“Me? I’m not going.”
“Dad is going over just to see Nicole, Sophia. You’d better not tell Evan about this in advance. It’d be a waste of Dad’s efforts if she were to run off.”
Sophia froze and glared at her.
Russell turned to look at Sophia and ordered sternly, “Come with us. No one is allowed to tell Evan about this. I have to see Nicole Lane today.”
Lisa smirked gleefully and walked toward Sophia. “Come on in.”
To prevent Sophia from tattling, Lisa deliberately sat in the same car and never took her eyes off her.
Feeling internally thrilled, she couldn’t help but imagine how Nicole was going to cut ties with Evan after getting into trouble.
It was either that or Evan would get into trouble too. If Dad revokes Evan’s power over the company, Adam will have a chance to take over.
How she looked forward to seeing what was about to happen.
The more Lisa thought about it, the more elated she felt. It was beginning to show on her face.
Sophia shot her a glance and smirked. “What are you so happy about? You might end up shooting yourself in the foot.”
Returning to her senses, Lisa let out a smirk too. “We’ll soon find out who’s the one shooting themselves in the foot, Sophia.”
Sophia glared at her. What a pest.
I can’t wait to deal with her.
I’ll make sure she cries in agony.
“We’re almost there, Sophia. You must be feeling so worried now, huh?”
Sophia remained silent and couldn’t be bothered with this woman.
Indeed, she was growing increasingly anxious as they neared Seet Group.
She feared that Evan would go into an unreserved head-to-head with Russell.
Finally, the car stopped in front of Seet Group.
The employees were astonished to see Jonathan and Adam escorting Russell into the building.
Mr. Russell hasn’t dropped by for years. Why did he suddenly decide to show up today?
His two sons and two daughters-in-law are here too. Something really serious must have happened.
Seeing the elderly man walk into the president’s elevator and head straight to the top floor, the employees began to whisper among themselves.
“He’s not here because of Sofie, is he?”
“He must be. Sofie looked so miserable when she left, and now he’s here just an hour later. It has to be because of her.”
“In that case, Ms. Lane’s probably in big trouble.”
“Let’s wait and see. Something interesting is about to happen in the president’s office.”
The carved wooden door suddenly flew open and Sophia walked in, giving Evan and Nicole a fright while they were in the middle of work.
“What are you doing here, Mom?”
Evan was visibly surprised.
Nicole hurriedly stood up, but before she could say hi, Sophia warned softly, “You’re about to get it, Evan! Your grandfather’s here.”
Just as her words fell, Russell entered the room with the aid of Jonathan and Adam. Right behind them were Lisa and Sofie.
Nicole’s heart skipped a beat.
As predicted by Evan, Sofie had indeed tattled on him.
Still, Nicole didn’t expect that Sofie could actually get Russell Seet to come over personally.
It looks like we’ll have to openly talk some things through.
“Grandpa!”
Evan called out to Russell.
The elderly man fixed his sharp gaze on Nicole as a visible look of fury showed on his face.
Nicole felt as though his gaze could burn a hole through her body.
After a long while, Russell finally spoke up. “Get out, all of you. I want to have a word with Ms. Lane in private.”
“But Grandpa—”
Evan felt unsettled, but Nicole cast him a glance, indicating that she would talk things through with his grandfather. Eventually, the man agreed to leave the room.
Everyone else exchanged glances before exiting too, for no one dared go against Russell’s orders.
