A Moment in Destiny
Chapter 705 My Woman Can’t be Too Weak

Sylvie Mccarthy was so frightened that she immediately shouted, "Take it easy dad, things will work out. Uncle Kasper, please take Uncle Teddie with you and leave first." "This... okay!" Kasper Hughes dragged Teddie Hughes out of the conference room.

"Aiden look at yourself, you should stop worrying about them. You're already in trouble yourself! Aren't all the worries that you've had over the years enough?" Miriam Riley sighed and gently stroked his chest. "He's a member of the Hughes family after all. Money is not that important. It's just that I've really indulged Teddie too much. I'm also responsible for who he had become after all these years!" Aiden Hughes said in a slow voice.

Sylvie's heart was in an indescribable feeling. Money was not that important, her father-in-law valued kinship above all else, but that man didn't cherish it and never knew when to stop. She didn't know whether it was worth it or not for Aiden to do so. Some things, perhaps, couldn't be required with money or general moral standards.

And for patriarch Mccarthy, he funded 1.5 billion to Hughes Group for her, so did he also see money as something that was not important? Did he also see kinship as more important than money? But she had never called him grandpa. Thinking about this, she suddenly felt that she might have been too cruel, and her heart stung all of a sudden.

Sylvie hesitated for a moment and finally spoke, "Don't worry dad. I'll go find my grandfather. You can rest assured I won't sit idly by and do nothing about Uncle Teddie and Ernie!"

"Sylvie?" Both Aiden and Miriam were stunned, turning their eyes to her at the same time and looking at her in disbelief.

Sylvie stunned for a moment and smiled, "Dad, mom, money is not that important. Dad is right, as long as Uncle Teddie and Ernie repent sincerely then I'm willing to try. Just that please don't tell them about it, and this will be the last time. We can't keep indulging them anymore!"

"Sylvie, you're such a good child!" Miriam came forward and held Sylvie's hand. She had heard Sylvie's words outside the conference room today. Miriam didn't know before why she married Marley, especially when the Hughes family was in trouble, and didn't expect that Sylvie would defend Marley and the Hughes family in every way. If she hadn't overheard it outside, then she might still have her hesitations. But when she heard that, she was really surprised and touched, her wariness towards Sylvie disappeared at once, "It's a blessing that Marley married you. Your father and I are grateful to you for being so considerate!"

"Mom, there's no need to be polite as a family!" Sylvie was a little embarrassed.

"But Aiden, Sylvie is right. Teddie and Ernie do need to suffer a little. We can't compromise every time, and the amount is so large this time, what is Marley supposed to do if this happens again? You already got sick because of them, I don't want my son to fall sick because of them too." Miriam said with a sigh.

"Leave it to Sylvie to handle it." Aiden stood up, "Let's go back to the hospital!"

"Dad, mom, I'll send you off." Sylvie was a little worried. She even personally called to ask if a specialized car and driver were arranged and accompanied them to the first floor to get on the car.

At the entrance of the building, Miriam held Sylvie's hand, "Sylvie, I don't have a daughter, so I'll treat you as a daughter from now on. Thank you for doing so much for Marley! I can see that you're truly helping him."

"Mom, you're really being too polite!"

When Marley Hughes and Tyler Cooper came back, the two were standing by the car so they saw this scene while sitting in their car. But Miriam had already gotten into the car, so she didn't see her son's car drive by.

Marley got out of the car and came striding towards this side, only that the entrance of the building was left with Sylvie who was just about to turn around and enter the building. He looked at the distant car suspiciously and frowned, feeling a bit unsure.

"Secretary Sylvie!" Tyler shouted.

Sylvie immediately turned around, and saw the president and Mr. Cooper who had returned, "Oh, you're back?"

"My parents came over?" Marley asked with raised eyebrows.

"You saw them?" Sylvie was slightly surprised.

"What did they come to do?" Marley frowned again, a little worried.

"Come to look around, nothing else." Sylvie didn't say much.

The three of them returned to the top floor. Marley entered the president's office, called Aila and asked her straight away, "Aila, how long did the chairman stop by just now?"

Aila immediately understood that the president was asking about what happened in the afternoon. Secretary Sylvie probably didn't say about it, or the president wanted to know more fully, so she answered truthfully, "In the afternoon, the other two Mr. Hughes came to see secretary Sylvie. The three of them was in the conference room, not sure what they talked about. Then, the chairman and madam came, stood at the door for more than ten minutes before the chairman pushed opened the door and entered. After that, two Mr. Hughes left, and secretary Sylvie sent the chairman and madam downstairs. As for what was said, I don't know."

"Okay." Marley nodded, "You can go, and tell secretary Sylvie to come in."

"Sure." After Aila left, Sylvie came in.

Marley was a little tired from inspecting the scene, he was pulling his tie when he saw Sylvie came in. He placed his gaze on her, with a touch of sharpness and a touch of scrutiny. His look made Sylvie a little overwhelmed.

After some time, she finally heard Marley said, "What did my uncles come to see you for?"

Sylvie raised her head slightly and whispered, "They're not satisfied with their shares being completely handed over."

