Female Novel
Chapter 2607
Hector noticed the expression on Old Master Mallory's face as Pierre's face hardened and had nochoice but to excuse himself. “Old Master Mallory, let me know if you need any help in the future. Mr.Pierre will probably have some troubles to deal with soon. Perhaps I can be of help. Please excuse me,I have to leave first."
Hector immediately took his leave, leaving Pierre with a sullen expressio on his face.
Pierre has had a bad feeling about it since the moment Percy had asked the shareholders to take alook at the online forum.
A few shareholders who were closer to Old Master Mallory came forward immediately after that. Theyeach had a look of remorse on their face when they apologized to him. "I'm sorry, Old Mster Mallory.We're left with no choice. If we choose Piere, we'd lose all the money invested in the company at anypoint. We broke our promise, and we're truly sorry for that."
Before this, Old Master Mallory had visited all of them, where they all had promised the Old Master thatthey would support Pierre.
Yet, they now changed their mind.
Old Master Mallory could not stand this any longer. He instructed Pierre, "Take a look at what it was allabout on that online forum now!"
He wanted to see what kind of nonsense Percy posted on the website.
Pierre had wanted to see it long ago. If it were not for Old Master Mallory, who kept asking him to calmhis nerves — reminding him that a CEO of a company was meant to be calm and reassuring, he wouldhave already taken his phone out to see what Percy posted on the forum.
Pierre's face turned livid with rage when he saw the homepage of the online forum.
He did not expect Percy would know about his past!
Pierre clasped his phone tight and quickly browsed through the website. The news posted on the onlineforum about him was true.
He had even totally forgotten all about it. However, the forum served as evidence and a reminder of hisactions.
Pierre was so busy back then. He had completely forgotten all these trivial things.
One or two trivial matters might not affect him much, but when they were gathered and shown to theinvestors, they would certainly lose confidence in him indeed.
As Pierre continued browsing through the website, investigating how much dirt Percy had leaked to thepublic about his past, a notification regarding the latest news popped up at the top of the website.
Pierre clicked on it and his eyes could not help but twitch.
Percy had gone to great lengths to expose this matter to the public just to defeat him.
Pierre already sent someone to deal with the matter before this, but he would have to be underinvestigation once this came to light.
Pierre finally understood what Hector meant just now.
"What's on the internet?" asked Old Master Mallory, noticing a hint of panic flash across Pierre's face.
Old Master Mallory had a sinking feeling when he saw that.
When did Pierre ever hit the panic button? There was only one time when Old Master Mallory sawPierre panic and it was when he found out that Pierre had secretly built a company of his own and hadtaken some of Mallory Corporation's resources.
“Nothing. They're just some tidbits,” lied Pierre.
"Could some tidbits make the investors lose confidence in you? Is there any rich kid who doesn't foolaround with women? Pierre, tell me the truth." Old Master Mallory came on strong. He knew the newsposted by Percy was true by looking at Pierre's reaction.
It was definitely the truth.
Otherwise, Pierre would not have reacted that way.
“Grandpa, it's nothing. Let's go home." Pierre stood up. He knew he was in trouble, but he knew OldMaster Mallory would not be helping him after his failure this time.
Hence, he had to look for Madam Mallory to discuss about this later.
It was not that he could not handle this alone, but he needed time. Moreover, he needed to cooperatewith the investigations. It would be difficult for him to deal with it himself.
"I'll find out what it is even if you refuse to tell me. Pierre, don't let me down." cautioned Old MasterMallory as he rose to his feet and walked away with his walking stick without the help of Pierre.
Pierre's brows were furrowed deeper.
Everyone in the conference hall had left. Pierre fell back onto the chair and his eyes fell to his phonescreen, alight with the pinned news on the website. His face imemdiately darkened.
Percy was heartless indeed. He could not be bothered about their relationship and posted news abouthim on the internet. He was not planning to give Pierre a second chance!
Percy would not care even if in the worst case scenario that Pierre would eventually end up in prison!
"Nina, what spell did you cast on him to make him lose his mind!" groaned Pierre as he clenched histeeth and blamed Nina.
The cleaners from the cleaning department came into the conference hall with the cleaning tools intheir hands. They were startled for a moment when they saw someone else was still in there. Then,one of them asked, "Mr. Pierre, would you like us to come in later?"
The news of the shareholders' meeting had already spread like wildfire across the office. Everyemployee knew they were still under the same boss. Thus, Pierre, who had left the company, was justMr. Pierre from the Mallory family.
Pierre rose to his feet with a sullen expression on his face. He left the conference hall without turningback.
The two cleaners shook their heads.
“Mr. Pierre looks mad..." One of them could not help but mention.
“Of course. Previously, everyone was talking about him replacing our boss. He doesn't get to sit in thatposition now. Anyone would be mad knowing about that."
“Yes. It's such a big company, and he didn't get to become the boss. But I've always sided with Mr.Percy more. He's best fit to run the company."
“You're just someone from the cleaning department who's responsible for cleaning up. Are you able tojudge someone's character well? It'd be better to do our job and mind our own business. It doesn'tmatter who the boss is. We're not going to get a pay raise anyway."
Pierre did not walk far away. He leaned against the wall along the hallway, smoking a cigarette andlistening to their conversation.
He had always thought that victory would be his once he stepped into the conference hall —that hewould be able to achieve one of his life goals today.
Pierre threw the cigarette on the floor and stomped on it, as though he was trampling on Percy.
While he refused to resign himself to the fact that he had failed, he could not accept how the office'scleaners had dared mock him. He trotted to the elevator, thinking of going upstairs to look for Percy.
His secretary called as he was waiting for the elevator.
"Boss, please come back to the office. A few people who claimed to be from the attorney's office andthe police department came here and said they were here to search our office." Ms. Malone soundedanxious as she had never seen such a big scene before.
“Tell them not to step into my office!" exploded Pierre irritatedly. He did not expect these people tocome looking for him so soon.
It had been only less than 2 hours since Percy posted the news.
“They're from the authorities. And they said they're looking for you. What should I do now?" whisperedMs. Malone. Everyone was at the office door now. It was impossible to close the office now.
Hence, the only way was to wait for Pierre to return to the office and deal with it.
“You're good for nothing. All of you! I pay you well, yet you're asking me what to do when you're dealingwith such things." Pierre slammed the elevator door violently.
Ms. Malone, on the other end of the line, was taken aback.
Her job was to handle the documents. She had no choice but to replace Pierre's assistant at the timeafter he was suddenly sent to prison.
She had no experience in dealing with such matters!novelbin
"Ask them to wait for me. Don't let them search the office!" ordered Pierre, quickly hanging up afterthat.
Ms. Malone pulled a long face. Not only were they from the authorities, they even had warrants tosearch the office. Was that something she could stop?