His Devious Rule

Casper's face was dark, fury roaring in his mind when Alvin imperiously walked out of the meeting, after disrupting the peace.

The chaos in the meeting didn't seem to stop any time soon. More than twenty shareholders had turned into puppets of Alvin who didn't put any effort to achieve that result.

Alvin spent no resources, no money, and not many words. He promised nothing and manipulated none. He appeared out of blue, heard some nonsense, ignored the blames, and began the uproar.

Casper felt like a failure against Alvin despite his years of experience. Why did he have to reveal Alvin's motive? Alvin took it as leverage.

If he hadn't revealed it due to Steve Hanks's pressure, he could have controlled the shareholders saying Alvin was just bluffing and scaring them. Now he didn't have that choice.

Upon all that, Alvin asked for no position in the company so he had no option of blaming for his motive.

He was thinking of countermeasures but none seemed to be helpful. Those shareholders wouldn't fall quiet for some money when their investments were at risk. Even if he offers them some reputed position in the company, they wouldn't stop worrying about the company as Alvin could start his plan anytime.

What should he do?

How could he stop Alvin from his plans and control these shareholders?

Liam absorbed that the changing CEO was Casper's scheme to keep the shareholders busy. He also deduced Damon Matthews was just another pawn of Casper to get him back to the company.

His father was scared to lose him but Casper turned out to be a terrible control freak who gets his work done by hook or by crook. Frankly, Liam would have returned to work if Casper had spoken to him as a father should.

Anyway, Liam was mind blown by Alvin's move. Alvin didn't support him and it avoided Casper from pushing Liam away or drawing any weird plans.

Considering Alvin's plan, if Casper fails to come up with any solution, Casper will have only one choice – Liam. Or else, Matthews Industries would go under a non-Matthews.

Although Liam wouldn't mind a capable non-Matthews running the business, a part of him wished for Matthews to have control over the company. It didn't want to break Matthews's legacy.

Since Alvin wasn't interested in the company or the position, Liam set his heart to continue the legacy.

Harrison felt his head throb with the commotion. As a secretary, he stepped forward and put in efforts to silence the hall. "Please maintain the office decorum in the meeting… Take your seats… Silence in the hall…." But his words fell on deaf ears.

Casper snarled at the shareholders, "Quiet."

Many were startled by the sudden sharp voice. They held their breath and looked at Casper as if they just realized they were in a meeting.

Casper breathed long and deep. He was clueless. He needed time to think and make decisions. He wasn't ready to give Alvin another chance.

Taking a loud long breath, he motioned his hand at the shareholders to take their seats. He then spoke in an assuring tone to calm them, "I can understand your bewilderment, the confusion…"

A man cut in a loud, hoarse voice, "There is no confusion. It's crystal clear that you have to…" He choked on the rest of the words meeting Casper's smoldering gaze of fury.

When the hall returned to silence, Casper continued, "This demand is as new to me as you. Making any decision on a whim is disadvantageous."

He paused looking at the few of the shareholders who believed in him, no matter what. He proceeded after seeing them patiently waiting for his words, "Let's take some time and hold another meeting..."

Steve Hanks scoffed loudly, finding it ridiculous. If a shareholder or any director position was in question, Casper would have sentenced them on the same day. Since it was Casper's position, he was postponing it.

Completely aware Casper was going to come up with a solution or maybe compromise with Alvin, Steve Hanks slyly snickered. He did want to give time for Casper and see how Casper falls under his gaze, unable to keep his position safe.

However, he didn't want to give too much time for Casper to come up with a solution or convince the majority of shareholders. Hence, he probed everyone by adding a deadline, "Chairman Matthews needs time but we can't wait for Alvin Matthews to destroy us."

Another person added his remark without giving the chance for Casper to speak, "We want to celebrate the new year in peace instead of worrying about these."

Steve Hanks announced, "Arrange the meeting on the day after tomorrow. We can't drag it further or take the chance with Alvin Matthews."

Although many of them weren't happy with it, most of them agreed in case Casper could stop Alvin. Thus the majority agreed to wait till Monday.

Casper was powerless there. Even if he was the chairman, the majority rules. Clenching his teeth, he agreed, and sounded confident, "No problem."

He stood up and added, "Liam Matthews will take over the meeting from here." Approximately an hour was required to show the breakdown of profits for the quarter and upcoming major projects and new branches of the company.

Liam took the chance to leave a strong imprint on the shareholders. He wasn't going to be there as Casper's son doing his job. Instead, a capable leader who could look over the large conglomerate.

Harrison followed Casper who locked himself in the office room till evening. He stormed out, uttering nothing to his secretaries.

Casper arrived at a hotel where he had arranged a secret meeting. There were trusted capitalists, economists, business experts, and more. The discussion went into the middle of the night but they failed to draw any conclusion.

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In Mocon, country A.

It was Anya and Zane's first time in country A. Nevertheless, the two didn't look like tourists, standing at the arrival gate of the airport.

"Momma, Uncle Rob has sent the picture of Logan Wilson who will be your assistant." Zane read the message and displayed the picture to Anya from his iPad.

Anya, who had dialed the string of numbers, heard the man's voice and responded, "Spotted you." Zane followed her line of sight and confirmed that he was the same man.

Both got into a black Cadillac Escalade. Zane tried to understand what the man and his mother were speaking but he didn't understand other than knowing some of the people's lives were in danger and the rescue operation was in the process.

When there was a brief silence, Zane asked, "Momma, which place are we going?"

Anya glanced at her darling son who was excited by thinking he was going to save people with her. She didn't dampen his mood, "Baby, we are heading towards one of the union heritage villages of country A - Old city of Northton."

Zane entered the city name on his iPad to check out the pictures and read about it. All the while he ignored the eyes of Alvin's subordinates who were in awe looking at Alvin's son.

Well, none had any idea Anya was going to be in a troublesome situation while solving the case.