Chapter 663


    rence took a step forward, but someone stopped him by holding his hand.


    He turned around and saw Ste silently staring at him.


    rence held Ste’s hand and said, “Don’t worry. Everything will be over today.”


    “What do you want to have for dinner? I’ll make it for you.”


    rence smiled mischievously, “I liked everything you made.”


    Ste smiled and covered her face with the nket. She muttered, “Stop it.”


    “It’s true.”


    Ste let go of rence, “Alright, alright. Go now.”


    rence headed to the door, but he returned and kissed Ste on her lips, “Wait for me toe


    home.”


    “I will.”


    After rence left, Stey on the bed with her eyes closed, but she wasn’t sleepy anymore.


    Ste sat up from the bed and scratched her head. Then, she took her cell phone to see what time it


    was.


    It was seven-thirty in the morning.


    Ste yawned and got out of bed.


    When Sherry and ine arrived at Ste’s house at nine o’clock in the morning, they were surprised to


    see a table full of delicate and delicious breakfast.


    Sherry asked, “What’s the celebration?”


    Ste walked out from the kitchen and replied, “There’s no celebration. It’s just that the fridge is full of


    food, and I don’t want to waste them.”


    ine said, “But we can’t finish all these.”


    “It’s alright. Just take whatever you want you to eat, then I’ll pack the rest up and take it to our studio,”


    Ste then put down what she was holding and headed into the kitchen again, “Oh, you guys should


    have dinner outside tonight. You can even order food delivery if you want.”


    “What…”


    Sherry quickly nudged ine.


    Sherry replied, “Sure! I could show ine around our campus as well. There’s a lot of good food there.”


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    Ste nodded, “Alright.”


    After Ste walked into the kitchen, Sherry scolded ine, “You silly girl. Ste and rence are going


    to date tonight. Do you want to be the third wheel?”


    Only then did ine realize how silly she was. She covered her mouth as a sign of regret in saying the


    wrong thing.


    Sherry patted ine’s shoulder, “We shoulde back atte night, and try to be as sneaky as


    possible so that Ste and rence aren’t disturbed.”


    …


    In the Conrad Group.


    It wasn’t even the operating hour, but all the staff had arrived in the office. It felt pretty tense.


    Every pantry was filled with people gossiping around.


    “What do you think the board wants this time? I’ve heard something, but they felt like rumours.”


    “Is it about Mr. Conrad’s resignation? I’ve heard those too. It didn’t seem possible though.”


    “Why not? Didn’t you know what happened to the Conrad Grouptely? Mr. Conrad brought the


    person-in-charge from different branches back. Plus, there were changes in a few major ongoing


    projects. I’ve even heard that the share of thepany…”


    “Shh! Don’t spread the rumours.”


    “Who’s going to take over the Conrad Group if Mr. Conrad resigned?”


    “Didn’t Mr. Conrad have a brother? Could he be the one taking over thepany?”


    “But I heard that he is in a wheelchair? He wasn''t even involved in any previous project. It doesn’t feel


    right if he’s the one taking over thepany.”


    “But we won’t have any say in this.”


    “True. All these guessing are useless anyway. We’ll know about it after the board meeting today.”


    “You’re not wrong, but the Conrad Group would be a little unstable if Mr. Conrad resigned.”


    “I don’t want Mr. Conrad to resign.”


    “Me too…”


    At the same time, in the CEO’s office.


    The assistant knocked on the door and entered the room. He said, “Mr. Conrad, the board members


    are here.”


    rence nodded and nced at his watch, “How long till Nathan gets here?”


    “Mr. Lance just got off the ne. It’s going to take around half an hour to reach here.”


    “Alright. Prepare the necessary documents and bring them to the meeting room. I’ll be there in ten


    minutes.”


    “Sure.”


    The board members were discussing and gossiping in the meeting room.


    They were all working under rence after rence got rid of Dempsey Conrad’s people.


    These people got the news about rence’s resignation a few days ago, and most of them didn’t


    agree with it.


    Some of them were trained by rence since they got hired, and some of them used to work under


    Dempsey but now they’re helping rence.


    Witnessing the development of thepany, all the board members were clear that rence was the


    key to sess for Conrad Group.


    The share price of the Conrad Group would definitely drop once rence resigned. No one could


    survive the wave.


    The fate of Conrad Groupy with rence.


    The board members started to express their rejections of rence’s resignation when he walked into


    the meeting room.


    rence sat on his chair and listened quietly without stopping them.


    The board members went on and on for about five minutes before they stopped to grab a ss of


    water.


    rence then said calmly, “Are you all done talking yet?”


    An older board member told rence, “We’re done, and we hope that Mr. Conrad would take our


    opinions seriously.”


    rence said, “I’ve made up my mind. There’ll be no changes.”


    “You…”


    rence continued, “Everything is well-arranged for after I leave thepany. All the projects will go


    on as usual. There’ll be no harm to all your profits.”


    Some board members tried to cover their embarrassment by coughing, “What are you saying? It’s not


    what we meant.”


    “Everyone likes profits. I knew why you all stand with me from the beginning,” rence ced his hand


    on the desk and continued calmly, “I believe some of you wasn’t very happy with me being an


    illegitimate child, and you all thought that I was going to ruin thepany’s reputation.”


    It was exactly what some of the older board members thought.


    They used to feel unhappy with rence because of his origin, but all they did was gossip behind his


    back. After all, who’d give up on thick profits? The profits rence gave them was way better than that


    in Dempsey’s time.


    Suddenly, one of the board members who previously kept quiet said, “The fact that Mr. Conrad held this


    position long enough proved that one’s status doesn’t define his capabilities.”


    Then, the rest of the board members chimed in, “Yes, it’s just a status. It meant nothing. Plus, you’re


    the only person left in the Conrad family. Thepany willck a leader if you resign.”


    rence replied, “You should remember that I have a brother.”


    The board members stopped talking and looked at each other.


    “He is the legal heir of the Conrad family. The Conrad Group should belong to him.”