Chapter 127: Chapter 127

Dear Sweetheart Chapter 127 I Regret My Actions No one apart from Curtis and Alfred had ever trusted her this much.

Not wanting to hesitate any further, Rayna nodded and said with a confident look in her eyes, “Please rest assured that I will do my job well as acting CEO and help Faymon Group survive this crisis!”

Satisfied with her response, Alfred had Naomi fetch the appointment letter. He then signed his name on it and sent the digital version to all employees of Faymon Group.

Since Rayna had the official appointment letter signed by the chairman, no one dared say another word about it.

Just minutes ago, they were all arguing about it in the conference room. With the candidate being chosen, all the higher-ups left the conference room as they no longer had any reason to stick around. Alfred wasn’t feeling well, so he left the conference room as well.

After personally seeing the shareholders out the door, Rayna returned to the conference room and saw Julian, who was on his way out. She remained in the elevator and waited for him to enter before hitting the button for the first floor.

The elevator hummed softly as it made its rapid descent.

“Why did you defend me during the meeting earlier?” Rayna asked calmly without looking at him.

She noticed something different about Julian the moment he entered the conference room earlier. Not only did he look a lot wearier than the last time she saw him at the hospital, but he was also a lot less confident when he spoke. That, combined with his act of defending her, made him seem like a completely different person.

“I wasn’t defending you. I was simply stating the facts. It was all my fault,” Julian replied.

Although he turned his head the other way to avoid looking at Rayna, his gaze still fell upon her. The look in his eyes was a combination of guilt and regret.

Rayna pursed her lips and kept quiet for the rest of the elevator ride.

Upon arriving at the first floor, she turned to face Julian and extended her hand as she said, “Regardless, I would still like to thank you for what you did. From now on, we’re even.”

Julian hesitated for a bit before reaching out to shake her hand. It wasn’t until he felt her touch that he realized they hardly held hands throughout their marriage. As if that wasn’t bad enough, they even slept in separate beds.

Rayna’s hand felt soft and warm to the touch, and her body exuded a faint fragrant scent. For a second there, Julian found himself reluctant to let go of her hand.

Upon shifting his gaze toward her face, he saw that she was looking at him with her lips still pursed. “Rayna, would you believe me if I told you that I regret my actions?”

“I would.” Rayna could tell what he was feeling from the look in his eyes, but she maintained her calm expression as she pulled her hand back. “But it doesn’t matter anymore.”

Whatever feelings she had toward him had already faded over time.

As the doors of the elevator opened, Rayna stepped aside to make way for him.

Julian had wanted to say something, but couldn’t seem to find the right words. “Goodbye,” he said after a long pause and stepped out of the elevator in defeat.

I was the one who let go of her, so I have only myself to blame.

Sienna and Chester happened to step out of an adjacent elevator at the same time. The look on Sienna’s face turned gloomy the moment she saw Rayna. She then let out an angry snort before leaving the office building with Chester.

After getting into the car, Sienna exclaimed furiously, “What the heck was Alfred thinking? Why would he leave the hospital and come all the way here just to screw things up?”

“Looks like he has more spies in Faymon Group than we expected,” Chester replied.

“It’s not just Faymon Group! He even has spies around us! Not only does he not trust us, but he doesn’t trust Jason and Jared either! We’re all family, for goodness’ sake! I can’t believe he’d hand over a company with a market value of hundreds of billions to an adopted son!”

“And whose fault is that, huh?” Chester shot her a fierce glare as he continued angrily, “This happened because you insisted on investing in your lover’s company using Faymon Group as collateral! Now, look what happened! You failed to set up that company, and you still owe those foreign banks over a billion! Faymon Group’s reputation overseas plummeted as a result, and the company’s stocks almost fell to zero! Alfred wouldn’t have been so defensive toward me if it weren’t for that!”

Sienna’s face went pale for a moment before she snapped back at him, “You’re no better yourself, Chester! As greedy as I may be, I never went as far as trading Faymon Group’s secrets with others and partnering up with them to set up a company! You weren’t the one in charge of Woodtree Group at the time, but your mistress was the manager in charge of researching and developing cosmeceuticals. When the cosmeceuticals series was fully developed, you sold the company’s top secrets to a foreign company and made billions in the process. However, Faymon Group nearly got sued for infringement as a result. The only reason it didn’t suffer any losses was that Woodtree Group’s products had yet to hit the shelves!”

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Chester waved at her as he said, “That’s enough! Insulting each other won’t do us any good! I had to come up with other ways to make more money! The profits from Faymon Group weren’t enough for me! Not only does Alfred keep us out of Faymon Group’s senior management level, but he also gave his adoptive son half of the company’s shares! We only received two percent each, which barely even makes us shareholders!”

“Exactly! Alfred would rather have a manager become acting CEO instead of us! It’s clear as day now. Sweet-talking the shareholders won’t do us any good because Alfred was the one who brought them into the company. They’ll always do as he says no matter what!” Sienna exclaimed.

“Are you seriously okay with letting that woman run Faymon Group?”

“So what if I’m not okay with it? Alfred is determined to back her up, so any objections from us will only make him unhappy!”

Chester then leaned in close and whispered something in Sienna’s ear.

Shocked by what he said, Sienna exclaimed, “Half of those shareholders are on Alfred’s side. This is way too risky!”

“That old fox Mr. Ziegler has long since been coveting Faymon Group. The only thing holding him back is his fear of Alfred. If we work with him, we can let him have the company while we take the shares and the money. That way, he’ll be the one to bear all the risks. You don’t want to spend most of the year overseas with no money and no power, do you? We worked so hard to strengthen Faymon Group, and yet, Alfred chose his adopted son over us! It’s about time you learn to stand up for yourself, Sienna. At least do it for Jared,” Chester said.

Sienna kept her head low and went into deep thought.

Curtis is the reason my son couldn’t get promoted. If this plan works, Jared will be able to rise up the ranks effortlessly!

A few minutes later, she flashed him a smile and replied, “You’re right, Chester. We can’t achieve victory without taking risks.

Alfred will never appreciate our contributions to the Faymon family anyway. Curtis is still unconscious in the hospital with his legs disabled, so the future of Faymon Group remains uncertain. It’s better to save ourselves than to wait for an unknown outcome.”

“It’s only his legs that are disabled, so he’ll regain consciousness sooner or later. He can still come to work even if he’s wheelchair-bound. Also, he might be able to make a full recovery if Alfred gets him treated overseas. We’ll have to do something about that,” Chester reminded her.

Sienna shot him a warning glare. “Don’t do anything rash, Chester. He is still Alfred’s adoptive son, and his friend had a bunch of men surround the ward. If you get caught trying to do anything to him, we will lose everything we have, and this whole plan will fail!”

“What friend?”

“I’m not sure. He seems to be from the Norham branch. They’re worried about Curtis, but they don’t seem to care about Faymon Group’s affairs.”

Chester let out a disdainful snort. “I doubt Alfred would allow them to get involved anyway. Once we take care of Faymon Group, we’ll go after the Norham branch as well.”