His Secret Spoiled Wife (Lily and Alexander) novel Chapter 903

“There’s no need to worry about my wife. I can take good care of her.” Derrick smiled. “You should worry about yourself more.”

He turned to the police officers. “I’d like to make a report.”

Nobody had expected this turn of events. The supposedly dying Derrick was fine, and he also wanted to make a police report against Nathaniel with concrete evidence.

The crisis that had befallen the Tanner family seemingly ended overnight.

Things had returned to normal now that Derrick had returned. However, the top management of Tanner Corporation underwent radical changes as those who sided with Arianna and Nathaniel during the crisis got sacked.

Only then did people realize everything was part of Derrick’s plan.

Although Tanner Corporation seemed to be in its heyday, there had been many problems due to power struggles even among the management team, which ultimately hurt the company’s interest.

Due to the conflicts between Arianna’s team, the old-timers, and those that Joseph had rallied in secret, several company projects suffered considerable losses.

It had always been Derrick who mediated between them to contain the problems.

However, as he was getting older, he knew he could not helm the company for much longer. If he gave the position to his son, some were bound to object. Also, he was not unaware of Arianna’s ambitious goal.

Derrick had no problem giving some shares and powers to his niece, but he could tell from her greedy face that she wanted the whole company. He roughly knew what she had done behind his back but refrained from exposing her. Still, there was no telling what Arianna would do if Benedict were to take charge one day.

For his son’s sake, the company, and the Tanner family, he had devised a plan to lure Arianna into showing her true colors, then identify and kick out the troublemakers simultaneously.

Nevertheless, he had failed to guard against Nathaniel. Derrick did not expect him to come out halfway and almost ruin his plans. Fortunately, Derrick discovered his scheme early and made such an arrangement that Nathaniel naively thought he had successfully kidnapped him.

As an established businessman with years of experience, he knew people from the police force and the underworld. How could he not learn about what Nathaniel’s accomplices were up to?

It was naive for Nathaniel to expect those small-time gangsters to hold Derrick hostage because they were nothing to Derrick. Still, it turned out to be good, as Derrick could simultaneously eliminate potential threats.

There were many new faces at the board meeting chaired by Derrick. “I have two things to announce. Firstly, I, Derrick Tanner, will step down as the chairman of Tanner Corporation so I can take a back seat.”

“Mr. Tanner…” Everyone else gasped in shock.

Now that the crisis was over, they did not understand why he chose this moment to step down and wondered what to do if new problems cropped up.

“Don’t panic.” He raised his hand and continued, “Even if I step down, I’ll still be assisting the new chairman. The only difference is that the new chairman will be making decisions from now on.”