241 THAT Winter Hotel?!?

She was wearing a black slacks and blue shirt with black blazer.

Her long black hair tied up into a ponytail.

Carla and Leon became confused at what this woman is doing here.

Gideon smiled as he stood up walking towards her.

"Allow me to introduce to all of you, miss Samantha Garret, the new major shareholder of this company," he said with a smile ignoring the shock look coming from the other three who was about to leave.

The relatives were shock as well, they only heard that no matter what everything will be settled they just didn't expect that someone would appear.

Samantha smiled professionally, "Good day to everyone, I am sorry for coming in late I was pregnant so it was kind of difficult to just up and go."

The others looked at one another, the word pregnant made them look at Carla instead.

Samantha followed their look and as if seeing them for the first time, she acted shock, "Oh if it isn't miss Ansel. Thanks for the last time, never thought that the word someone like you wouldn't understand, would be the trigger for you to flare up."

"Who do you think you are?" Leon asked.

"Who I am? Wasn't I just introduced? I am the one who took over your place, don't worry I will take good care of the spot you left," Samantha answered back.

She was not a weak woman in the first place, she was the same as Amber who can answer back naturally but at the same time she was fast with her hands.

Just like how often she hit Xander at times.

Leon slowly looked at Gideon who was looking at him with mocking eyes.

"You planned this?!?!" he said while pointing a finger at Gideon.

"Put your finger down, I never told you to sell your shares. You sold it, she bought it, fair enough," Gideon answered as he guided Samantha on one of the emptied chairs.

Before they could speak more, the door once again opened.

Cedric came in and placed a paper in front of Ashton, which he signed in front of everyone.

"What is that?" one major shareholder asked.

Ashton didn't speak and just pushed the papers to them, for everyone to see.

The two remaining major shareholder's eyes grew wide upon seeing what it was.

It was none other than the shares that Henry Davies just pulled.

They looked at Ashton.

"As you all know, I never had a share to any of the stocks of the Empire, despite being the young master I didn't took parts of it. That is why I am eligible to buy shares that are from outside the Empire," Ashton explained.

Henry's mouth dropped open.

Weren't they the ones applying pressure?

Shouldn't the story flow in a way that they would beg the two of them to return and drive this outsiders out?

Why is it that everything was settled just like that?

Leon promised him that if they succeed then he would gain more, so why is it that he was about to lose more?

"Gi-Gideon can we calm down for a bit and talk about this more," Henry looked at Gideon and said.

"Talk more about what? Weren't the both of you adamant in leaving? The door is open please take your leave. We are about to have a meeting that is only for the ones seated right now," Gideon answered signaling his own secretary to show them out.

"Wait, wait Gideon!!" Henry was still trying to explain but he was already pushed out and the door was closed.

Michael, Liam and Caleb sighed, the air was still suffocating despite knowing what the outcome will be.

In the meeting yesterday, they were told that there are two major shareholders they are planning to kick out.

One of them was of course Leon Ansel.

The other they will just wait.

And the wait was indeed short because the very next day, it was already revealed.

"So this had been your plan all along," James who had been watching on the sidelines all these time finally spoke up.

"Were you waiting for miss Garret?" Michael asked looking at Ashton.

"Something like that," Ashton answered.

"So right now, we have no problem?" one major shareholder asked looking confused together with the other.

"Yes, there was no problem in the first place. Everything already has a solution we are just waiting for the prey to take the bait," Gideon answered.

"But I guess this is a good thing, it's been a while since we come together like this," Tiffany, Gee Anne's mother said with a smile.

More precisely she was looking at Ashton, "How was your cousin? She was not saying anything but I have heard she finally debuted and have watched a few of her shows."

"She is improving and I have heard that when this goes on there would be an international concert," Ashton answered.

"Oh, finally," Tiffany clapped her hands as she said this with a happy smile.

"Then do you have any idea if she is seeing someone?" she then asked.

"I don't think I have heard anything about that auntie."

"Speaking of, where is that person?" Liam asked.

He had been trying to ask Ashton about the person who helped them almost ten years ago.

During that attack by a betrayer.

"Around," Ashton said with a single word.

Liam laughed, the same answer he had been receiving all these time.

"That person?" Michael asked in curiosity.

"Yes the one I have been talking about, The one who suddenly came when we were having a hard time dealing with that sudden large attack," Liam answered.

"Oh, you mean the one who attacked back as Ashton strengthen the security?" Michael said with a smile.

"Yes yes it's that person, why haven't you told us yet who it was. If we have him on our side then surely we might end up defeating the Cooper Empire when it comes to technologies," Liam said looking at Ashton.

Ashton shook his head, "That one is a lone wolf, he'd rather not get involve in any companies other than himself."

Liam sighed, "I guess we really can't take him in, how bad."

Samantha who was silent all these time together with the remaining two major shareholder didn't know what else to do.

Something major suddenly turned to something so trivial.

They act like there were no three people being sent out of the building as of this moment.

James cleared his throat, "Anyway, since were done with that shall we adjourn this meeting before you have your family reunion?"

Gideon cleared his throat as well, "Yes, so once again we have here miss Samantha Garret, our new major shareholder and Ashton Wright our highest shareholder."

Everyone smiled and clap on these changes, for in reality Henry and Leon are becoming too much to handle because of how high they think of themselves.

"Is it possible for us to know what is the background of miss Samantha. It seems that you were the one they were talking about a while ago. The one with middle class birth," one major shareholder asked.

He was not insulting her but just being curious.

Even the other Wright family members nodded in agreement at this.

"Oh, uhmmm. The hotel, I don't know if you have heard it but Winter Hotel is under my watch."

"Winter Hotel? THAT Winter Hotel?" Caleb, who was Liam's younger brother asked.

"Yes, have you heard of it?" Samantha asked in return.

"I have, remember father that hotel I was talking about that was very innovative at where its buildings are standing? Where they consider the place and how people live there?"

"Yes, was that Winter Hotel?" Michael asked.

Caleb was a year younger than Liam and is of the same age as Ashton. He was helping out with the hotel and watching closely some hotels that could be a potential rival to theirs.

"It was still small and only has a few branch but it was being followed closely at how it handles its customers and how different every branch are from one another. I watch it closely for in the long run it would surely be a very successful one."

The other members looked at Samantha in awe, she looks young and was already able to handle such business to such extent.

Samantha smiled awkwardly, Amber hasn't explained to her how far this hotel has gone. She didn't expect that a person from the Empire was watching it closely.

No one asked Ashton for how he handled such big share when he has no company to back him up and was not using the Empire's money.

He has the potential for investment and stocks after all, he really didn't need companies to make his money flow.

Just then Ashton received a call.

"Yes?"

His face changed after listening to the one on the other side.

"Miss Amber Wood have escaped and no one was able to follow her."