The CEO's Lovely Twins novel Chapter 220

“Wait a minute.”

She responded listlessly and tiredly went to the bathroom to wash up.

There were a lot of affairs waiting for her to settle in Downey Group which she never knew that her daddy had to deal with so many things every day before she took over the company. It had only been a few days since she succeeded her daddy as the president of the group but she already felt exhausted.

Thinking of the voting by the board of directors which would be held that day, she felt even more distraught.

The position of the president had been reserved for her by her daddy, but with her mother’s involvement, she felt like she had stolen the position and she was on pins and needles right now.

…

The rain finally stopped. Early in the morning, Hayden met Mr. Lionel, who was her daddy’s lawyer for a coffee.

Mr. Lionel was a good friend of her daddy for many years and he was well established in the legal profession in Nanking. Although he had been involved in defending commercial lawsuits over the years, Hayden felt that she was someone she could trust, so she planned to seek his advice on Noah’s matter first.

To her surprise, Mr. Lionel handed an insurance policy to her first before she opened her mouth.

“This is the insurance policy that Mr. Downey bought in Hong Kong before he passed away. It had been paid for five years and the beneficiary is you, Ms. Downey.”

Hayden was stunned, staring at the line ‘Death from Major Illness Insurance’ written on the insurance policy in a daze.

“My dad, how did he…”

How did he suddenly go and buy this kind of insurance?

Who would anticipate that they would die of a major illness in the first place?

Mr. Lionel said with a gloomy face, “The insurance was bought a long time ago, around the year before you went overseas. At that time, Mr. Downey was still very healthy and had a health certificate from the hospital. In fact, at that time I wasn’t sure why he thought of buying this insurance. But now it seems that Mr. Downey is a man with foresight.”

“What do you mean?”

“When Mr. Downey was hospitalized some time ago, I had been helping him revise his will and sort out the issue of property ownership. I had researched the financial situation of Downey Group and knew it very clearly. Hadn’t you ever wondered why your daddy didn’t leave any fortune for you?”

Hayden vaguely realized something, “What happened to Downey Group?”

“Many people are fighting for the power as Mr. Downey had been giving up his power to others gradually over the years. The workers in the subsidiaries also tried to compete with each other and intrigue against each other. It seemed like the Downey family had a lot of real estates, but all of them had been mortgaged to the banks. Almost every year some of the properties were mortgaged like robbing Peter to pay Paul and this caused the company to struggle a lot.”

“How can this be?”

Hayden looked stunned, “My daddy never told me about it.”

“Mr. Downey knew that you had no intention of inheriting the group and he didn’t want to get involved in this mess. He had already made all the arrangements for the succession of the group before he passed away.”

“Arrangements?”

She wondered, “What arrangements?”

As they were talking, the program showing on the wall-mounted LCD TV in the cafe was suddenly interrupted by the social news.

At exactly ten o’clock in the morning in Beijing, twenty minutes ago, the headquarters of a family business group in the city was suddenly sealed off by the court authorities. During the evidence gathering work done by the police, a dispute broke out among the board of directors of the group. The female president of the group, Ms. Downey who had been appointed recently unfortunately jumped off the building and had been confirmed dead on the spot. In the confusion, the vice president Ms. Mason is missing.”

Hayden’s hand trembled and she didn’t hold the coffee cup in her hand steadily, spilling the coffee all over.

The waiter hurriedly came over to clean it up, while Hayden’s eyes stayed motionless staring at the TV screen. She looked shocked, puzzled, and also panicked.

After a long time, she heard the waiter saying sorry to her and she slowly regained her consciousness.