Chapter 2258
Aubrey found herself momentarily speechless, her lips trembling.
Darcie fixed her gaze on Ste. "Ste, are you sure about checking the surveince? If Sonia''s the
one responsible for the damage, how do you intend to handle it?"
"We should get the police involved," Ste retorted. "If Sonia''s behind the breakage of this expensive
item, shouldn''t we let the authorities assess the situation?"
Darcie''s expression darkened.
Jaylene couldn''t contain herself. "Ste, you were the one who insisted on bringing Sonia in, and it was
only because of that my mom agreed. Now that she''s caused trouble, are you just going to shift all the
me onto her without taking any responsibility yourself?"
Ste fell silent for a moment. "Jaylene, some matters are better dealt with behind closed doors among
family members. Why air it out here?"
Thinking Ste was backing down, Jaylene persisted, growing bolder. "The S-type essential oil was
destroyed; it affects the entirepany’s interests. Shouldn''t we be transparent about it? Why keep it
under wraps?"
Ste lifted her gaze. "If you want to discuss it here, that''s fine. You keep insisting I take responsibility
because I brought Sonia in. She made a mistake, so I should bear some responsibility. But let me ask
you, when your past mistakes nearly cost US Grace''s ount, where was the ountability from Ms.
Arnold, who vouched for you to join thepany? You, the one who made the mistake, are still here;
aren''t you vouched in by her? Why don''t you mention a word about that?"
Jaylene looked ashamed. "I''m not like Sonia. Caline is our family''spany; what''s wrong with me
working here? Aren''t you working here too?
Ste appeared indifferent. "That''s where you''re wrong. I''m not like you. My mother is the founder of
Caline, and I hold 53% of Caline''s shares. I''m thergest shareholder of Caline, so working in my own
company is reasonable."
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Darcie hadn''t intended to intervene initially, silently acknowledging Jaylene''s point. But she didn''t
expect Ste to bring this up. After feigning silence for a while, she finally spoke up. "Ste, let''s just
check the surveince. There''s no need to create a scene in front of outsiders."
Ste refused. "Ms. Arnold, earlier when I suggested discussing this privately, Ms. Saun objected, and
you didn''t oppose. Now, I want to make things clear, so I hope you won''t interfere."
Darcie''s face turned slightly red, about to say something, but Ste cut her off.
Ste thought to herself, "You wanted to y dumb, didn''t you? Then keep pretending!"
"When thispany was founded, my mother invested nearly 90% of the startup capital, and you
contributed 10% as a partner. In just a few years, we made Caline a sess. After my mother passed
away, to bnce the rtionship between partners, she sold some shares to you, and she also
developed the perfume ''Secret Garden,'' which is still selling well today. Unfortunately, she died during
childbirth, and I was mistakenly separated from my family for over twenty years.
"The shares my mother held were managed by my uncle for two years after her death, then returned to
my father. My father knew nothing about this industry, so he asked you to manage it, whichsted for
twenty years.
When I was recognized as a member of the Saun family, he transferred the Caline shares to me."
Ste surveyed the room before speaking calmly again. "I admire your courage back then, investing
your entire fortune to start Caline with my mother, and managing Caline so well after my mother''s
death. Although my father used to give you 20% of the annual profits as a token of appreciation for
your contributions to Caline, and it was a couple helping each other, which is understandable, but now I
am thergest shareholder of thepany. I feel ufortable just being a figurehead, so I wanted to
come and share some of the pressure with Ms. Arnold."