Chapter 268
Having spent a week in the hospital, Winnie was adamant about getting discharged the moment she
started recovering. After all, she cared about Zachary greatly. Unable to handle her mother’s
comints, La asked Jared to deal with the discharge process and drive Winnie back to the Sce
residence.
However, La was worried about Winnie being alone at home since Joyce was still absent. In the
end, Yuliana took Alex, Rowan, Hailey, and the maternity matron back to the Sce residence.
Thepany still had to continue operating, even after Kendrick went missing. La was the only one
who could deal with work matters in his stead.
La had to deal with work matters while duking it out with malicious people in thepany at the
same time. It wasn’t an exaggeration to describe her as an overworked worker bee that didn’t have a
second to rest. For the past half a month, she didn’t go home at all. She took all of her meals in the
company and even slept there.
There were asions when La was too exhausted from work and allowed herself a brief moment to
space out. When she thought of the events that had yet toe, she felt as if more weights were
ced atop her head, making her unable to breathe.
Unlike otherpanies, Sce Corporation was a family business. There existed a familyw where
the eldest son of the first wife was always the one inheriting thepany in the past 200 years. Even
though it wasn’t properly established during the modern age, the Sce family still followed thisw out
of propriety.
No one broke thatw. Then again, no one dared to break it.
About 20 years ago, something happened. After a series of events, the Sce family managed to
restore order to their hierarchy.
However, Zachary was still around at that time. As long as he was there, the other Sce members
wouldn’t dare to dream of usurping the position from him.
However, Kendrick’s whereabouts were still a mystery, whereas Zachary remained unconscious till who
knew when. The only one who had the right to be the Sce family’s heir was Alex.
Alex was only eight years old. How could he manage a hugepany such as Sce Corporation?
Kendrick’s ident wasn’t just spread throughout Sce Corporation. Everyone in the business circle
also found out about it. Truthfully speaking, the Sce family’s situation was considered a public secret
at this point.
Everyone watched the drama unfold with bated breaths, waiting for the chaos to erupt from within
Sce Corporation. Once that happened, they would do their best to grab a slice of pie from the
behemoth known as Sce Corporation.
16:05
The higher-ups of thepany could no longer suppress their desires. The meetings that urred
over the past few days consisted of only demands toward La. The higher-ups wanted her to give
them a straightforward answer; they wanted to know if something had really happened to Kendrick.
The thing was, everyone knew the truth very well. All they wanted was a clear answer from La. If
she were to provide them with what they wanted, they would be able to n out their next move.
Since La was unable to keep the news under wraps, she could only announce the news to the
public. However, her utmost priority was to figure out how she should announce the news while
reassuring the other employees.
The night before Christopher and Joyce returned to the country, La spent the whole night sitting in
her office after she was done with everything work-rted. When it was almost dawn, she finally took a
short nap on the chair.
However, as soon as she closed her eyes, she dreamed of Kendrick.
In that dream, La was submerged in icy water. The beasts had preyed upon her body, leaving her in
disfigured chunks. She had lost half of her face to those beasts as well. Immediately after that, she
woke up in fright. The sky looked hazy since it was only dawn. There were still a little more than three
hours before it was time for work.
La gulped down half a bottle of iced water and nned to continue sleeping since she had a rough
day ahead. Unfortunately, she was still unable to rest fitfully, seeing as she started having numerous
dreams. She dreamed that Sce. Corporation was in total chaos. Factions belonging to different
higher-ups. appeared out of nowhere and divided the entirepany. In the end, the otherpanies
split Sce Corporation up and engulfed them happily, leaving nothing behind.
Sce Corporation was ruined all thanks to them.
When La woke up again, she could no longer fall asleep.
She stood by the window and watched the sunrise quietly.
It was already half past nine when Christopher and Joyce arrived at Sce Corporation.
Ast-minute meeting was held at ten o’clock. The participants of the meeting included the higher-ups
and important members of the Sce family.
