Goodbye You Never Loved Me novel (Martha and Stefan) novel Chapter 1120

Chapter 1120 Provocation (2)

In the afternoon, the assistant walked into the office with lowered eyes and closed the door, shutting out his colleagues who were still whispering about this morning's exploding cake incident.

Elliot heard his voice and put down the file he was holding, looking up at him. The assistant quickly spoke of his investigation results. "Mr. Harper, I've found out what happened. Someone put a nitrogen balloon in the cake that exploded. It wasn't dangerous; at most it just splattered cream on people. Other than that, there was no danger."

Elliot unconsciously furrowed his brows upon hearing this and thought of what had happened earlier in the morning as he asked, "Who delivered that cake?"

The assistant hesitated.

Not hearing a response from him made Elliot's expression darken slightly as he raised an eyebrow and said, "Hmm?"

"I-I didn't find out, Mr. Harper," replied the assistant.

He felt surprised yet doubtful when he checked surveillance footage; it showed someone delivering a package to the reception desk in the morning. When he went to look for whoever delivered it later on, they couldn't be reached by phone.

The lead ended there.

The delivery man who brought over cakes also didn't seem suspicious at all.

But who would randomly hide a nitrogen balloon inside a cake?

The assistant truthfully reported back with his findings which only made Elliot's expression grow more serious by each passing second.

Ever since finding out about this situation earlier today, something felt off to him too but now seeing how Elliot looked like right now made him quickly try to flatter him by saying, "Mr. Harper... I think maybe someone is jealous of how powerful you are, so they played this little trick on you."

He rambled on but Elliot grew increasingly impatient as he listened; perhaps it really was like what his assistant said - some petty person playing childish pranks behind their backs? Ha! How immature!

Having experienced countless similar situations over these years has taught Elliot to stay calm. He simply said, "No need for further investigation then... just be more careful next time."

After speaking those words, he went attending the shareholder meeting in the conference room where everyone suddenly quieted down upon seeing him walk in through those doors - all eyes focused solely onto one man alone - Mr. Elliot Harper himself.

The meeting proceeded as usual, with Elliot's sharp tactics and superior strategic planning, leaving the senior shareholders unable to speak up or do anything but cooperate with him. After all, Elliot was the one in charge of Harper Group now; he was its true leader.

"Is there anyone else who needs to report?" Looking at the people sitting upright before him, Elliot scanned his gaze over them and then landed on his laptop in front of him. He tapped his fingers lightly on the table with his right hand.

A department manager shivered under Elliot's intentional gaze and stood up even before being asked to speak. The attention of everyone in the room shifted towards him, especially that of the man sitting at the head of it all.