Chapter 287 - Calculation 1

His biting words hurt Irene, so her expression immediately changed.

"I don’t believe you will be with a retard. Even if she is not a real retard, at least everybody thinks she is! So she will always be! For the rest of her life!" Irene, embarrassed, said angrily, "My family will bring glory to you. Her family will only humiliate you. Her birth mother is a mistress, and she is an illegitimate child..."

"Enough!" Vincent frowned and said coldly, "Get out."

Irene stood still. She didn't plan to say this, but seeing Vincent's cold side face, she couldn't help it.

She really wanted to hug him, the man she fell in love with at first sight.

But she had slowly turn around and leave in silence. Her high heels clicked on the floor, which was extremely rhythmic.

After the ward door closed, Rex handed over a mobile phone. "Mr. Vincent, Miss ... Miss Emily sent a text message and I have replied it for you."

Vincent did not take his phone. He supported his head with his hand on his temple and said, "Send them an email in my name. Tell them Ethen will be in charge of the cooperation in Italy."

" ... Yes, sir." Rex hesitated for a while, but did not ask eventually.

He wanted to say something. He opened his mouth several times and almost shouted out.

"You got something to say?" Vincent found Rex wanted to say something.

Rex's jaw tightened and he lowered his head, "No."

"Go call Ethen in."

Rex answered, "Yes, sir."

...

The annual meeting of the Britt Group would be held at the Starfish Hotel in downtown City Y.

This year was considered as a difficult year for the Britt Group. Therefore, the annual meeting this year drew more attention than previous years. More guards were hired, and even the venue was a bit more luxurious.

Eliot arrived at the hotel at 2:00 p.m. He then began to check the stage, the wine list, gifts, parking spaces, and other matters. An hour later, the employees of the company arrived one after another.

Maury came with Emily. He wore a suit and an overcoat. Although he had not recovered from his cold, he was in good spirits and looked happy.

Emily stood beside him dressed in white. She wore a light make-up. Her eyelashes were thick and long and when she blinked, they looked like butterflies about to fly. Her nose was straight and delicate. Her lips curved slightly and were plump, pink and attractive.

The two got off the car and waited at the door for a moment. Not long after, Matthew's car arrived. The driver helped him down.

Emily called out, "Mr. Rolando."

She had always been a little afraid of him. Matthew knew that. He glanced at her, feeling that Emily looked somehow different. She was not that timid in front him.

A figure blocked his view. It was Maury. He took a few steps down and held him. "Let's go."

Matthew suffered from a leg disease. Cold wind would do harm to his legs, and it was difficult for him to walk in winter. So he only went out for major events. Today was the annual meeting of the Britt Group. He had to come even if he was terminally ill. He was walking with a cane and was dressed formally. Even if his hands were very cold because of the weather, he didn't say anything.

Maury tried to help him in, but Matthew waved his hand and refused, "I'm not that old. Let's go."

He saw from the corner of his eyes that Emily handed the handkerchief to Maury. Maury had a bad cold and had a running nose. His nose was red and would hurt if she wiped it with a tissue, so she gave him a soft gray handkerchief. As Maury probably didn't realize that his nose was running, when Emily handed the handkerchief over, he didn't take it, so she naturally wiped it for him.

Matthew was a conservative man who preferred sons to daughters. He had married off his two daughters to other wealthy families, which had brought Maury many opportunities and saved a lot of money. More importantly, they had earned quite a lot.

However, because of the Diaoyu Islands conflict, several supermarkets were attacked and boycotted. They had no choice but to announce the closure.

It was very difficult for the Britt Group to venture into other fields, and it was very also hard for them to turn the tables this time. Matthew wanted the two sons-in-law to help, but they were helpless.

His other two sons were doing just fine. Maury had suffered a loss before, so he didn't want to work in the same company with his own brothers. Therefore, Matthew had been on separate ways with his two sons and didn't have much contacts with them.

Matthew had no choice but to turn his attention to his two granddaughters. Needless to say, the retard was useless. Elsie could marry a powerful person. It was best if this person could help the Britt Group.

This was a good idea. Unfortunately, it didn't work.

Elsie not only had offended the Buckley family, but also got herself discredited. She had become the biggest laughingstock in City Y and had even sullied the reputation of the Britt Group.

However, she was useful to some extent. Otherwise, the Scavo family wouldn't have helped the Britt Group when it was in danger. Thanks to its timely help, some companies had decided to cooperate with the Britt Group for the sake of the Scavo family.

Matthew's thoughts drifted far away in an instant. He paused for a moment and looked at Emily again. He found that Emily was much prettier than her sister. Unfortunately, she was a retard. Otherwise, it would be a good idea to marry her off to the Scavo family...

Emily did not know what Matthew was thinking. Her head was lowered slightly and there was a transparent earbud under the cover of her long hair. Now, Harold was saying something.

"She's here."

There was still half an hour left before the start of the annual meeting. Maury, Matthew and Emily were waiting in the lounge. Maury was reading his speech carefully. He wanted to praise several subordinates at the meeting. They had never abandoned the Britt Group, so Maury was grateful to them from the bottom of his heart and was willing to treat them with more sincerity.

"I'm going to the restroom." Maury said and then looked at Emily, "Stay here."

Emily nodded. Thinking of what he was going to face next, she looked at him worriedly, "Dad..."

Maury thought she was scared and comforted her, "Don't be scared. Grandpa is also here. I will be back soon. Don't go out."

"Alright." Emily lowered her head, hiding all her emotions.

After Maury went out, he pocketed his speech. Then, he walked along the corridor to the restroom. A man was walking in front of him and suddenly dropped an envelope. But he didn't seem to realize and continued to walk.

Maury shouted, "Hey, young man, you dropped something!"

When the young man turned the corner, Maury found that he was wearing his earphones, so he could not hear.