Bonus Chapter to make up for yesterday.
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Many shareholders and executives collapsed on their chairs after they heard the legal representative.
What wrong had they done to deserve this? what crime had they comitted in their past lives to meet such a fate?
All they wanted to do was to survive the harsh realities of the corporate world.
What was so wrong about that? they had turned against Beatrice because they had felt she was bound to lose against Steve. They had only abandoned her to survive.
Never in a thousand years had they imagined it would have come back to hunt them so soon.
Fate was really cruel to them.
Some of them tried to speak, but they couldn't find their voices. They knew there was no way out of this.
Suddenly they got down on their knees and began to cry as they pleaded with Beatrice.
"Chairwoman, please forgive us!! We were forced and threatened by Steve to do what we did, never in a thousand years would we have betrayed you if Steve had not forced us" One of the executive said crying.
That was right, maybe if they blamed Steve there was still a chance to survive.
They all began accusing Steve whiles insulting and cursing him. He was the reason why this was happening to them so they didn't hold back.
Beatrice stared down at them in disgust, "What a bunch of hypocrites? she muttered.
Steve on the other hands was still in daze. At first he was so mad when Archman Group forced him to sell his shares, but seeing it go back to Beatrice was a different kind of pain he couldn't comprehend.
What was the purpose of all he had done in the past?
It was to snatch Beatrice position for himself, he had even spent a chuck of his money in bribing Victor Blay to help him with his schemes.
After years of planning, he was able to accomplish his goals and swallow Beauty foundation.
The company had so much boundless prospects that was above imaginable. He had truly believed that, Beauty Foundation had the potential to reach the peak of the world and gaze down on everyone like the big corporations.
He had hoped that when the time came, he would've been the one at the helm of the foundation to bask in all the glory and adoration, all the power.
But it was all a dream, he was truly now awake to reality.
He laughed maniaclly to himself as he thought about it.
He wasn't bothered by the accusations against him at all.
"That's right, make me the villain" he said emotionlessly. He was now like a doll without any soul.
He had lost all motivation and hope in life, he got up and bowed to Beatrice.
"I was really never your match was I?" he asked but Beatrice ignored him.
"Before you say anything, I willingly withdrawal from the company, I'll transfer you my shares.
Manage the foundation well" he said before listlessly walking out from the meeting room in a daze.
Before he could step out, men in black suits entered the room and showed their identifications.
"We are from the National Bureau of investigation, we are looking for Mr Steve Colman" they said.
The executives pointed at him before a warrant was showed to him, " You are under arrest for framing and conspiring against your boss, your accomplice Mr blay has already confessed.
Follow us and don't make things hard for yourself" the leader of the men said before handcuffs were placed on his hands.
He was shocked and scared, why were all this happening today, he had just received a notification from his bank informing him all his assets were frozen, before the N.B.I agents walked in.
He had just wanted to relax and enjoy his days peacefully. A Group were not stingy at all and had bought his majority shares with an amount considered highway robbery.
But he couldn't even enjoy it, and he was also faced with the likelihood of going to prison.
"Was all this happening because of Beatrice?"
He turned and look at Beatrice one more time before asking, "What is your relationship with A Group chairman?" he asked because he wasn't stupid.
Only A Group had the power to make all this happen.
Thinking about it, his problems started immediately after Beatrice was chased out of the company.
Even if you slap him to death, he'll never believe it to be a coincident.
Beatrice looked at him expressionlessly before he was dragged out.
Though she looked expressionless, she was shocked within, things were moving to smoothly for her, almost like it was planned by someone.
She frowned and fell into deep thought, the legal representative of A Group saw her expression and shook his head.
"Your husband is the one clearing the path for you, all you have to do is walk through it", he said to himself as he looked at her still in deep thought.
After a while, Beatrice glanced at the executives and shareholders before saying coldly, "You are all fired!
Go to HR and clear yourselves, I don't want to see you within the company premisses in an hour time"
She got up, and left the room full of people wails, some even passed out after hearing her.
Beauty Foundation was about to reach their prime very soon with A Group backing, What a pity they won't see it
Beatrice was going to be as ruthless as she could be. The corporate world had betrayed her twice, she wouldn't let a third happen.
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Crystal Palace, Archman Group HQ
After the secretary left to call Shawn and Linda in, Luke received a call from his special ops team.
John was in the room with him, so they reported it to him directly.
He turned his Vitra Grand Executive Highback revolving chair to face the opposite direction as he listened to the report.
"We've successfully, gotten our target from Krustalia.
The mission began in 0:00 and ended at 3:00, we successfully left the boarders of Krustalia at seven hundred o'clock and arrived in the capital.
He was handed over to the N.B.I two hours ago, and has already confessed his crimes.
As he was reporting, Shawn and Linda entered the executive meeting board room and couldn't help but stare in amazement.
They had both come from wealthy families, and had been to dozen high corporation companies, but A Group HQ was just built different.
They saw that the executive were all quiet, they tried to introduce themselves feeling anxious but all they received was a shushing signal to keep quiet.
They looked at the Chairman's seat, to see only the back side.
They immediately understood that the Chairman was making an important call so they kept quiet.
They couldn't really see his back side well, since the back of his chair was very high, but never the less, they waited anxiously in anticipation.
Their heart and blood pumping wildly, this was a day, they could brag about for eternity.
"So has Steve been apprehended?" He asked. Though his voice was very low, the room was so silent, you could here a pin drop, so they heard him loud and clear.
"Yes, sir he's heading to the N.B.I HQ as we speak" the voice replied.
Luke tapped on the armrest of his chair for a while before coldly saying, " After they are done with their investigation, ask the Bureau to hand them over to you, I'll like to personally handle it"
All the executives in the meeting room shuddered. Who had made him so angry that he wanted to personally handle it? they were in for a ruff time.
Linda on the other hand shuddered for a different reason, "This.. this.. this voice" she said in breaks.
Luke hanged up after saying that, he then turned his chair to face Shawn and Linda.
The two couples froze after seeing him.