Chapter 4Three Years In Arranged Marriage, He Grew Arrogant
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Olivia hung up the phone. Adam tried calling back repeatedly, but couldn’t get through.
“Olivia? Olivia! Don’t you dare do anything foolish!”
“Wait for me! Wait for me!”
He grabbed his jacket, about to rush out.
I asked him, “Are you sure you want to go?”
Adam glared fiercely at me.
He grabbed the plate of peeled shrimp and smashed it to smithereens.
“Kelly Hayes, are you even human?!”
“If you hadn’t pushed Olivia, would she be feeling so desperate?!”
He overturned the table, destroying the entire dinner.
He rushed out, without a second thought.
I watched it all, coldly.
Didn’t say another word.
He wasted his last chance.
Exhausted all my patience.
And strangled the last possibility of this marriage.
My lawyer immediately drafted divorce papers.
I sent them to Adam at once.
What I received in return was a barrage of angry voice messages.
“What the hell is going on, and you’re still getting jealous?!”
“If anything happens to Olivia, I’m not done with you!”
Because of Olivia’s one desperate message.
Adam’s thorns were completely exposed.
Not long after, my secretary sent me a screenshot from a social media post.
Olivia’s.
The accompanying picture was a hotel room, with Adam’s back in a bathrobe.
[“Thank you, Mr. President, for filling my desperate life with starlight.”]
Then came my secretary’s call.
Her voice was trembling. “Ms. Hayes, Mr. Lagerfelt is planning to collude with other shareholders to remove you…”
I took a deep breath.
Good, very good.
Adam Lagerfelt, you’re quite something.
Soon you’ll find out the consequences.
The next day’s shareholder meeting was chaired by Adam.
Olivia attended.
All shareholders were present, except for me.
No one had informed me.
Adam raised the microphone. “Alright, I announce that all resolutions of this shareholder meeting are passed.”
“Ms. Olivia Thorne is appointed Vice President of the Group, with an annual salary of fifteen million, three hundred thousand dollars.”
“Kelly Hayes is hereby removed from all positions within the Group, effective immediately!”
The applause in the conference room almost blew the roof off.
Just as Adam was handing Olivia her appointment letter.
I kicked open the conference room door.