Love Slave to the Mafia Boss's Passion 18 novel Chapter 379

“So, why isn’t that fair?” I asked, still not getting his point.

Hayden grinned at me and gave me a look that seemed to pity me and my stupidity. I glared back at him as I silently demanded for an answer.

“Think about it, Malissa. People are asked the put up their hands. Nothing in the rules states that they have to put their hands up at the same time. So, say…who will put their hand up first?” Hayden prompted me to think.

“Huh?” I murmured in confusion.

“Even worst…let’s say that I don’t put my hand up when they ask who is in favor. What do you think those old Torex folks are going to do?” Hayden asked with an innocent smile on his lips.

They won’t put their hands up. If the next heir doesn’t put his hand up, they probably won’t put their hand up to vote in favor. This is all because they can see what the other people are choosing to do, and they can react to it.

Everyone will be watching everyone else. Why didn’t I realize this before?

I thought of the eyes of the Torex managers on Hayden when he pushed the paper further away from him on the table. They were all watching him.

“Alternatively, what will happen if I were to put my hand up first?” Hayden asked with a calculated smile.

All or almost all of the Torex managers will probably put up their hands up to follow what Hayden was doing. I let out a sigh when I finally realized that this voting process was never designed to be fair in the first place.

“So, tell me, do you still think that I have only one vote?” Hayden asked before he smirked at me when he realized that I seemed to have understood what was going on behind this twisted voting mechanism.

The reason why Hayden had seemed so carefree up until now was probably because knew all of this already. The truth was that there was no such thing as voting for or against the proposal. In reality, there was only one vote and one person who would truly decide whether this proposal went through or not, and unfortunately, that man happened to be my dear and wonderful husband here.

“What do you want?” I asked, getting right to the point.

Judging from how he was acting, I could guess that Hayden already had something in mind that he wanted from me. That was probably why he suggested to bring me here in the first place. It just seemed like I was waltzing deeper and deeper into the maze that he had created with every step that I took forward.

Hayden smiled so sweetly at me that my chest felt tight and uncomfortable. How cunning can this man be?

“Ethan gave you something, right?” Hayden asked but it wasn’t truly a question.

He knows…

“Yes, he did,” I replied truthfully because there was no point in evading it.

“I take it that you haven’t read the letter that he gave you. Is that correct?” he asked.

I just nodded. I knew that he already knew. How he knew, I had no idea.

“I want to read it with you when you decide to read it,” Hayden stated his demand as he stared right into my face.