Chapter 214 Counterattack

“I thought you dealt with most of it?”

“But a huge part of designers left, which means the company lost its backbone,” J said with a concerned look.

“If they don’t want to stay, forcing them to do so will only produce the opposite effect, so might as well set them free.”

“Then…”

“We still have Lyla with us right?”

“Wouldn’t it be a little too much to Ms. Lowe?” J was extremely concerned because it was not something easy.

Mark frowned. “Whether or not she’s having too much on her plate doesn’t matter to you. Are you thinking a little too much?”

Huh?

J did not understand what his boss just said, it felt out of place.

“I’m just being concerned about the lady boss…”

When Mark heard the term ‘lady boss’, he felt slightly delighted and decided to let J go. “I’ll let you off the hook because of your loyalty.”

J was speechless. He did not know what his boss was jealous about.

‘Then, is it okay to place that much pressure on the lady boss?”

“Given our current situation, do you think we will be busy?” Mark asked.

“Okay.”

J stopped delving on that particular topic and switched to another. “So are we going to let this situation continue?”

Mark leaned back on his chair, looking all prepared and determined. His serious look really made his handsomeness unrivaled.

“Have you ever heard of a saying, ‘fight back when you are at your most desperate moment’?”

J nodded. “I get it now.”

“Go do your thing, report to me if there’s any news.”

J nodded again and left the office.

In the afternoon, Lyla came to Mark’s office.

“I suppose you knew what happened, right?”

Mark held her hand. “Yes, I do.”

“You won’t blame me right?” Lyla asked.

“What do you think?” Mark smiled.

“There are not many who are willing to stick to their position, if you manage to make me leave from your scolding, there will be no one working anymore!” Lyla ridiculed.

Mark bolted up all of a sudden and hugged her into his arms. “Are you threatening me?”

“What if I am?”

“You know, threatening your superior may result in severe punishment.”

“Such as...?”

Mark whispered into her ears and she giggled. She looked away with a red face and said, “You jerk.”

“It seems like I must hold the title tightly, otherwise I might feel wronged.”

Lyla quickly stopped Mark before he could do anything naughty. “Okay, okay, that’s enough. How do you even have the mood to fool around in times like this?”

“As long as you are with me, I’ll have the mood to do anything.”

Lyla rolled her eyes at him, signaling him to be a little more serious. “So what are you going to do?”

Mark failed to get the ‘grape’, so he fell back on his chair with a slightly disappointed look and sighed.

He said, “You did great. If they don’t want to stay, it would be useless keeping them as well. It’s great actually, we actually kicked out a lot of useless ones.”

“That’s it?”

Mark looked at Lyla. “Don’t worry, it’s more than just that.”

“It seems like you have a plan.”

“Everything is according to plan.”

“Okay then, I’ll wait for your good news,” Lyla said with a smile.

Mark showed a soft grin in silence.

M.K. had fallen to a new low and the shareholders of the company got restless. They went to the company to confront Mark but he told his men to stop the shareholders outside, denying their meeting.

The shareholders were furious but unable to do anything.

Two days later.

“Mr. Pattinson!” J shouted.

“What’s wrong?”

“Executive Emmerson from the board of directors wants you to be at the shareholder meeting, otherwise he will contact the others to dismiss you as CEO.”

Mark really wanted to laugh out loud when he heard the news.

“Really?”

“It’s happening as we speak.”

“Where is he now?”

“The meeting room.”

Mark got up. “It seems like today’s show will be interesting.”

He slightly tidied his coat before he walked to the meeting room.

J followed quietly behind him, he did not look concerned at all. He was looking forward to finding out what would happen.

……

Meeting room.

The moment Mark stepped in, everyone from the board of directors was already present.

He walked in and sat down in the CEO’s seat.