“He’s always lived in your shadow, always one step below you. He’s waited a long time for this day.”
Right after she said that, Landon walked over and pulled Bianca into his arms, speaking with emotion.
“Bianca, you’re so good to me. I swear, from now on, I’ll only love you.”
“You better mean it!”
“Hmm, I swear.”
Inside the conference room, the shareholders who supported me were boiling with rage after hearing all this.
“You shameless pair! So you tricked him out of his shares? Disgusting!”
“Exactly! Isn’t that illegal?!”
But Landon didn’t get angry; he just let out a cold laugh.
“So what? There’s nothing you can do about it.”
“This world is a survival of the fittest. The rich get to speak and the weak can only submit.”
“So what if I used these tactics to get everything I have now?”
“I have power and influence! I can buy anyone’s loyalty. The weak? They can only swallow it.”
His words pulled me back.
Back when he first entered the workforce, he had faced one failure after another.
The one high-paying job he finally landed was snatched away by someone using connections.
In despair, he had gotten drunk and confronted that person, only to be beaten severely.