Dear Sweetheart

Chapter 126

Chapter 126 Alfred Backing Her Up 2

Alfred frowned upon hearing those objections and he tapped his fingers on the table. The whole meeting room went quiet before he opened his mouth. “What’s wrong with a manager? It’s all right for me as long as you are capable. I will not break the rules of Faymon Group. No one from the Faymon family should be the acting CEO. As for Mr. Saunders and Mr. Grant, I’m sure you already have a lot to deal with. I will not burden you more with this matter.”

Jack and Dexter merely forced a smile on their faces and dared not refute.

Actually, they would be more than glad to have this burden fall on their shoulders.

“Alfred, you are risking the entire Faymon Group!” Sienna was taken aback by Alfred’s perseverance. Her voice trembled as she spoke, “What if Faymon Group collapses?”

Right then, Naomi came in with a pile of documents.

“Hi, everyone, I’m Naomi from the secretarial department and I’m also Mr. Faymon’s secretary.” Naomi bowed to everyone and then said politely, “I would like to show you the documents left by Mr. Faymon.”

Naomi asked Alfred, “Mr. Faymon, can you please spare us a few minutes?”

Alfred waved his hand in approval.

Naomi showed the document to Alfred. After he finished reading it, she then passed it over to Sienna while explaining, “This document was signed by Mr. Faymon when he established the Department of Regulators. Can you please read Article 14? This one is specifically added by Mr. Faymon. Whenever Mr. Faymon is on an emergency business trip or indisposed, the Department of Regulators will take full responsibility for Mr. Faymon. Since Mr. Faymon is recuperating in the hospital and will not be back for the time being, Ms. Garland should take the role of acting CEO for Faymon Group.”

“Nonsense! Faymon Group is not only his alone. There are other shareholders as well,” Sienna snarled angrily. “How can everyone put their bets on a manager? Besides, the document was only signed by Mr. Faymon. He is only the CEO. Any matter related to major problems of the company should be decided by the board of directors!”

Alfred didn’t say a word. After another shareholder finished reading the document, Alfred asked Naomi to bring it over to him. Then, he removed the pen cap and signed his name on the document.

Alfred asked Sienna, “I am the Chairman of Faymon Group. I have signed this document. Is everything all right?”

Caught off guard by Alfred’s action, Sienna was stunned for a moment before her face turned sullen. She didn’t know how to respond to that. Rayna also turned her face away, trying hard to suppress the urge to laugh.

She didn’t expect Alfred to be this cheeky and not show any mercy to his own sister.

“Uncle Alfred, you can’t choose this woman. She has shady morale! She even framed Julian so that she could divorce him!” Brooklyn pointed at Rayna and said.

Hearing this, Alfred immediately turned around to look at Rayna and said in surprise, “Is what she said true? Were you married to Julian?”

Rayna nodded in response, feeling slightly embarrassed.

After knowing Alfred’s identity, Rayna found out that the son he mentioned earlier was in fact, Curtis. Her mind went back to her one-year marriage with Julian before she was suddenly reminded of the fact that Julian and Curtis were cousins. The whole situation just couldn’t be more embarrassing for her.

“You guys…” Alfred pointed at Rayna before he jiggled his finger at Julian and wondered, “Rayna is a pretty good girl. She is beautiful and talented. Julian, why did you divorce her?”

“Uncle Alfred, you got the point wrong!” Brooklyn almost stomped her feet out of frustration. Her face flushed as she exclaimed, “The point is that she spread the ambiguous video of Julian and Meredith, the former manager of the planning department, in Faymon Group. Faymon Group’s stock fluctuated a lot in those few days because of this scandal. Owing to that, they transferred Julian to the Horington branch. Due to her own private affairs, she made a fool out of Faymon Group, embarrassing us in front of the public. If she really makes it to the position of acting CEO, I worry that she will take revenge on Faymon Group and ruin us?”

“I understand what you mean.” Alfred nodded. He scrapped a lot of information from Brooklyn’s outraged words. “Rayna was actually retaliating against Julian for cheating on her in marriage. Am I right?”

“Yes, that’s correct, Uncle Alfred. But that’s because…”

“That means the fault is all on Julian, and Rayna is merely the victim here,” Alfred interrupted her and looked at Julian. “Julian, speak for yourself. Is it wrong for Rayna to retaliate against you?”

Ever since Julian followed Chester and his son into the conference room, he had been standing by the side, listening to the whole conversation without saying a word. Now that Brooklyn turned the topic to him and Alfred directed the question to him, he was forced to speak out.

Julian looked away from Rayna and said after a moment of silence, “She did nothing wrong. I was a fool at that time. I had been married to Rayna for more than a year, and I know her well. Although she majors only in translation, she is a quick learner in other subjects too and is very efficient. Otherwise, Mr. Faymon would not set up the Department of Regulators and promote her as a manager.”

As soon as Julian said that, Chester’s face darkened, and he shot Julian a gloomy look. Even Sienna gave him a displeased look.

“Julian, is there something wrong with you? She hurt you so badly last time. How come you are still defending her?” Brooklyn raised her voice. “Are you being bewitched by her again? Is that why you said that? I heard that you two got married not long after you met each other. As a member of the Faymon family, you don’t seem to lack anything. Was she the one who proposed the marriage in the first place?”

Julian frowned. “We agreed to marriage together. Aunt Sienna, there is no need to carve a conspiracy theory out of our relationship.”

“Well, it’s hard for one not to overthink, considering what your ex-wife has done.”

“That’s enough! We’re not standing in a market now! Stop the argy-bargy!” Alfred reproached with an unhappy face. “Since you are so against my decision, why don’t we take a vote? We have Mr. Saunders, Mr. Grant, and Ms. Garland here. One of them will be the acting CEO. Everyone in the conference room can cast their vote.”

Hearing that, the others stopped arguing.

Everyone wrote down the name of the candidate whom they supported on the sticky notes before rolling them up and handing them to Naomi. Within just a few minutes, she received everyone’s votes and began to announce the results.

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“One for Mr. Saunders.”

“One for Ms. Garland.”

“Four for Ms. Garland.”

“Ten for Ms. Garland.”

Except for the first few votes which were cast for Dexter and Jack, the rest of the votes were all supporting Rayna. When Naomi finally finished counting the votes, Rayna managed to secure a whopping forty-three votes.

Sienna and Chester were furious beyond words.

Half of the shareholders were present at the conference room today. There were more than sixty senior executives in total including Sienna and her gang. Rayna successfully gained more than half the votes and pulled off a landslide victory over Dexter and Jack.

Alfred glanced around and said, “I believe we have gotten a general consensus. Ms. Garland manages to secure a majority of votes. I would like her to be the acting CEO. Do you guys have any objections?”

“No.”

Sienna could only nod despite the ugly expression on her face. “I respect the results of the vote.”

Rayna wanted to say something. “Old Mr. Faymon…”

“What’s wrong?” Alfred looked at Rayna with a smile on his face. “This is not just my decision. It was voted on by everyone. Are you confident to take on the task to be the acting CEO?”

The old man’s trenchant gaze was warm and full of trust. It was as if Alfred was telling her to go for it and he would always back her up. Instantly, Rayna’s heart was filled with warm feelings.