The Enticing CEO's Chosen Bride novel Chapter 1620

He couldn’t believe that a woman could make it onto the world's list of wealthiest individuals. It wasn't a bias against women; it was just that throughout history, there had been very few well-known female entrepreneurs and millionaires. Moreover, if it was another woman, it would be bearable. But this woman, with his existing bias against her, was truly hard for him to reconcile with.

Perhaps sensing the old man's gaze, Yasmine lifted her eyes, smiling faintly at him.

"Thanks to you, Presley. I never thought that in my lifetime, I would also be able to climb the world's richest list." she said.

Her words caused the old man's expression to darken even more. He didn't believe that her own businesses could give her and Chloe such high net worths. If it hadn't been for their recent acquisition of the Alonso family, how could they, just the two of them, had achieved so much?

When he thought about how much of their motivation for targeting the Alonso family was because of him, he felt even worse.

But with everything that had happened, would he really agree to Damon and Chloe being together, especially with how the Alonso family was pressuring them? Everything was already set in stone, and all he could do now was fume.d2

Both mother and daughter seemed to have a knack for easily infuriating people.

His lips pressed into a thin line, and he could only ignore Yasmine.

"The first issue is the distribution of shares." Presley paused, not paying attention to Yasmine, yet seemingly also a bit uncomfortable with the topic.

The others lowered their heads slightly, pursed their lips, and remained silent.

"The shares under Royce's name, I've decided to hand over to the current chairman for distribution."

Upon hearing his words, everyone in the room lifted their heads, exchanged glances, and shook their heads.

"Sir, does this mean that Mr. Harper is no longer with us?" someone asked.

The old man's forehead creased, his cold expression filled with sorrow. Robin said, "It's been over half a month since the incident, and we've dispatched a large number of people for a massive search and rescue operation, but we've received no news. As much as we don't want to admit it, something tragic has happened to them."

Everyone else felt regretful. Ever since the plane crash, they'd all been closely following the situation. The Harper family initially tried to cover things up, but with no news for so long, what hope was there of survival?

They'd all already come to their own conclusions, and with this shareholders' meeting, the accident involving the Royce and Elizabeth couple was a foregone conclusion.

"A tragedy?" Yasmine's voice suddenly floated up.

Robin looked at her, "Does Yasmine have a question?"

Yasmine curved her lips into a faint smile and spoke softly. "I'm just curious about what a tragedy looks like in Mr. Robin's eyes."

Robin frowned.

Yasmine continued on her own, "After all, it's your own brother. Now he's disappeared without a trace, neither confirmed dead nor alive. But you are just declaring him dead. And you simply call this whole thing a tragedy with no expression or attitude. Is it that you're unusually good at hiding your emotions? Or is the Harper family generally heartless?"

The entire room fell silent at Yasmine's words. Such blatant accusations and sarcasm, even ordinary people wouldn't be able to take it. And the Harper family had always been more arrogant than most.

Robin's eyes narrowed dangerously at Yasmine's words. "It seems that you have a lot of prejudices against the Harper family."