Hector noticed the expression on Old Master Mallory''s face as Pierre''s face hardened and had no
choice but to excuse himself. “Old Master Mallory, let me know if you need any help in the future. Mr.
Pierre will probably have some troubles to deal with soon. Perhaps I can be of help. Please excuse me,
I have to leave first."
Hector immediately took his leave, leaving Pierre with a sullen expressio on his face.
Pierre has had a bad feeling about it since the moment Percy had asked the shareholders to take a
look at the online forum.
A few shareholders who were closer to Old Master Mallory came forward immediately after that. They
each had a look of remorse on their face when they apologized to him. "I''m sorry, Old Mster Mallory.
We''re left with no choice. If we choose Piere, we''d lose all the money invested in thepany at any
point. We broke our promise, and we''re truly sorry for that."
Before this, Old Master Mallory had visited all of them, where they all had promised the Old Master that
they would support Pierre.
Yet, they now changed their mind.
Old Master Mallory could not stand this any longer. He instructed Pierre, "Take a look at what it was all
about on that online forum now!"
He wanted to see what kind of nonsense Percy posted on the website.
Pierre had wanted to see it long ago. If it were not for Old Master Mallory, who kept asking him to calm
his nerves — reminding him that a CEO of apany was meant to be calm and reassuring, he would
have already taken his phone out to see what Percy posted on the forum.
Pierre''s face turned livid with rage when he saw the homepage of the online forum.
He did not expect Percy would know about his past!
Pierre sped his phone tight and quickly browsed through the website. The news posted on the online
forum about him was true.
He had even totally forgotten all about it. However, the forum served as evidence and a reminder of his
actions.
Pierre was so busy back then. He hadpletely forgotten all these trivial things.
One or two trivial matters might not affect him much, but when they were gathered and shown to the
investors, they would certainly lose confidence in him indeed.
As Pierre continued browsing through the website, investigating how much dirt Percy had leaked to the
public about his past, a notification regarding thetest news popped up at the top of the website.
Pierre clicked on it and his eyes could not help but twitch.
Percy had gone to great lengths to expose this matter to the public just to defeat him.
Pierre already sent someone to deal with the matter before this, but he would have to be under
investigation once this came to light.
Pierre finally understood what Hector meant just now.
"What''s on the inte?" asked Old Master Mallory, noticing a hint of panic sh across Pierre''s face.
Old Master Mallory had a sinking feeling when he saw that.
When did Pierre ever hit the panic button? There was only one time when Old Master Mallory saw
Pierre panic and it was when he found out that Pierre had secretly built apany of his own and had
taken some of Mallory Corporation''s resources.
“Nothing. They''re just some tidbits,” lied Pierre.
"Could some tidbits make the investors lose confidence in you? Is there any rich kid who doesn''t fool
around with women? Pierre, tell me the truth." Old Master Mallory came on strong. He knew the news
posted by Percy was true by looking at Pierre''s reaction.
It was definitely the truth.
Otherwise, Pierre would not have reacted that way.
“Grandpa, it''s nothing. Let''s go home." Pierre stood up. He knew he was in trouble, but he knew Old
Master Mallory would not be helping him after his failure this time.
Hence, he had to look for Madam Mallory to discuss about thister.
It was not that he could not handle this alone, but he needed time. Moreover, he needed to cooperate
with the investigations. It would be difficult for him to deal with it himself.
"I''ll find out what it is even if you refuse to tell me. Pierre, don''t let me down." cautioned Old Master
Mallory as he rose to his feet and walked away with his walking stick without the help of Pierre.
Pierre''s brows were furrowed deeper.
Everyone in the conference hall had left. Pierre fell back onto the chair and his eyes fell to his phone
screen, alight with the pinned news on the website. His face imemdiately darkened.
Percy was heartless indeed. He could not be bothered about their rtionship and posted news about
him on the inte. He was not nning to give Pierre a second chance!
Percy would not care even if in the worst case scenario that Pierre would eventually end up in prison!
"Nina, what spell did you cast on him to make him lose his mind!" groaned Pierre as he clenched his
teeth and med Nina.
The cleaners from the cleaning department came into the conference hall with the cleaning tools in
their hands. They were startled for a moment when they saw someone else was still in there. Then,
one of them asked, "Mr. Pierre, would you like us toe inter?"
The news of the shareholders'' meeting had already spread like wildfire across the office. Every
employee knew they were still under the same boss. Thus, Pierre, who had left thepany, was just
Mr. Pierre from the Mallory family.
Pierre rose to his feet with a sullen expression on his face. He left the conference hall without turning
back.
The two cleaners shook their heads.
“Mr. Pierre looks mad..." One of them could not help but mention.
“Of course. Previously, everyone was talking about him recing our boss. He doesn''t get to sit in that
position now. Anyone would be mad knowing about that."
“Yes. It''s such a bigpany, and he didn''t get to be the boss. But I''ve always sided with Mr.
Percy more. He''s best fit to run thepany."
“You''re just someone from the cleaning department who''s responsible for cleaning up. Are you able to
judge someone''s character well? It''d be better to do our job and mind our own business. It doesn''t
matter who the boss is. We''re not going to get a pay raise anyway."
Pierre did not walk far away. He leaned against the wall along the hallway, smoking a cigarette and
listening to their conversation.
He had always thought that victory would be his once he stepped into the conference hall —that he
would be able to achieve one of his life goals today.
Pierre threw the cigarette on the floor and stomped on it, as though he was trampling on Percy.
While he refused to resign himself to the fact that he had failed, he could not ept how the office''s
cleaners had dared mock him. He trotted to the elevator, thinking of going upstairs to look for Percy.
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His secretary called as he was waiting for the elevator.
"Boss, pleasee back to the office. A few people who imed to be from the attorney''s office and
the police department came here and said they were here to search our office." Ms. Malone sounded
anxious as she had never seen such a big scene before.
“Tell them not to step into my office!" exploded Pierre irritatedly. He did not expect these people to
come looking for him so soon.
It had been only less than 2 hours since Percy posted the news.
“They''re from the authorities. And they said they''re looking for you. What should I do now?" whispered
Ms. Malone. Everyone was at the office door now. It was impossible to close the office now.
Hence, the only way was to wait for Pierre to return to the office and deal with it.
“You''re good for nothing. All of you! I pay you well, yet you''re asking me what to do when you''re dealing
with such things." Pierre mmed the elevator door violently.
Ms. Malone, on the other end of the line, was taken aback.
Her job was to handle the documents. She had no choice but to rece Pierre''s assistant at the time
after he was suddenly sent to prison.
She had no experience in dealing with such matters!
"Ask them to wait for me. Don''t let them search the office!" ordered Pierre, quickly hanging up after
that.
Ms. Malone pulled a long face. Not only were they from the authorities, they even had warrants to
search the office. Was that something she could stop?