The person who spoke up was Ruby; she looked on the verge of tears as she cried for Sinclair to help them. Ruby had given Sinclair a lot of support in recent months after he said that he wanted to become the next CEO.
The amount of money that she had poured into supporting him was not small, and she was sure that he would not just allow them to be taken away like this, but the cold look that she saw in Sinclair's eyes as he turned to her froze her to the bone.
Sinclair's gaze would have been enough to freeze fire itself.
"Huh... Do I know you?"
Ruby's shock was too much, and she couldn't even mutter another word as a female police officer came and put her in cuffs. They would all be tried for fraud and embezzlement, and Mark knew that they would be spending quite a lot of time away.
Once they were gone, the meeting continued as Mark tapped his fingers on the table and drew attention back to him.
"Now that we're done with that, we should finish up what we started. The recent chain of events in the company has led me to realize the incompetence of the board, and I am dissolving the board of directors from this moment onwards."
Kate leaned forward.
"Mark, that is going too far. Just because some of us committed a crime –"
"And why weren't you able to realize that they were committing this crime even though you were right there with them? If not for the fact that I trust you, I would have believed that every single person here was also working with Vincent and arrested you as well."
Kate had to sit back down as she heard the genuine anger in Mark's voice, and she realized that he was not wrong. They were so blinded by the power struggle that they were not able to notice the blatant theft that was going on right in front of them. That was an oversight that cannot be easily forgiven.
Mark leaned forward and glanced at everyone there stoically while making sure that they all saw just how serious he was. Mark was pissed that the board was not able to see something so obvious happening right in front of them, and as far as he was concerned, if they were not able to see it, then they were not suitable to be members of the board in the first place.
"In due time, a new board of directors will be chosen by Hugo, and from this moment onwards, all executive decisions about the company will be passed to him so that I can veto them. If there is anything that you feel requires my input, you will go through Hugo to get it to me, and I will be happy to sign it if it makes any sense.
This company is going to recover from this slump whether we like it or not, and it is going to go back to its former glory. If there is anyone that does not agree with my decision, then please speak up now."
There were no hands, and no one was willing to stand against Mark and Hugo as they knew that they had lost this round. The members of the board could appeal this decision in a court, but they knew that that would also be a bad idea since Mark had a very good reason for dissolving them. They were more than likely going to lose any case that they opened against Mark.
"Well, since there is no one, I will be taking my leave."
Bzzttt!!
"Awnn~ You're leaving already?"
"!"
Mark's eyes narrowed in shock as someone suddenly appeared in the room! The person was sitting in the middle of the table with a small smile on her face as she leaned on her elbow on her knee and her cheek on her closed fist. She was wearing shredded dark blue jeans and a black leather jacket over a white shirt.
She had bright yellow hair that was cut into a short bob cut to frame her beautiful oval face, and eyes that were lightning blue! Her grin was wide and playful, and there was this electric feeling that surrounded her and piqued Mark's interest as she gazed right into his eyes.
"I just got here."