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“Shut up.” Cate directly pulled Rosabella toward her. In a state of panic, the two bodyguards stopped fighting.
Oh no. They were going to watch the First Young Lady get beaten up.
“Hurry up, and let go of First Young Lady, or I’ll put you through hell, ” one of the bodyguards shouted.
At the sight of the situation, Shaun was the first to say, “There’s no need to continue fighting. Let’s set our hands free at the same time.”
After Cate exchanged glances with Shaun, she shoved Rosabella to that bodyguard.
At this moment, Rosabella’s image of an eminent young lady was gone. She pointed at Cate and said in exasperation, “Kill her— no, pull all her hair off and slap her ten times.”
“First Young Lady…” The two bodyguards, who were in a dilemma, pointed to the back. “Look… “
“What is there to look at?” Rosabella turned around, only to see a crowd of bodyguards at the door. She scowled.
She covered her painful face and said with dissatisfaction, “Cate Cox, just wait. I’ll definitely settle this score with you. I didn’t come here today to fight. I just want to let you guys know that I own half of Lyons Corporation from today onward, so I have every right to manage it.”
After she was done speaking, she asked someone to toss the agreement onto the desk. “From today onward, my team will be stationed in Lyons Corporation. To be honest, I’m not happy with you being the chairman, and I seriously doubt your ability. Lyons Corporation has been established for over 1oo years but has only brought in so little profit every year. I think something’s wrong with the management, so there’s a need to restructure it.”
Shaun cast an indifferent look at Rosabella in front of him. Then, he suddenly scoffed and said, “Rosabella Cox, I regret my decision. Back then, I shouldn’t have sold you to the mountains and made you marry the old man.”
At the mention of the incident, Rosabella’s face turned ghastly.
That was the worst humiliation in her life.
Shaun added cruelly, “I should’ve killed you by dumping you into the sea.”
“Unfortunately, I’m still alive. Shaun, you tortured me so terribly back then. I swore that I’d come back and take revenge on you one day. Just wait. This is only the beginning.” After Rosabella provoked him, she turned around. “Now, I’m going to take a tour. By the way, I’ve never been to the factory and lab.”
Once she left, Shaun called Hadley over. “Get a group of people to follow her to the lab and factory. Don’t let her enter those places.”
Hadley felt uneasy. “I can stop her today, but what if she brings in more people tomorrow? Besides, the two bodyguards are as good as our Liona members.”
“Get Liona members here then. Let’s see how she can still boss people around in Lyons Corporation by then,” Shaun responded coldly.
Seeing him stifling his anger, Hadley nodded.
“Shaunny, what on earth is going on?” At this moment, Cate still could not figure out how or why Rosabella owned half of Lyons Corporation.
Shaun thumped his fist on the table.
He admitted that he had never failed or fumed so badly. He had never been this exasperated even when Lyons Corporation fell.
“The person you saw just now is Julian Grayson, the top merger and acquisitions specialist in the world. He has a team of financial specialists who’ll do everything to acquire other companies. However, not everyone can hire such a team.”
Shaun forced a smile and explained, “As far as I know, it requires at least 200 billion dollars to hire Julian Grayson.”
Cate looked dumbfounded. No one would spend 200 billion dollars hiring his team unless they were the wealthiest people in the world.
“Of course, since they’ve successfully acquired many shareholders’ shares without my knowledge, it means the price they’ve offered must be attractive. They could have threatened or enticed the shareholders too.”
Shaun clenched his fists. “The price they offered was definitely much higher than the market price. The person behind Rosabella is not simple at all and must be one of the few wealthiest people in the world.”
Cate was astounded. “Why would that person let Rosabella waste so much of their money?”
“You’re right. Spending so much money acquiring Lyons Corporation to let Rosabella vent her anger is such a waste. ” Shaun was baffled. “They must be crazy. They’re not even her biological parents.”
Cate also found those people to be crazy.
At this moment, she wished she could meet the person behind Rosabella and beat him up.
“How many shareholders are left in Lyons Corporation?” Cate asked anxiously Shaun glanced at her helplessly. “My mom, aunt, uncle, and I.”
Cate was speechless.
In this regard, all the shareholders’ shares had been acquired except for the Lyons family’s.
“In other words, Rosabella has become the largest shareholder in Lyons Corporation, right?” A while later, she stated the fact in agony.
Shaun scowled as he nodded. Beneath his eyelashes was nothing but grimness. “Let’s head to the Lyons family’s residence.”
During their journey, Director Owens took the initiative to call Shaun. His words were filled with apologies. “Shaun, I’m really sorry…”
Shaun’s thin lips curled up indifferently. “Director Owens, you were my grandpa’s best friend back then, and that was why you became the largest shareholder in Lyons Corporation. How dare you betray the company in secret.”
