Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
Callum cleared his throat, and the room fell silent.
“Whether or not Elspeth’s a mole isn’t the issue now. The priority is to salvage the situation and cover our losses.”
The other directors sneered in contempt.
“It’s 150 million, not 15 thousand! How can we turn things around so easily? We should be focusing on finding Elspeth and making her pay!”
The others agreed with this. She was the one who caused the crisis, so she should bear the losses!
Callum’s eyes darkened as he saw the way everyone else was ganging up on Elspeth as if they couldn’t wait to sue her in court.
“Isn’t that a little too absurd? Elspeth has already resigned, so we can’t find her.”
A thought seemed to occur to Emma.
“Before Elspeth left, she told me that Alphascape is a good company to work for. Could she… be at Alphascape now?”
“That’s impossible. She’s not that kind of person.”
Seeing the way Callum refuted without hesitation, Emma said,
“But Elspeth said you two have broken up, and she said that you share different ideals in life. Maybe… she’s not the type of person you think she is.”
Since their best interests were on the line, the others weren’t about to let things slide so easily. One of them suggested,
“Why don’t we head over to Alphascape and look for her? Make her explain herself!”
He stood up in a huff at once.
However, before he could leave the room, the door opened, and everyone was shocked to see who it was.
Elspeth?!
They were going to look for her, but here she was, delivering herself up.
“You came just in time, Elspeth. We’re just about to settle the score with you.”
“What a coincidence. I’m here to settle a score, too.”
Elspeth sat down calmly as if she belonged in the room with everyone else.
An uneasy feeling rose in Emma’s heart.
“What score do you have to settle, huh? Aren’t you the one who damaged the company and left to join Alphascape? Why are you pretending like you’re the victim now?”
These were such harsh accusations, but Elspeth wasn’t bothered by them.
“It’s only been a few days since I left. I didn’t expect to see that someone has shoved all the blame on me.”
Elspeth’s gaze fell upon Emma, who felt a chill run down her spine.
Why is she completely different from the way she was last time? She was still friendly and warm toward me just a few days ago, but now, she’s cold and distant, as if she’s worlds apart from me. Had it all been an act?
Emma was engrossed in her speculations while Elspeth leaned carelessly into her seat and addressed the angry crowd,
“Tell me. How did I damage Winthrop Group?”
One of them immediately said,
“You told Emma about that lousy factory, and that’s why the company has incurred 150 million in losses. We don’t have that kind of cash flow right now. So, don’t you think you should take responsibility for this?”
Elspeth smirked.
“Was Emma the one who told you this?”
“That’s right. Stop changing the subject. Tell us how you’re going to resolve this.”
She was about to speak when someone knocked on the door before coming over and politely addressing her as the CEO, passing a stack of documents to her.
“CEO? What CEO?”
Everyone assumed that Elspeth had become a senior executive at Alphascape, so they froze in shock when they heard the word ‘CEO.’ Even Emma was startled as well.
“The CEO of Azure Corporation.”
Elspeth’s subordinate declared coolly after noticing everyone’s shocked expressions.
Azure Corporation? Isn’t that the company that burst onto the scene and became one of the top three companies in the country in just two years? And she is the CEO of Azure Corporation? Isn’t that a little too unbelievable?
As Callum stared at Elspeth, who had an aura of complete confidence and assuredness, his mind began to wander.
He recalled the way she came to his office a week ago to discuss her departure from the company.
“I suspect something’s wrong with Emma, but I don’t know whether or not you believe me since she shares quite a resemblance with your first love.”
Her voice was reserved as she spoke, but he could see the insecurity in her eyes.
His heart panged as he realized that he had neglected her feelings.
“I trust you.”
Elspeth’s eyes lit up slightly.
“Why?”
“You’re the one I like now, so I trust you.”
Callum sighed.
“In any case, that was all in the past. I stopped caring about her a long time ago.”
What he cared about was how abruptly the relationship ended. He merely agonized over the fact that his feelings had been for nothing. In truth, he didn’t miss his first love in any way.
“By the way, here’s a word of advice. You should look into Emma’s past. Perhaps you’ll find something useful.”
“Since you’re not going to protect her, then everything won’t go wrong.”
Elspeth seemed a lot more confident now as she smiled and asked,
“I have a plan. Care to hear it?”
“Go on.”
“I think Emma’s goal is to drive a wedge between us and use that to bring about a crisis in the Winthrop Group. Why don’t we go along with it and act as if we’re fighting?”
Callum was willing to go along with the plan, but a thought flashed across his mind, causing him to frown.
“But doing this is incredibly risky. We’d have to elevate Emma’s position. What if she does something that’ll harm the company?”
Elspeth had already accounted for all the possibilities.
“Don’t worry. When the time comes, I’ll resign so that she can carry out her plan to its fullest. You don’t have to worry about the losses the company might incur. No matter how much it is, I have a way of covering it.”
So, her solution was to expose her identity as the CEO of Azure Corporation. If she’s Azure’s CEO, then her promise to turn the tides wasn’t a lie. Callum’s eyes flashed smugly. He had been right-she was indeed Azure Corporation’s CEO. After all, she arranged for someone to enter Luminous Entertainment with great ease, and even the vice president of Azure Corporation treated her with courtesy.
However, the others who were present didn’t believe this, especially Emma.
“Elspeth, even if you don’t want to take responsibility for this, you shouldn’t come up with such a blatant lie. Your reputation would be ruined when your lie’s exposed.”
It was as if Emma was giving her advice out of concern, but in reality, she was merely trying to tell everyone that Elspeth was just faking it.