"Well, sorry for not being there with you guys, I am currently out of the city. Coming back to the main point, I don't own much of the shares of the company, but I think combined with the shares of Uncle Liam and my dear Sister-in-law's shares, my opinion does matter. I don't have a problem with her being the CEO." Blake smiled brightly at the camera.
"Thank you." Stella smiled back at him before asking Bella to disconnect the call.
"I assume that you people clearly heard him despite of your old ages." She spoke up. "And as far as I know, the shares of Uncle Liam and Blake combined with mine forms around seventy percent of the total shares. I don't think your opinion matters at the moment."
"Aren't you being too arrogant? What if all these documents are fake and you are the one who killed Adam." The same old man spoke up again as he refused to believe her words. He was actually happy when he saw the news thinking that this was the chance for his son to take over the CEO role. The rest of the people would have easily agreed with it. But this woman had to come and ruin it for him. There's no way he would back down easily.
"I don't have the same patience to tolerate you as those buttons of your shirt." Stella added as he pointed towards his bulging belly. "And you can contact the city court or use your own resources to ensure the authenticity of these papers." She continued as she stood up from the seat. "I don't have much time to waste as I have an entire conglomerate to run." She added with a smirk before heading out of the room, leaving those old geezers to continue their argument on their own. There was no way she would spend another minute to entertain those stupid fools.
When she was at a distance from the meeting room, she turned her head slightly to her left to see Bella walking a step behind her. "You don't need to walk a step behind me girl." She reprimanded her in exactly the same way as Adam used to do.
"But" Bella tried to speak but Stella cut her sentence off right away.
"No, buts." She added firmly.
"By the way, how did I do in there?" Stella questioned her once she was walking next to her.
"You did good, Ma'am." Bella replied to her with a thumbs up sign.
"That's good." Stella muttered to herself as the two walked to their respective offices.
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Stella walked inside the office with which she was familiar with, after all she had spent the last couple of months of her life going in and out of the very same room. Her eyes shifted to the office desk, a sad smile embracing her lips. It was kept in the same state as when she had visited the office the last time, except for the empty chair behind it.
With slow yet steady steps, she walked towards the chair. Coming to a stop next to it, her hands moved to the head rest of the leather seat as her slender fingers traced to the sides of the seat. She turned it to the side and sat down with a heavy heart.
Taking in a deep breath and after calming her jittery nerves down, she focused her attention towards the pile of files which was waiting for the approval of the CEO.
"Let's get this done." She tried to encourage herself as she picked up the file which was resting on top, demanding her attention.
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Five days later,
Stella walked inside the office dressed in a persian blue blazer and matching pants. An off-white button down shirt was peeking through the lapels of her coat. Her high heeled boots made a clunk sound as she walked towards the chair which now belonged to her.
After settling down, her eyes shifted to the whole lot of files she needed to go through just today. She rubbed the spot in between her brows as she sensed the headache which would be coming her way after the day ends. Rubbing her already tired eyes, she began to focus on her work.
For the past few days, she was almost always sleepy and tired, even though she had enough sleep at night. But despite that, she would end up drowsing off while doing some work or even watching a movie or TV show. Last evening, she was going through a project description at home and ended up sleeping with her forehead resting on the table. She woke up two hours later, with her head in the same position and stiff neck and back.
"How did Adam manage to do all of this?" She exclaimed in frustration after getting half of her work done. She decided to take a break since it was almost lunch time and messaged Bella to bring her some food. While waiting for her meal, her mind ran off to the times when Adam had piles of work to do but he still managed to make time for her. He would always eat his three meals with her, always pay attention to tiny details about her.
"I miss being pampered." She pursed her lips in a pout as her delicate eyebrows furrowed. Her mood has suddenly turned sour as she realized about his absence, but it didn't stay like that for much longer as her eyes caught the reflection of the huge rock resting on her ring finger. A smile bloomed on her face. 'I will let it slide just this once.'
Her thoughts were interrupted by a sudden knock at the door. "Come in." She spoke up loud enough for the other person to hear it clearly.
The door flew open and Bella walked inside, holding up a tray in her hand which carried her food.
"Thank goodness you are here, I was starving." Stella exclaimed in joy as she strutted towards the couch.
Once Bella had left the room after placing her food down, she picked up the knife and fork and dug into her food. After she was done eating, she looked for the wet wipes to clean her hands but couldn't find the packet.
"Where did I place them?" She stood up from the couch headed to the room to check whether or not she had placed the packet in there after using them yesterday.
"Why can't I never find anything on time?" She cursed her luck after searching through the entire room and gave up. She then headed towards the bathroom to wash her hands.
On her way out of the room, she stopped in her tracks to take a couple of deep breaths as she began to feel restless. Her heart started to beat erratically and she could feel it thumping inside her ears. The slow and deep breathing didn't help her much as small black spots began to appear before her eyes, hindering her vision.
She tried to take her phone out of her coat's pocket so that she could call Bella. Just as she took her phone out, her vision turned completely black. Her phone slipped through her fingers and made contact with the marbled floor, producing a loud crashing sound as her legs failed her body and she fell down.
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