As Winnie stood at the outer section, she could clearly see what was happening inside the inner section via the huge glass walls.
Daniel, who was supposed to host the meeting, was replaced by another person at the last minute.
This person was ingratiating himself with Nathaniel; his expressions and body language clearly showed that he was trying to get into Nathaniel’s good books.
That was because he knew that Nathaniel was the future owner of Garland Group.
As for the rest who did not have the chance to get close to Nathaniel, they all had nervous expressions on their faces.
They were worried about what might happen to their existing benefits and jobs now that Garland Group was going to change hands.
Among these people, only Hamish was visibly out-of-place.
He was very startled and furious at the same time.
Hamish knew he caused Garland Group to sustain heavy losses. Thus, he was mentally prepared for the worst-case scenario.
That was to relinquish all titles and work with his greedy cousin, and come up with a plan to save the company. All in the hope of making a comeback in the future.
However, Hamish did not expect that the Garland Group, which he had been helming for more than a decade, was secretly sold off by his cousin, Daniel, and the group of people present in the conference room!
Further, it was sold to a foreigner!
“You! And you! All of you!” Hamish, fuming with anger, started pointing at the members of the Garland family in the conference room. “When did all of you start to work with an outsider? What a bunch of ingrates! We may be fighting internally but what you all have done is despicable!”
Those who were berated by Hamish got upset.
“Hamish, what right do you have to blame us?” “Back then, if you did not play favoritism and married that retarded Winnie off to the Fairchild family, we wouldn’t have been ostracized by them.”
“Garland Group had been going downhill for these few years, and it was made worse when you infuriated the Fairchild family.” “Not to mention the investment projects which you injected a huge amount of funds into. All your investments were loss-making ventures; we didn’t even get to enjoy any dividends.”
“If we don’t sell off our shares now, we’ll end up being debt-ridden like you.”
“Before you blame others, take a good look in the mirror first. Look at yourself; you’re truly a good-for-nothing inside and out!”
“I guess we can’t expect much from an illegitimate child. Old Mr. Garland must have been blind when he passed the company to you.” “If your older brother hadn’t passed on so early, Garland Group definitely wouldn’t have landed in the hands of an illegitimate child like you.”
It had been a long time since anyone brought up the matter of Hamish being the illegitimate child of the Garland family. It was an emotional trigger and remained a thorn in his flesh.
Hamish gave a deadly stare and shouted, “D*mn it, I dare you to say it again!”
“I will! You’re an illegitimate child, and everyone here knows about it! Bore by a lowly hostess, you’re a worthless person!”
Bang! Enraged, Hamish took a chair and threw it toward the person opposite him.
The person did not take it lying down, either. He climbed onto the table and advanced toward Hamish.
Nathaniel did not expect that Garland Group had fallen to such a pathetic state. He just watched on nonchalantly as the drama unfolded before him. Although he brought along two security guards, he did not ask them to stop the fight.
That was because Nathaniel knew Winnie was watching outside.
Hamish was her father and enemy. If Winnie did not intend to stop him, Nathaniel would not poke his nose into it.
At this moment, Winnie was sitting on a couch in the outer section of the conference room. She was sipping coffee relaxingly as if watching a show.
The female assistant, Jasmine, who was standing beside her, started to worry.
She asked softly, “Ms. Garland, a fight has started inside. Do you want me to get the security guards?”
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