Chapter 332: Explosion at the Restaurant
Talia noticed the director who was sweating bullets and observed Jordan who was typing away in his phone possibly texting someone. At one point, she saw the sigh of relief from Jordan and he went to the nervous director and showed him the phone and she saw the colour returning to the director’s face.
Talia looked at Arthur and she could see that he has calmed down a bit too. But from what she had observed, it seemed like that director was coerced, but the plans of the enemies were thwarted.
The voting was done and the board members unanimously voted not to nationalise Northern Star. A press release was sent to the press after an official report was sent to the concerning officials.
"What happened with that director?" Talia whispered in Arthur’s ear as the directors took their leave.
"Someone kidnapped his son and threatened him to vote for nationalisation. Thankfully we got his son safe before the voting." Arthur rubbed her back.
"Although one vote wouldn’t have changed anything, I can see why they wanted to make it seem like there was support for nationalisation in the company itself... A nice way to show we are divided and maybe to show that you are incompetent. But I am glad they failed. Did you find out who did this?" Talia realised the ruthlessness of the business world once more.
She looked at Arthur and she was grateful that he is interested in these kinds of daily battles. In a way a CEO is like a general who have to be constantly alert and anticipate the attacks of the enemies and lead his army (company) to victory.
She knew what being responsible for the livelihood of thousands of people entitles to. And she was happy she doesn’t bear that heavy burden. Arthur is bearing it in her place and she was glad she gets to choose her future and not have such heavy responsibility thrashed on her.
My poor Fred... he is carrying so many burdens on his shoulders and no wonder he gets migraines.
Talia felt a tingling feeling in her heart as she realised how hard Arthur is working and how smart he should be to handle everything. She wanted to give him a hug.
"We haven’t yet. But we will soon. He can’t escape me," Arthur pulled Talia closer along with the chair. As expected, she got the motive of the guy who did this. Too bad she isn’t that interested in managing the company.