Because Melody Zachary moved into the house, the couple couldn’t go on their honeymoon trip, and Felix Shaw ended his vacation early to go to work at the company on time.
On the surface, everything appeared calm, but Mia Foster was secretly accumulating shares of Hutton Corporation on the secondary market using her personal account.
On Wednesday afternoon, there was a temporary shareholders’ meeting. Oliver Shaw sat in the CEO’s seat, listening to the finance department’s work report, when suddenly the conference room door was pushed open from the outside.
Oliver Shaw looked over displeased, wanting to see who was so bold as to disregard company rules by not knocking and barging in; everyone’s gaze followed, and upon seeing the mother and daughter appear at the door, their faces were a mix of confusion.
Oliver Shaw was also taken aback, but before he could say anything, Seraphina Shaw had already wriggled free of her mother’s grip and ran into his arms.
"Wuu wuu... Daddy... I don’t want to go to school anymore, my classmates are bullying me... They call me a bastard child and they say mom is a mistress who climbed her way up..."
All eyes were on Oliver Shaw and his daughter, some with inquisitive looks, others with sneers curling on their lips.
Vanessa Armstrong also walked in, her eyes red with grievance, and called out, "Husband..."
Felix Shaw leaned back in his chair, the corners of his mouth holding a clear disdain. Although the family had undergone drastic changes at home, he and his mother hadn’t made it public as they found it embarrassing.
But now, this mother and daughter had taken the initiative to come to the company, it seemed... for the sake of this mother and daughter, his father’s long-maintained good man image could be disregarded.
Oliver Shaw’s face didn’t look any better. He glanced at the secretary standing nervously at the door of the conference room and commanded coldly, "Let’s adjourn for now, we’ll continue tomorrow..."
Under the watchful gaze of everyone present, Oliver Shaw walked out of the conference room with his sobbing daughter, followed silently by Vanessa Armstrong. As soon as the three of them stepped out, a senior shareholder curiously asked, "Felix, what’s going on here?"
Felix Shaw scoffed softly, tossing the papers in front of him aside with mock, "Isn’t it obvious?"
"Madam, she..."
"Is now staying at my house, negotiating a divorce with my father." Having said that, he grabbed his materials and walked out of the conference room, while behind him, several senior shareholders began to discuss.
"No wonder Felix came to me to discuss share matters a few days ago, I thought he was plotting a takeover, but it turns out it was because of this..."
"Indeed, he approached me as well..."
"Sigh... Oliver has gone too far, at his age..."
In the CEO’s office, after listening to his daughter’s cries, Oliver Shaw’s face grew even more unsightly. Today Seraphina Shaw had gone to school, and the few classmates she was close to no longer played with her, intentionally avoiding her, saying their mothers told them not to play with a bastard child or they would be gossiped about...
Oliver Shaw knew it was Mia Foster’s doing because she had already threatened him to his face. If it were anyone else or a competitor, he could take extreme measures to deal with them, but this person was his daughter-in-law, and the power of both companies was almost equal.
After pacifying his daughter, Oliver Shaw had a driver send the mother and daughter back home. After Vanessa Armstrong and her daughter left, he summoned his secretary to call his son to the office.
"Felix, don’t you think what you’re doing is despicable? Seraphina is still a child!"
Facing his father’s dissatisfied interrogation, Felix Shaw appeared innocent as he slouched on the sofa, casually spreading his hands, "Dad, you saw it yourself, I’ve been here working at the company the whole time, when would I even have time to think about anything else?"