The CEO's Regret: Darling, Don’t Leave Me novel Chapter 372

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Chapter 281. Fear in Your Eyes?

Chapter 281: Fear in Your Eyes?

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“With all due respect,” he said, “I feel like this meeting has already condemned me before even listening to me.”

“You are being heard,” I said, staring at him.

He let out a short, humorless laugh.

“No, Clara. You’ve already decided who I am.”

I felt an uncomfortable knot in my chest. Because a part of me wished none of this were real… I

wished I could discover that Howard was lying, that the engineer was exaggerating, that the

documents were a coincidence. But they weren’t. Everything fit together too well, too perfectly.

My lawyer opened another folder.

“Regardless of intent, the facts presented justify immediate corporate action to protect the company and its shareholders.”

One of Alexander’s lawyers frowned.

“What kind of action?”

My lawyer looked directly at him.

“Temporary suspension from executive duties while the internal investigation is conducted.”

Alexander’s gaze hardened immediately.

“No.” It was the first time he sounded truly agitated. Everyone noticed. “You can’t remove me from

my own company based solely on suspicions.”

“They’re not suspicions,” I replied.

He turned sharply toward me.

“Oh, really?”

His tone hit me like a punch to the gut.

“So you’ve already decided to destroy me?”

The tension in the room immediately rose.

Hale intervened before I could answer.

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Alexander looked away for a few seconds and ran a hand over his jaw. He was losing control. And

he knew it.

My lawyer continued then, much more firmly: “Under New York State corporate law, when a partner poses a potential operational, financial, or reputational risk to the company, the board has the authority to limit or temporarily suspend their executive functions while the facts are reviewed

One of Alexander’s lawyers shook his head.

“That doesn’t imply expulsion from the company.”

“Correct,” my lawyer replied. “But it does imply restrictions on operational power, access to

strategic decisions, and direct administrative participation.”

1 clearly saw Alexander’s jaw clench, this time more tightly. Because now he understood where this

was going.

Mr. Beaumont spoke again.

“How solid is this evidence from a legal standpoint?”

My lawyer replied: “Sufficient to open a formal process. And if deliberate manipulation is confirmed during the audit, we could be talking about serious breach of fiduciary duty, corporate. fraud, and economic damage to the company.”

The word “fraud” landed like a bombshell.

One of the board members muttered something under his breath.

Alexander finally spoke again, more slowly, more coldly.

“My lawyers need to review all of this in detail.”

He leaned slightly forward.

“And I demand the benefit of the doubt because I am being unjustly accused.”

I stared at him.

My chest rose and fell sharply.

“Unfairly?”

He held my gaze.

“Yes.”

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I shook my head slowly.

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“What was unfair was putting the company at risk. What was unfair was firing innocent people.

What was unfair was playing with all of this just because you found out I wanted to get rid of you.”

I saw sormething crack in his eyes, but it vanished quickly. Very quickly.

“You don’t have the right to remove me from here,” he said, his voice harder.

My lawyer answered before I could.

“Legally, that right does exist under certain circumstances.”

Alexander immediately turned to face him.

“I’m the majority investor in this expansion.”

“And precisely for that reason, the standard of responsibility toward you is even higher,” my lawyer

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