The director who was still talking thought he had come up with the best solution.
However, when he heard the words that came from Chloe's mouth, he was shocked. He was frozen on the spot. He stood there and stared at her as if he had not expected that she would say such words.
Chloe looked at the director with a smile, but there was no pleasantness in her eyes.
The director did not doubt at all that Chloe was a woman of her word. If he needed to sacrifice either Sarah or himself, of course he would choose to sacrifice Sarah.
He would not get fired just because of Sarah. The price was too high.
The director instantly fell silent.
Chloe looked around and said, "Very well. I guess none of you will object now if I fire her, right? After all, you've already agreed to it."
The senior directors did not dare disagree anymore.
They were not fine with this, but could they say anything without getting themselves in trouble? Of course not. They decided not to speak anymore.
They were all afraid that Chloe would fire them if they upset her any further. She was not kidding about firing anyone she disliked at all.
The next moment, a senior director came up with an idea as he looked at Derrick sitting next to Chloe.
Derrick was in charge of the company before Chloe came in.
But now that Chloe was the boss, everything would be decided by her. Derrick could no longer make any decisions.
Although Chloe was the president and Derrick was the vice president and she did not have to report anything to him, he still had been in charge of the entire company before she arrived.
The directors did not believe that Derrick would have no complaints and that he would be willing to obey Chloe no matter what.
One of the senior directors said, "Derrick hasn't said anything yet, has he? Shouldn't we listen to his thoughts before making the decision?"
Chloe cast a glance at the director who was suggesting it and then turned to look at Derrick.
"All right. I agree that it's only appropriate to hear Derrick out regarding this issue. Please tell us what you think, Derrick," Chloe said.
All of a sudden, all the senior directors focused their attention on Derrick.
At this point, Derrick could be their savior.
Even Sarah turned her head to look at Derrick.
Her heart was still racing. She was scared almost out of her wits.
Derrick flashed everyone a kind smile. He did not say anything. Instead, he beckoned for his assistant who was standing behind him to come closer and whispered to her ear.
The next moment, Derrick's assistant pulled up a couple of files and set them in front of everyone in the room. Obviously, Derrick wanted to show them the files as his visual aid for his say on the matter at hand.
"Since you can't decide whether to fire Sarah or not even if you think that she has contributed a lot to the company, then I think you need to take a look at these files first."
Although it sounded ridiculous, the reason that they wanted to keep Sarah was for the interest of the entire company.
Sarah knew that very well. However, she was a little worried deep inside and knew that whatever was in those files was her only hope to stay in the company.
She had no idea why the new CEO of the company wanted to get rid of her, but she was sure that she would have a hard time if she left the company. She did not have to ask why because it was just instinct between women.
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