Right after she said that, Landon walked over and pulled Bianca into his arms, speaking with emotion.
“Bianca, you’re so good to me. I swear, from now on, I’ll only love you.”
“You better mean it!”
“Hmm, I swear.”
Inside the conference room, the shareholders who supported me were boiling with rage after hearing all this.
“You shameless pair! So you tricked him out of his shares? Disgusting!”
“Exactly! Isn’t that illegal?!”
But Landon didn’t get angry; he just let out a cold laugh.
“So what? There’s nothing you can do about it.”
“This world is a survival of the fittest. The rich get to speak and the weak can only submit.”
“So what if I used these tactics to get everything I have now?”
“I have power and influence! I can buy anyone’s loyalty. The weak? They can only swallow it.”
His words pulled me back.
Back when he first entered the workforce, he had faced one failure after another.
The one high-paying job he finally landed was snatched away by someone using connections.
In despair, he had gotten drunk and confronted that person, only to be beaten severely.
As a college friend who had once helped me, too, I hadn’t been able to just stand by.
I had stepped in to help him and even gave him a job at my company.
I remembered how he used to dislike Bianca, saying she was fake, that she didn’t deserve me.
Yet now, here they were, conspiring together.
I let out a bitter laugh. No wonder, no wonder he always badmouthed Bianca in front of me.
Turns out, he wanted her for himself too.
Had I known it would lead to all this, I would never have helped Landon back then.
Everyone present was stunned into silence by his speech.
He wasn’t entirely wrong.
He had the company now, the money, the power.
Even if he used deceit to get it, no one could touch him.
Just look at the shareholders he had bought; the answer was clear.
People’s hearts couldn’t withstand temptation.
“What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?”
“I advise you all: be smart, know which way the wind is blowing. Break ties with Corbin and join me.”
“If you refuse, I’ll make sure you’re completely ruined.”
Landon’s voice chilled, his eyes fixed coldly on the shareholders who had spoken on my behalf.
Two of them were wavering, torn by the lure of power and influence.
“President Sinclair, I’m sorry.”
“If you’re leaving, then go. I won’t betray President Sinclair.”
Director Grant slammed the table and stood up.