Chapter 538


    Benji had arrived there earlier and stood in the main seat with an icy expression. Carter and Juniper


    sashayed over.


    "This is my seat now, Benji," Carter said. "You don''t seem to be very bright."


    "Really? Tha isn''t confirmed yet." Benji red at him coldly but he was very nervous. Hesper had been


    on the way there when she suddenly got a message saying one of the loose shareholders wanted to


    sell it to her, so she went over instead.


    However, the person reneged when she arrived.


    They had known that Hesper didn''t have time to bargain with them. Realizing that it was just a decoy,


    Hesper didn''t waste any time and immediately got back into the car.


    Even though she was on her way again, Benji was still worried. They didn''t have more than half the


    shares, and when he saw how smug Carter and Juniper looked, he wasn''t sure if they already hold the


    rest of the shares.


    The couple exchanged looks, but Benji continued. "No matter the oue, the board meeting hasn''t


    begun, so Mr. Duval is still the biggest shareholder of Duval Group. Please take another seat."


    The air was tense even before the meeting began. All the shareholders there just sat and watched


    silently. There was no way Rickard would show up that day, so how would he be able to turn things


    around?


    Benji knew that he was still standing there only because everyone was waiting for Rickard to show up


    to turn things around. However, Rickard had shown no signs of waking up, and the biggest portion of


    the shares were held by Hesper.


    Based on the rtionship between Hesper and Rickard, he shouldn''t have given the shares to her, but


    this was the only solution.


    "Why isn''t Mr. Duval here yet? Are you just pretending?" Carter impatiently slumped in his chair.


    The other people around him spoke up. "It''s time. Since Mr. Duval isn''t here yet, we should start the


    meeting without him."


    Benji received a message from Hesper just then, asking him to try to dy a little longer.


    As Benji read the message, he smiled sadly in his heart. He would have to face a group of hyenas.


    "Please be patient. What''s the point of starting the meeting if not everyone is here yet?" Benji


    pretended to be calm. "You just can''t wait to see Duval Group fall into someone else''s hands, can


    you?"


    After Benji said that, everyone fell silent.


    Most of the people there respected Rickard because they had seen him manage thepany. His


    actions gave them a lot of good returns, so if Carter didn''t manage to take over thepany and


    Rickard turned against them, they wouldn''t be able to handle it.


    "What time will he get here then? We need to know the time at least. Are we just going to sit and wait?"


    Carter red at all the cowards, then scoffed and leaned back. "We''ll wait ten minutes. I''m curious to


    see what kind of miracle he''ll pull off in such a short time."


    ***


    Benjji worriedly checked the time. Hesper didn''t say how long she needed to get there, but these ten


    minutes were the longest he could dy.


    Even though he had a lot of authority at thepany, he was just the secretary of the CEO. If the


    shareholders rejected him, he wouldn''t be able to do anything about it.


    "Final minute, Mr. Lynch. Has Mr. Duval even left home yet?"


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    Benji frowned and didn''t reply.


    Carter sat up straight and looked serious with his dark eyes. "Alright, the show needs to end. Begin the


    meeting."