There was still half an hour before the meeting, so Christopher and Joyce hurried toward La’s office.
The trio was extremely fatigued, having to deal with countless matters over the past half a month. They
sat in silence for a couple of minutes before La finally opened her mouth. “Christopher, now that
Kendrick’s missing, the familyw dictates that Alex should be the one inheriting the position as the
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Sce family, but he’s only an eight-year-old. It’s impossible to demand him to take on the burden right
now.”
She paused for a moment as she gazed at Christopher. “You’re the only one who can support the
Sce family right now.”
Christopher didn’t respond to La’s words.
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He lowered his gaze while maintaining a poker face. No one knew what he was thinking.
During the half-month period in Nardor, Christopher had followed the search-and-rescue team into the
river valley countless times. He even dove into the water a couple of times in search of Kendrick. At
first, he was filled with hope, but as time passed, that me gradually diminished and flickered to
nothing. On the flight home, Christopher kept his eyes wide open, not wanting to rest even for a
moment. He kept thinking about Kendrick’s ident over and over again.
How was it possible for everyone to not locate Kendrick?
“Chris,” La called out to Christopher, having noticed his prolonged silence. Christopher snapped
back to reality as he looked up at her. “What?”
Taking note of Christopher’s reaction, La paused for two seconds before continuing, “What I’m
saying is, you’ll be taking over Ken’s position temporarily after I announce the news of his ident to
everyone during the meeting.”
After she was done speaking, La then looked at Joyce. “What do you think, Joyce?”
Joyce replied, “I’m okay with it.”
It was a problem that affected everyone’s reality. Sce Corporation was the product that the past
generations of the Sce family had devoted their efforts to creating. It was also a destined duty that
Kendrick had to ept the moment he was born. Even if he was no longer here, Joyce still wanted to
help him protect what was left of his life.
It was true that Alex was too young, as La said. Joyce couldn’t bear to see her son being forced to
handle everything during the present time.
Hence, Christopher was the most suitable candidate in this case.
Christopher frowned slightly when he listened to the women’s conversation. He remained silent for a
moment before saying, “I’m not familiar with Sce Corporation’s current situation. Why don’t you take
over, La?”
He was being truthful. The only time he spent analyzing Sce Corporation’s situation was when he
supervised the branch in Romdale. Other than that, he had. no idea what was going on in thepany.
If he were to be forced into Kendrick’s position, it would undoubtedly produce only detrimental results.
La could only squeeze out a helpless smile. “Chris, it’s not like I don’t want to take on the
responsibility. There’s no way everyone would let an outsider like me lead Sce Corporation.”
Even if society nowadays kept on emphasizing that gender equality was to be prioritized, there were
still many times when there could never be equality among genders.
For example, once a woman got married, she would automatically be a member of her husband’s
family and had to take on that family’s surname.
Besides, this was the Sce family La was talking about. No matter how modernized the family
looked on the outside, their core beliefs were still outdated and restrictive.
Joyce looked at Christopher and said, “La is right. Chris, you’re the most suitable candidate to lead
thepany at the moment.”
Sometimes, the most suitable thing might not be the one the situation needs.
At ten o’clock, Joyce entered the conference room with La and Christopher, followed by Hazel from
the Secretarial Department. Kendrick’s other vice-assistant and La’s assistant also entered the room
with them.
The small group entered the conference room swiftly.
The participants who had arrived at the conference room before all looked at them.
Joyce walked to Kendrick’s seat and sat down. Christopher and La went to their respective seats
and sat there. Immediately after that, Joyce surveyed the conference room, soon spotting a few vacant
seats.
She ced her hands on the table andced her fingers together, a serious expression on her face. “Is
everyone here?”
At that moment, she was no longer Mrs. Sce of the Administrative Department. She was currently
Mrs. Sce, the chairman’s wife who represented Kendrick in the meeting.