. No one would throw in more money into something they were not even sure of
Before anyone could speak again, the door to the conference room opened. Melanie glanced up, half-expecting the chairman of StormEdge to walk in with his expected entourage. Her body tensed, prepared for confrontation. But it wasn’t him. It was Adam.
Her expression softened as soon as she saw him. A small smile touched her lips. He hadn’t told her he would be coming. She had no idea...The sly guy.
But before she could gesture for him to sit beside her, she sensed a shift in the room-a sudden spike in tension. The atmosphere turned cold. She could feel the hostility radiating from the others like a storm cloud settling over the table. She sighed. Really? They were going to be hostile to him?
Adam, however, didn’t seem to notice or care. Calm and self-assured, he walked straight to his usual spot-the far end of the oval table- positioning himself directly opposite the empty seat where they expected the StormEdge chairman to sit. As if by instinct or design the position placed him squarely in the seat of opposition.
Before Melanie could intervene or say anything to ease the growing unease, one of the shareholders suddenly burst out, "What is he doing here?"
The words cracked across the room like a whip.