Chapter 549


    Renee was already waiting for Hesper downstairs. Hesper was a little surprised, while Renee looked a


    little unnatural as she exined, "Benji called me in advance, and I guessed that you’d want to go


    over."


    "I see." Hesper vaguely felt that something was wrong with Renee and only figured things out after


    getting into the car for some time.


    ‘Renee always does what I ask of her and never anything unnecessary, not to mention that she used to


    hate Rickard the most. It wasn''t her style to show Benji, who works right next to Rickard, any respect


    back then either. Something seems fishy.’


    However, it was not the right time to gossip.


    After an unimpeded journey, they finally arrived at the ground floor of Duval Group, and Hesper


    realized that what Benji told her over the phone just now was actually a toned-down version of the


    whole situation.


    The entire entrance of Duval Group was surrounded by reporters. Fortunately, the headquarters had


    direct ess for cars. That was how Hesper managed to get into the building without getting stopped


    by the reporters.


    Benji was currently blocked at the door of Rickard’s office, with a polite smile hanging over his face.


    Inwardly praying that Hesper woulde over soon, he could not help but feel as if his face was about


    to stiffen from all the smiling.


    ‘If Mr. Duval doesn’t give me a three-fold increment after he wakes up from hisa, I’ll definitely quit


    this job!’


    Just as the thought shed past Benji’s mind, some people in the outeryer of the crowd became


    quiet. Renee was seen fighting her way through the crowd, opening a passage for Hesper


    expressionlessly.


    Hesper walked up to Benji. "It’s so boisterous in here today. If I didn''t know any better, I would have


    thought that Duval Group has be a wet market."


    Hesper’s voice sounded neither too loud nor too soft, just audible enough to bury the noise going


    around the office. The employees who were watching the bustle outside looked away instantly when


    Hesper red at them.


    "President Rivera."


    Benji lowered his head, while Hesper raised her eyebrows.


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    ‘Thed is a pretty fast learner.’


    "I didn''te to thepany for a few days, yet everyone is still looking so enthusiastic." Hesper


    looked at the people around her, who subconsciously avoided her gaze.


    "Ms. Rivera, although you’re now thepany’srgest shareholder, you don’t actually care about the


    Hesper had rushed there in a hurry, not having the time to go back and change into her formal attire, so


    she looked just like an ordinary youngdy.


    Seeing that someone had initiated the conversation to suppress Hesper’s existence, others echoed the


    statement.


    Hesper did not say anything and just listened to them bber. Even when everything finally settled


    down and there was no more sound to be heard, she still did not speak up.


    Benji stood right behind Hesper, looking extremelypliant.


    "Has everyone finished voicing their statements?" Hesper finally said with a half-smile after a long bout


    of silence. "Why do I feel like you people will push Duval Group into a corner for the answer that you


    want as long as Rickard Duval doesn’te out and exin himself today? Are you doing this in order


    to make thepany better, or to drag it down into a bottomless abyss?"


    The first few people who took the lead had all been paid by Carter to step up and stir up some trouble.


    Hence, when they heard Hesper’s spection, a chill shot up their spine.


    "Rickard Duval hasn''t shown up for only a little while, and already you people are nning to brew up a


    storm within thepany? Since he used to be the only person who made all decisions in the


    <ppany when he was here, I suppose you people can’t wait to get your hand on a piece of the pie."