My ex-wife is so beautiful novel (Jared and Amber)
Chapter 711 Have an Axe to Grind

They were not stupid enough to be ignorant of how much power he had as Mr. Farrell's right-hand man. Their bosses would have definitely obeyed the man and fire them for Mr. Farrell's sake.

They had no choice but to run off as quickly as they could.

In a second, the swarm surrounding Ben soon dispersed and completely disappeared.

Ben, flicked the dust off his suit and took on a triumphant smile, "Humph. Wanna question me? Hell no."

Having adjusted his tie and hid away the cockiness on his face, Ben headed for the gate of the Goldstone Building.

In the meantime, Amber was in the meeting room.

Braylee's media disclosure had brought tremendous implications to Goldstone.

Then and there, the board and the senior executives were already seated in the meeting room, waiting for Amber whom they were gonna interrogate.

Especially Bernardo Delgado's little band, overflowing with excitement and greed.

Just like Braylee Reed, they did not believe that the press conference would produce any result under the conviction that evidence wasn't that easy to find.

Apparently, the conference was doomed since it still remained doubtful that Amber Reed could present any proof.

And what they had been hoping for was its failure.

Only then would any opportunity open up for their attack on Amber.

It was conceivable that Bernardo would seize the chance and pressure Amber to give up part of her administrative power.

What would be the use of the Farrell Group's backing if the scandal persisted and turned into a fact that Amber Reed was an illegitimate daughter who stole shares from the Reeds and bullied her Reed sister. By then, Amber would be lashed at by the whole world.

And it would be the same for Jared, who spoke for her in his post the night before, which would make people think that he was blinded with partiality.

That would cause doubts about Jared Farrell's judgement on people as well as distrust in his leadership among the shareholders of the Farrell Group. Such suspicions would then drift supporters apart from Jared Farrell, which would in turn weaken his authority.

He would have been in big trouble himself, let alone helping Amber Reed out.

It's most likely that he would even blame her for putting him through the trouble and break up with her again.

If Amber Reed lost her leadership over the company and the support of the Farrell Group, she would be completely at Bernardo's mercy.

And he would pay her back for her insult and clampdown, as Bernardo thought.

Bernardo, with a cup of tea held onto his hands, was trembling and gasping with increasing excitement and thrills.

So was Braylee Reed who was seated to his left.

Her greed almost flew out of her eyes as she was staring at the chairman seat.

Almost there, almost there.

Braylee was thinking that she would soon replace Amber and sat in that chair.

There would be no way for her to prove against the scandal and deal with the publicity and criticisms, so she would have to give up her shares.

With that thought, she laughed.

Bernardo heard her laughter, saw the greed in her eyes and knew what she was laughing about. A sinister blaze flashing across his eyes, he put on a benevolent smile, "Congratulations, Braylee, my niece. It's finally yours."

"Don't be kidding, Uncle Bernardo, not yet, "replied Braylee with fake humility, fiddling her hair.

Bernardo took a sip of his tea and said, "But it's almost yours. So as your uncle, I guess I should just congratulate you in advance. Uncle has helped you a great deal, right?"

"Take a chill pill. There are still a lot of things I can't achieve without you." Braylee raised her cup as if she was proposing a toast.

With that Bernardo took up his own cup as a response to her toast across the table.

The conversation was made totally oblivious of the other attendees.

Bernardo's little gang was glad to hear it.

People on Amber's side remained silent with knitted eyebrows.

They didn't have confidence in the conference themselves.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was polarized.

There were the enraptured ones with festive joys, and the depressed ones feeling their days are doomed.

The latter were resigned to the fact that they were on the same boat with Amber.

If the boat capsized, there would be no lifebuoy to grab since the Bernardo camp would stop at nothing to get rid of them.

So they were depressed.

Everyone on Amber's side was hanging their head, signing.

Then the door was opened.

Sheila came in with an armful of files.

She then made a gesture for someone to come in.

There from the hall came the crisp sound of walking heels.

It was known to everyone that the protagonist showed up.

Everyone there in the meeting room put away the axe they had been grinding in their head and squared their shoulders to meet Amber Reed. She was still their boss after all.

No matter what was going on in their mind, they still had to show respect.

Sheila did not cue the people outsides until all the attendees rose to their feet, "Please come on in, Miss Reed and Mr. Farrell."

Mr. Farrell?

The name captured everyone's attention.

They glanced at each other with a confounded look.

They were surprised to hear that Mr. Farrell was there.

Had he come here for Miss Reed?

Suddenly, everyone of Amber's camp laughed, seeing a silver lining.

With Mr. Farrell's support, the press conference might be a win.

The other camp started to agitate.

Quite the contrary, they felt their hopes were up in the air with Mr. Farrell's involvement.

Of all the attendees, Bernardo's face was the most gloomy.

Braylee looked all right, not intelligent enough to realize the lurking danger.

She was even delighted at Jared's arrival.

She even began to stare at the door with excitement and expectation.

She was thinking that maybe Jared would feel disappointed at Amber if the conference failed.

He should be.

He was wise enough to understand that what Amber's failure should mean to him. She would drag him down.

If so, she would be a disappointment to him and then they would break up.

Braylee flushed with excitement at the thought of that. Everyone could see what she was thinking.

Bernardo sniffed at her look without showing any inclination to remind her to restrain herself.

He didn't want to get into that, since Braylee was the one who's being a fool.

Amber and Jared walked in hand in hand, unaware of what was going on in those people's mind.

Jared was leading Amber in.

Holding her hand, walking in with slow pace, he looked at her with a tender look in his eyes and a slight curve of his lips. Following behind him, Amber had a big smile on her face.[