Amelia put her hands together on the desk and looked at Ryker with composure. "Well, you'd better think long and hard about it. You won't want to miss out on anything."
Knock, knock, knock.
Hearing the door, Amelia said to Ryker, whose mind wandered to somewhere far away. "Assistant Ryker, open the door."
Ryker was pulled back from his trance and forced a smile. "Okay."
He opened the door. The person behind it was well within Amelia's expectation.
She straightened up from the chair and politely greeted him, "Uncle Tucker."
Jonathan nodded slightly in return and threw a sidelong glance at Ryker. The moment their eyes crossed, Ryker lowered his head in reluctance.
At this, Amelia's mind flashed with a thought. Ryker was obviously not pleased by Jonathan, but there was not an explicit reason for an assistant to be upset with one of the directors from the board.
She landed on the conclusion that someone behind Ryker must have a conflict of interest with
Jonathan!
Judging the power from both sides, the influence from Ryker's side should be a tad stronger than Jonathan's. Otherwise, Ryker, who was at the bottom of the hierarchy, would not have had the ego to show Jonathan his attitude and Jonathan would not have to tolerate him either.
The leader of Ryker's group had to be either Daniel or Kaleb. But what Daniel had was not as charming as it seemed since he had to rely on the support from Kaleb and the rest during his time at Apex Construction Corporation. So what gave Ryker the confidence to look daggers at Jonathan?
As she went through her train of thought, Amelia was able to decide without qualms that Kaleb and his gang was her archenemy at Apex Construction Corporation.
They would not do anything to Amelia for the time being as they needed an acting chair to be the scapegoat for the failure of this project. Amelia was only afraid that they would plot for her fall from grace behind her back after the matter was settled!
As for whether Jonathan could be trusted or not, that was still yet to be ascertained...
Wait a minute, why not make use of the tension between Jonathan and Kaleb to pin them down on each other?
Jonathan had always been on the weaker side in the upper rank of the company. If she gave full support to Jonathan in this period of time, Kaleb and the rest would double their effort in squelching Jonathan, and the burden on her would lessen and alleviate.
In the midst of her thoughts, Amelia asked Jonathan with a smile, "Uncle Tucker, what can I do for you?"
"President Ramsay, er..." Jonathan indicated subtly at Ryker.
Amelia pretended to not take Jonathan's hint and frankly said, "Oh, I see! Uncle Tucker is here for my speech, right? I've finished it last night. Wait, I'll give it to you right now!"
With that, Amelia retrieved a stack of paper from her bag and handed it over to Jonathan with a curious expression on her face. Then, like a little girl who was afraid of making a mistake, she said, "Uncle Tucker, can you help me check if the statements are coherent and if I've used the right words?"
Jonathan received the papers and said, "No problem. By the way, I'm here to inform you that the press conference will be held tomorrow at ten o'clock. Should we discuss your speech now?"
Amelia replied, "Huh?" Then, she looked at Ryker and said, "Uncle Tucker, we'll have extra brainpower with one more person. Why don't Assistant Ryker stay and discuss with us?"
Jonathan was stunned frozen, so was Ryker.
Amelia peered around the room to avoid showing that she had noticed the friction between the two of them. "Is it convenient for the both of you?"
"Yes!" Ryker answered right away. "I'm more than happy to stay and help President Ramsay."
Jonathan thought Amelia was awful at reading the room and a trace of frustration flashed across his eyes.
After conferring about the outline of the speech, Amelia stretched her body while said to Jonathan and Ryker, "Uncle Tucker, Assistant Ryker, the speech is now completed with your inputs. I'm getting a little sleepy, so can I ask for you two to leave and let me lie down for a while?"
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