Chapter 1429

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

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

Corinne’s words made everyone speechless. As unwilling as they were to accept 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 the company 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 accept 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 succeeded if it weren’t for Jeremy.”

This was not Corinne’s first time running a company. 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 new company 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.

As a matter of fact, the longer a company 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 success of the meeting since the shareholders

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

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

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 the company until Jeremy came back or…

until the twins had grown old enough to succeed 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 the company into the

ground.

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

at an alarming rate, and the shareholders were all vying for a piece of the company 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 blankly at no particular point in the room.