Chapter 1429


    “I know you’re all hoping to take over thepany while my husband isn’t here, but I suggest you all


    save it. Thepany will remain the Holdens’ as long as I’m here!”


    Corinne’s words made everyone speechless. As unwilling as they were to ept her authority, staying


    silent was their best choice.


    After all, reasons were not on their side. Corinne was right. Even if Jeremy was not around anymore, it


    would be the twins who would take over thepany instead of the shareholders.


    The meeting continued on for another hour and a half with Corinne providing her business insights as


    usual. As much as the cunning shareholders were not willing to ept a woman as their president,


    they had to admit that Corinne was capable, logical, and well-versed in the intricacies of running a


    company.


    After the meeting ended, Corinne went back to her office to continue her work.


    Francine, who worked as her secretary, immediately followed her into the office when she saw her


    coming back from the meeting.


    “How was the meeting? Did those old foxes cause you any trouble?” asked Francine.


    Corinne sat down and opened a bottle of mineral water, taking a sip before raising her eyebrow at


    Francine. “What do you think?”


    Francine pouted. “I’m pretty sure they did. After all, those old farts have been vying to take over the


    company for the longest time, and they would’ve seeded if it weren’t for Jeremy.”


    This was not Corinne’s first time running apany. After all, she founded Newmoon Group single-


    handedly, but after that, she gave up the reins to Aaron and Xante.


    To her, it was easier running a newpany since there was less office politics. The only thing she


    needed to do was to bring in sales and keep market risks at a minimum.


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    As a matter of fact, the longer apany had been around, the more office politics there would be.


    Thus, even Corinne had to admit that it had taken a lot out of her to deal with the shareholders. Having


    said that, she was quite pleased with the overall sess of the meeting since the shareholders


    approved all of her ns at the end of the meeting.


    Actually, after Jeremy vanished, Greg picked up his old mantle and went back to running thepany.


    He kept it up for three years until the doctor advised him to stop working due to his ill health. It was just


    as well since he felt like he was about to drop dead at any time.


    Thus, Greg called Corinne into his study and told her to run thepany until Jeremy came back or…


    until the twins had grown old enough to seed Jeremy.


    Even though Greg did not like Corinne before, he came to know her character and capability after living


    together under the same roof. Hence, he was not worried about her running thepany into the


    ground.


    Initially, Corinne was reluctant to have anything to do with Holden Group, but Greg’s health was failing


    at an rming rate, and the shareholders were all vying for a piece of thepany as though they


    could not wait to swallow it whole. Thus, she had no choice but to agree to Greg’s request.


    At the same time, Francine—who just graduated from university—was employed to work as Corinne’s


    secretary. She did not really have to do much except to keep an eye on all the sneaky shareholders to


    see if they were pulling any shady strings behind the Holdens’ backs.


    “Corinne. What are you thinking about?” asked Francine with a tilt of her head when she realized


    Corinne was staring nkly at no particr point in the room.