Sylvie Mccarthy was so frightened that she immediately shouted, “Take it easy dad, things will work out. Uncle Kasper, please take Uncle Teddie with you and leave first.”
“This… okay!” Kasper Hughes dragged Teddie Hughes out of the conference room.
“Aiden look at yourself, you should stop worrying about them. You’re already in trouble yourself! Aren’t all the worries that you’ve had over the years enough?” Miriam Riley sighed and gently stroked his chest.
“He’s a member of the Hughes family after all. Money is not that important. It’s just that I’ve really indulged Teddie too much. I’m also responsible for who he had become after all these years!” Aiden Hughes said in a slow voice.
Sylvie’s heart was in an indescribable feeling. Money was not that important, her father-in-law valued kinship above all else, but that man didn’t cherish it and never knew when to stop. She didn’t know whether it was worth it or not for Aiden to do so. Some things, perhaps, couldn’t be required with money or general moral standards.
And for patriarch Mccarthy, he funded 1.5 billion to Hughes Group for her, so did he also see money as something that was not important? Did he also see kinship as more important than money? But she had never called him grandpa. Thinking about this, she suddenly felt that she might have been too cruel, and her heart stung all of a sudden.
Sylvie hesitated for a moment and finally spoke, “Don’t worry dad. I’ll go find my grandfather. You can rest assured I won’t sit idly by and do nothing about Uncle Teddie and Ernie!”
“Sylvie?” Both Aiden and Miriam were stunned, turning their eyes to her at the same time and looking at her in disbelief.
Sylvie stunned for a moment and smiled, “Dad, mom, money is not that important. Dad is right, as long as Uncle Teddie and Ernie repent sincerely then I’m willing to try. Just that please don’t tell them about it, and this will be the last time. We can’t keep indulging them anymore!”
“Sylvie, you’re such a good child!” Miriam came forward and held Sylvie’s hand. She had heard Sylvie’s words outside the conference room today. Miriam didn’t know before why she married Marley, especially when the Hughes family was in trouble, and didn’t expect that Sylvie would defend Marley and the Hughes family in every way. If she hadn’t overheard it outside, then she might still have her hesitations. But when she heard that, she was really surprised and touched, her wariness towards Sylvie disappeared at once, “It’s a blessing that Marley married you. Your father and I are grateful to you for being so considerate!”
“Mom, there’s no need to be polite as a family!” Sylvie was a little embarrassed.
“But Aiden, Sylvie is right. Teddie and Ernie do need to suffer a little. We can’t compromise every time, and the amount is so large this time, what is Marley supposed to do if this happens again? You already got sick because of them, I don’t want my son to fall sick because of them too.” Miriam said with a sigh.
“Leave it to Sylvie to handle it.” Aiden stood up, “Let’s go back to the hospital!”
“Dad, mom, I’ll send you off.” Sylvie was a little worried. She even personally called to ask if a specialized car and driver were arranged and accompanied them to the first floor to get on the car.
At the entrance of the building, Miriam held Sylvie’s hand, “Sylvie, I don’t have a daughter, so I’ll treat you as a daughter from now on. Thank you for doing so much for Marley! I can see that you’re truly helping him.”
“Mom, you’re really being too polite!”
When Marley Hughes and Tyler Cooper came back, the two were standing by the car so they saw this scene while sitting in their car. But Miriam had already gotten into the car, so she didn’t see her son’s car drive by.
Marley got out of the car and came striding towards this side, only that the entrance of the building was left with Sylvie who was just about to turn around and enter the building. He looked at the distant car suspiciously and frowned, feeling a bit unsure.
“Secretary Sylvie!” Tyler shouted.
Sylvie immediately turned around, and saw the president and Mr. Cooper who had returned, “Oh, you’re back?”
“My parents came over?” Marley asked with raised eyebrows.
“You saw them?” Sylvie was slightly surprised.
“What did they come to do?” Marley frowned again, a little worried.
“Come to look around, nothing else.” Sylvie didn’t say much.
The three of them returned to the top floor. Marley entered the president’s office, called Aila and asked her straight away, “Aila, how long did the chairman stop by just now?”
Aila immediately understood that the president was asking about what happened in the afternoon. Secretary Sylvie probably didn’t say about it, or the president wanted to know more fully, so she answered truthfully, “In the afternoon, the other two Mr. Hughes came to see secretary Sylvie. The three of them was in the conference room, not sure what they talked about. Then, the chairman and madam came, stood at the door for more than ten minutes before the chairman pushed opened the door and entered. After that, two Mr. Hughes left, and secretary Sylvie sent the chairman and madam downstairs. As for what was said, I don’t know.”
“Okay.” Marley nodded, “You can go, and tell secretary Sylvie to come in.”
“Sure.” After Aila left, Sylvie came in.
Marley was a little tired from inspecting the scene, he was pulling his tie when he saw Sylvie came in. He placed his gaze on her, with a touch of sharpness and a touch of scrutiny. His look made Sylvie a little overwhelmed.
After some time, she finally heard Marley said, “What did my uncles come to see you for?”
Sylvie raised her head slightly and whispered, “They’re not satisfied with their shares being completely handed over.”
“How did you answer?” Marley frowned.
Sylvie lifted her head and saw his face from afar. At that moment, Marley’s narrow eyes were looking at her, waiting for her answer. Those faintly moving thin lips opened again, “Talk!”
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...