The other end of the phone was quiet for a while before Director Owens replied in embarrassment, ” Shaun, I was left with no choice. My sons’ business investments out there have been failing one after another. At this point, everyone in the Owens family is counting on me. Given that I have so many descendants, I need to leave something for them.”
“Haven’t you gotten huge bonuses from Lyons Corporation over the years?” Shaun could no longer hold back his anger. “Moreover, the future of Lyons Corporation was very promising…”
“No, Shaun. The person targeting Lyons Corporation is no ordinary person. Even if I didn’t sell my shares, Lyons Corporation wouldn’t be able to hold out for one year.” Director Owens said with embarrassment, “When Lyons Corporation collapses after a year, how much do you think it can be sold for?”
“Director Owens, don’t you know my ability?” Shaun said furiously, “No matter how many setbacks Lyons Corporation has suffered, I’ve managed to overcome all of them with my leadership. I even made Lyons Corporation the top company in Australia again.”
“Shaun, the glory that Lyons Corporation has right now is only superficial.” Director Owens sighed and said, “Although you have a good relationship with the Snow family, it’s only temporary. You don’t even understand the person behind this issue. Their decisions can simply affect the world. Can you afford to provoke such a person?” Shaun’s body stiffened.
Cate, who was holding his hand beside him, was at her wits’ end as well.
“Besides, it was the other party who offered the price. I couldn’t reject it.” Director Owens laughed wryly. “They offered to buy the 3o percent of shares I had for goo billion dollars, and what was more, they paid me the amount straight away. Well, how could I not sell the shares? Even if I chose not to sell them, my sons would think of ways to kill me so that they would come into my inheritance and sell them.”
Shaun was so shocked that his eyes widened. For a long time, he did not utter a word.
Indeed, that was an amount that no one could reject. “Even other minor shareholders could easily get a few hundred billion dollars, let alone me.” Director Owens’s tone was apologetic and filled with guilt.” Shaun, I watched you grow up after all. Listen to me. Give up on Lyons Corporation. Take your grandparents and the others and leave. Don’t end u p with nothing in the end.”
With that, Director Owens ended the call.
Shaun put his phone down. He lowered his head and hugged Cate tightly. After a long while, he said in a low voice, “Cate, take the children and my family with my dad to Country Y first.”
“What about you?” Cate lifted her head and asked.
“I’ll go over after I wrap up everything here.”
Shaun patted her hair helplessly. “Director Owens is right. With our current ability, we won’t be able to go against the other party. They’re obviously using money to crush us and leaving us with no choice. So just leave Australia first. Didn’t we talk about this before?”
Cate stared at Shaun for a moment before she suddenly said, “I don’t want to.”
“Cate…” Shaun’s tone became stern.
Cate got out of his embrace. “Do you think I don’t know? Your worries will be gone once I take your family and leave. Then, you’ll expose the person behind Rosabella and kill Rosabella even if you have to risk everything or even die with her, right? Shaun, you’re discontented.”
“Cate, I won’t. I will look for you guys as soon as possible,” Shaun said in a low voice.
“Forget it. I won’t believe you. You could still accept the investigation the last time. But now that Rosabella has snatched your company away, she’ll ruin your efforts. Lyons Corporation is your heart and soul. Your hard work all these years will become Rosabella’s props, and this isn’t what you want to see. That is why you want to stay behind to destroy Lyons Corporation and use Liona’s power to settle this once and for all, right?”
Cate stared at him. ” Shaun, I know you well.”
He was not just an entrepreneur. He was also a person with dreams.
Lyons Corporation was Shaun’s dream. Cate had seen how happy he was these days because of the new product development.
Moreover, he was such a prideful person. Running away after getting defeated by Rosabella multiple times was not his way of doing things.
Cate had seen through all of Shaun’s little thoughts, which made him a little annoyed. “That’s right. It’s just as what you said. Cate, you have to think for the children. Do you wish for them to be without a mother? As for me, their father, the time I’ve spent with them hasn’t been long. They depend on you more.”
“Shaun, your words make me very disappointed. “
Cate let go of his hand. There was now an angry look in her eyes. “The children aren’t mine alone. You have the responsibility too. Since you don’t want to see through it, you shouldn’t have looked for me to make up with you back then.”
Shaun was hurt and ashamed by the accusation. ” What can I do? Cate, Lyons Corporation isn’t just my heart and soul. The advanced technology there consists of the fruits of many years of research in my dad’s company. Do you want me to surrender everything to Rosabella? That disgusting woman is doing whatever she wants to in Australia. I feel f*cking nauseated just by seeing it.”
Cate felt at a loss too.
He was right. How did an ant like Rosabella grow to be where she was today?
