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Chapter 472
Chapter 472
Chapter 472
Chapter 472 The Submissive Wife
As obvious as it sounded, Elspeth’s explanation was clearly unreasonable, but since Jericho was at her mercy, he didn’t dare to complain or fight back.
“Are you sure you’re not going to think about it, Mr. Hopper? This is the only request I have.”
The only request?
At the same time, Hank, who had been sitting aside all the time, joined the conversation with an emotionless look on his face. “If you prefer to settle this matter formally rather than privately, we could go through proper legal procedures to resolve this issue, but be warned—you’re likely going to be sentenced to jail.” Hank made himself clear that Jericho would end up behind bars if he didn’t agree with Elspeth.
Meanwhile, Jericho was seen smiling all the time, but deep down, he was cursing the two of them for putting him in a dilemma with no favorable options to him. Although Hank and Elspeth were only in their twenties, Jericho was vulnerable against their threat, which was why he didn’t dare to show his anger despite his seniority. Darn it! I’m already close to my sixties, and if I go to jail, I don’t know whether I’ll live long enough to see the day again. Moreover, I’m going to lose everything if I’m sentenced to prison. Rolling his eyes, Jericho reluctantly agreed with Elspeth’s request. “How much would you like to have then?”
“15 percent.” Elspeth gently blew her fingernails with a smile.
“Oh, come on. You know that’s not possible. I personally own 45% of the shares, and you’re asking for 15% of them? You might as well just kill me.”
“I feel sorry to hear that, Mr. Hopper. I wish your life was worth more than that.” Elspeth pursed her lips. While 15 percent might be a significant portion of shareholdings, it was not a lot to Elspeth. Besides, she initially didn’t intend to ask Jericho for the shares as she was just trying to joke with him and knock him down to size. Therefore, when Jericho agreed to give her the shares she requested, she was surprised.
“That’s not how it works, Miss Lynwood. You can’t ask for 15 percent of shares without any prior contribution to our company. This is just outrageous!” Jericho put his words mildly while calling Elspeth’s request daylight robbery on the inside. How audacious of her to demand that amount of shares! 5 percent of shares is the most I can tolerate, yet now she is asking 15 percent! Is she trying to take over my company by force or what?
Although Elspeth had no idea what was on Jericho’s mind, it was amusing enough for her to witness the dramatic look on the man’s face. “If you think this is outrageous, then I guess we’ll have no choice but to go through proper legal procedures.” She stood up and walked away without hesitation after finishing her sentence. “After all, I won’t lose anything either, regardless of the outcome. So, I don’t really mind how it ends up. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your new life in a cell. Let’s go, Hank.”
“Wait! Wait! Wait!” Jericho suddenly found the strength that he had seemingly lost earlier when he collapsed onto the chair and sprang up from his seat. “Alright, I’ll take the deal. 15 percent as it is.” Fine, it’s just 15 percent of the shares, right? I’ll give them to you.”
“See? It wasn’t so hard, was it? We could have saved some time if you had agreed sooner.” Elspeth smiled at Jericho with a cocky look on her face. “I’ll see you here at 1.00PM tomorrow to sign the contract.” She then walked away upon finishing her sentence.
In the meantime, Hank glared at Jericho, his cold stare sending chills down his spine. “I hope you can forget about whatever crazy ideas you have in mind from now on, Mr. Hopper. Also, if you’re thinking about approaching a lawyer for help, you could forget about that as well because I know every lawyer
in Damoria. Therefore, don’t even think about tampering with the contract’s content.” Hank’s last few words took the glimmer of hope that was left in Jericho, who thought he could still get away with it.
“Don’t worry about that because I won’t.” Jericho chuckled and ingratiated himself with Hank. “See you, Mr. Damazio.” As soon as Hank was gone, Jericho collapsed onto his seat once again in despair. I’m through. I’m totally screwed up. Everything I have built in my whole life is about to be scraped clean by that woman. The thought of that made Jericho’s hatred for Arthur grow even stronger than ever before. Thus, he immediately called his secretary and said, “From now on, I want all corporations with Bluestone Corp terminated, and I don’t want to see Arthur Winthrop’s face ever again!”
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Meanwhile, Hank looked at the stars in the sky and asked Elspeth whether she needed a lift home after they exited the building. “Do you need me to give you a ride home?”
Although Hank was offering her a ride out of kindness, Elspeth acted as if the man was an enemy and backed away from him. “Nah, it’s alright. I drove here, so I could take care of myself. Thanks for asking.” If Callum ever sees another man taking me home, he is going to give me a hard time again. Nah, I should probably stay out of trouble.
Upon hearing Elspeth’s response, Hank immediately knew why she said that and curled his lips upward. “Well, well, well. I must say that I’m impressed by Callum’s success in taming the wild horse.”
“Hey, that sounds a little… offensive…” As true as Hank’s words sounded, Elspeth refused to admit that she was a submissive wife. “Anyway, I appreciate your help today. If it hadn’t been for you, I wouldn’t have been able to get what I wanted from Jericho.”
Hank nodded and eventually accepted Elspeth’s thanks, which he thought he deserved, considering the contribution he had made. “No worries, you’re Yelena’s friend, which also makes you my friend. For
that, I was just merely helping a friend in need.” In fact, Hank was surprised when Elspeth paid him a visit and asked for his help for Yelena’s sake. While Hank would have usually taken some time to consider accepting a business, the temptation to make Yelena happy prompted him to make an exception.
When Hank told that matter to Yelena later, the latter smiled happily and said, “I’m glad that you agreed to help. Elspeth has never come to me for help, so now that you can lend her a hand, you should do her a favor. Finally, I can do something for Elspeth!” Because of Yelena’s approval, Hank went on to help Elspeth and even went the extra mile to get it done just to see the smile on his woman’s face.
“Thank you. I’ll treat you to a meal someday. Anyway, it’s getting late, and I should get going now.” Elspeth smiled and waved her hand at Hank. However, she didn’t feel like going home yet as she was thinking about going somewhere else.
Ever since Elspeth returned to Damoria, she had handed Luna Bar over to Harper, but when the latter became busy with his own work, Gilbert was tasked with the responsibility of running the bar. It’s been a while since the last time I visited Luna Bar. Maybe I should drop by there tonight and pay Gilbert a visit.
As Luna Bar was just a few miles away from where Elspeth was, she drove there and saw the place crowded with people. With bright lights almost everywhere around the bar, there were many men and women who were having a good time there while the atmosphere was filled with a strong smoky odor and alcohol smell. Nonetheless, she entered the place and proceeded to search for Gilbert, trying to see if he was drinking in the usual corner like he normally would be, only to see no one there. Just when she thought Gilbert was away and was about to go home, Elspeth suddenly felt a pair of arms wrapped around her from someone behind. In that instant, her body stiffened just as her instinct prompted her to react until she caught the scent of that familiar minty scent.