"How did you answer?" Marley frowned.

Sylvie lifted her head and saw his face from afar. At that moment, Marley's narrow eyes were looking at her, waiting for her answer. Those faintly moving thin lips opened again, "Talk!"

"I think it's impossible to ask them to hand over their shares completely. After all, they still have to live in the future. Besides, Hughes Group is now trying to solve their crisis problem and once several big projects in the pipeline are completed, the return will be quite substantial. Hence, why would they hand over their shares at such a low price. However, I do think that we can let them hand over part of their shares and then have them make an agreement. To not ask about the company's affairs from now on, and to not hold any position in the company, just sit back and enjoy the dividends..." Sylvie finished quietly and waited for Marley's answer.

She didn't know what he would say or what he would think. It seemed wrong for her to tell Kasper and Teddie that. Even though her parents-in-law had no objection, but what about Marley? Would he think that she was meddling?

It was quite some time before Sylvie heard him asked again, "Did you say something to them?"

"Yes."

"Oh?"

"Your two uncles hold eight percent of the shares..." Sylvie told Marley about the proposal that she told his uncles, but she didn't say that Aiden had also agreed to the proposal. She didn't want to use her father-in-law to pressure Marley. She just felt that this proposal was good for the company, for the Hughes family, and it could be well accounted for both publicly and privately. She just wanted to forgive people and not make too many enemies when Hughes Group still needed to be solidly developed.

Marley listened quietly and his eyes narrowed slightly. His long eyelashes were covering the light deep down his eyes, "You have a lot of nerve, Sylvie Mccarthy!" Marley's voice sounded low, but it was with a bone-chilling coldness.

Sylvie trembled slightly and slowly averted her eyelids, staying silent.

"Who told you to make your own decision privately?" Marley's voice raised all of a sudden and shouted, definitely sounding upset.

"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about this beforehand." Sylvie replied very calmly with her face being slightly pale.

"Secretary Sylvie, who exactly is the president of Hughes Group?" Marley's voice was almost with a roar.

Sylvie froze for a moment. Yes, publicly, he was the president, and she was the secretary. Privately, he was the husband, and she was the wife, moreover it was a contract marriage. She had the intention to do him good, but didn't she have the position to. Most importantly, she had actually inadvertently challenged his authority.

Seeing her small face paled and staying silent, Marley lowered his eyes and his voice was down a few tones, "I don't like women intervening too much into things, especially my secretary. Sylvie Mccarthy, I hope you understand my rule."

Sylvie was shocked instantly. Without any objection, she pursed her lips tightly.

"Answer!" Marley growled sternly, his tone wasn't allowing for any rebuttal.

"Yes." Sylvie nodded and sighed lowly in her heart. She had still offended his authority, his dignity as a man.

"You're not the only one who can think of this proposal. You should learn the rules!" Marley said bluntly.

Sylvie looked up and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Marley's stern voice, his eyes were cold and intimidating, "If you don't even have the most basic professional ethics, then you should just pack up and go home! The company has decision makers, so you shouldn't be involved in decision making, both publicly and privately! Especially if you've made the decision already and only telling me later on. Who authorized you to do so, Sylvie Mccarthy?"

"I'm sorry." Sylvie clenched her hands, her nails sank into the palm of her hands unconsciously. The sharp stabbing pain made her go silent instantly.

"Knock, knock." There was a knock on the door which inadvertently relieved her. Marley said coldly, "Come in."

Tyler pushed the door opened and was slightly surprised to see Sylvie standing there, "You guys have something to discuss about? I'll come back later then!"

"It's nothing!" Marley said in a deep voice, "Secretary Sylvie, go copy the secretary's code after work today, fifty times, handwritten, and hand it to me tomorrow!"

Sylvie froze in place for a moment while Tyler was also slightly stunned.

"Get out!" Marley said to Sylvie in a cold voice.

"Yes." Ultimately, nothing was said. Sylvie turned around to leave the president's office and closed the door for them.

As soon as she left, Tyler turned his head and asked Marley, "Fifty times? Are you going to have her die of exhaustion? What did she do wrong?"

"She made a decision for me privately." Marley said indifferently, "Even though this decision is really good and is the best solution, but it doesn't mean that she's right!"

"What decision?"

Marley briefly said what Sylvie had just told him.

Tyler pondered for a moment and nodded, "Not to mention, her ideas made sense in both reasoning and feeling, and it was sophisticated too. Can't imagine that she's so young, but she's pretty thoughtful. But isn't it too much to ask her to copy the secretary's code fifty times?"

Marley's tall figure stood up, turned back to look for a document, then sat down again and calmly said, "She's very smart and worldly in dealing with problems, but she's too aggressive and showed her trump card too early! She needs to suffer some losses to know what to say, what not to say; what to do, what not to do; when to do, when not to do. Being self-righteous isn't considered as too smart!" "Marley, she's only how old? And she wasn't being assertive!"

"The woman that I want to nurture can't be too weak!" Marley just gave him a sentence in a deep voice.

Tyler instantly went silent.000‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