My Killing President
Chapter 703 Meeting

"I don't know what you are talking about!" After saying that, she hung up immediately.

When Ralphy heard the silent beep in the phone, he frowned. The man looked into the distance and sighed.

On the other side.

Renee An looked at her phone and didn't know what to feel.

Doing that to his favor?

She had never thought about that at all!

That was impossible!

The woman sat in front of her dressing table. As she looked at her reflection in the mirror, she had a frightful thought.

Even if Ralphy were to end up all alone and miserable, she would never support and give him her blessing!

The moment she thought about that, she was horrified by her own thought.

She hadn't expected that she hated and loved him so deeply in her deepest consciousness.

That news wasn't controlled in any way despite Alistair's best effort. Not only that, it was even more hyped and became everyone's gossip material.

Even the design department in Yun Rui was talking about that.

Ordinary people would always be interested to gossip and point fingers at wealthy people's lives.

Especially Annabelle. She had appeared multiple times to create scandals with Alistair. After that, she turned out to be the prized daughter of the Xia family. Then, she got married with Alistair. All of a sudden, she was exposed to being an adopted daughter of the Xia family. Now everyone was just curious whether the grandest wedding in A city would face any marital crisis!

It was so dramatic with all kind of twist and turns!

The story of Cinderella had once again inspired countless woman. These stories didn't just happen in the TV but it happened around them!

Therefore, they decided to keep up their hopes in life. After all, Annabelle was just a live example right under their nose!

After one whole day, both the Xia and the Mu family did not make any official clarification. So that matter became the hot topic in Blog. Ranking top in the search bar.

Someone even encouraged Annabelle and asked her to stay strong.

Some were optimistic towards Alistair and Annabelle's relationship. They hoped that the couple wouldn't break up.

Some simply said that it wouldn't be easy to stay in such a wealthy family, she should appreciate it.

All in all, there were all kinds of comments.

When Dorie and Su saw the news, they were in the opening ceremony. Dorie took her phone and sneaked out to make a call.

"Annabelle, is what the news said true?" Dorie asked carefully.

When Annabelle heard Dorie's question, she pondered a while and answered, "Yeah!"

"Then, are you all right?" Dorie was worried. After all, that kind of sudden news could be a huge blow to just anyone.

Annabelle simply smiled, "I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me. It doesn't matter if I am the actual daughter or not, it wouldn't change anything!"

Dorie frowned. No matter how strong Annabelle was, she wouldn't be able to take that without feeling anything at all.

Dorie frowned and she asked, "Annabelle, did you know about this already?"

Annabelle did not deny. She knew that her smart friend could easily guess it.

She admitted, "Yeah!"

Dorie was shocked, "You, when did you replace out?"

"Many years ago!"

Dorie tried to comb back her memories. Few years ago, she did observe that Annabelle acted differently. However, she knew it wasn't time to reminisce the past, "Why would it get exposed so suddenly?" It was fine when everyone knew it in the heart. But now that it was exposed publicly, it was just awkward for her to meet her family!

"We still don't know yet!"

"Then what do you plan to do? Looking as how things go, it will not subside easily without a closure!"

"Let's just follow the flow." Annabelle answered with a sigh.

"Sigh..."

"Dorie, come over here..." At that time, someone called out from behind.

"Okay, right away!" Dorie covered her phone and replied. After that, she spoke, "Annabelle, I will call you back later tonight..." "Okay, go get busy first!"

"Okay!"

After hanging up the call, Dorie hurried off to work.

It wasn't much but there was just a lot of pesky details to arrange. After the busy times, Dorie sat down and thought about the past.

The woman was daydreaming recalling her past. There was an idea that flashed in her mind but she found it hard to believe.

At that time, Su walked over and saw that she was daydreaming. The man asked, "What were you thinking?"

Dorie came back to her senses, "Huh?"

"What are you thinking, daydreaming over here?" Su asked as he took the bottle of water from her hand. The man simply twisted the cover and drank it. He didn't mind if Dorie had drank it before at all. Dorie was just used to it. The woman was too absent minded, "I just spoke to Annabelle!"

When Su heard that, he got into a serious demeanor, "How is she now? Is she all right?"

"She is completely fine, but..."

"But what?" Su looked at Dorie and asked.

Dorie looked back at him for some time and shook her head, "It's nothing!"

When Su saw that she was hesitant, he didn't force her. At that time, Dorie asked, "Are you done?"

"Yeah, we simply need to come back the day after tomorrow to fix on the make-up and costumes. After that, we can get the camera rolling!"

"Shall we go back now?"

"Yeah!"

The two of them took their luggage and went back.

After Annabelle's scandal, the Xia Group's share price was taking a blow. Fortunately, Yun Rui wasn't affected.

Most importantly, all of the shareholders wasn't aware that Annabelle was holding twenty percent of the Xia Group shares. Now that everything was transparent and the share prices dropped, they started to bite and bark. They were causing some troubles in the Xia Group.

After Teneria found out about that, he had a grim expression. The father prepared himself and wanted to go to the Xia Group. Although he had retired to the scene and completely pulled off from the management, he was still the company's chairman. When Annabelle saw that her father wanted to go, she called out to him, "Dad, let me go with you!"

Teneria looked at Annabelle and his eyebrows lowered.

"Since I am one of the Xia family and everything happened because of me, I should go with you!" Annabelle enunciated.

When Teneria heard that, he nodded with a smile.

And the father and daughter went to the Xia Group together.

Although Alistair was the president of Yun Rui, he was also Annabelle's husband. Therefore, he followed along.

After all, there was no conflict of interest and there was no reason for them to be sensitive about his presence.

In the Xia Group.

Ralphy did not want to entertain those old farts. However, they had been causing more and more trouble and they even barged in his office. The man had no other choice but to call a board meeting.

"President Xia, you must give us a satisfactory explanation!"

Ralphy sat in the front and looked at the board. He had a grim expression.

"What kind of explanation are you guys expecting?"

"Please clarify about Miss Xia's twenty percent shares. Now that our share price are facing risk of plummeting any time, shouldn't you give us some sort of explanation?" One of the shareholders asked. "Director Wu, this is my family matters!"

"You are right. However, your family matters had affected the company's share price and we just couldn't stay away from it!" Director Wu would not let him go easily. Everyone would have this kind of problematic directors in their company. These ambitious lots would always try to get more power and status. When they couldn't do it by competence, they could only create more troubles in order to prove that they were right and gather supporters to strengthen their position.

"You..."

"Then according to your opinion, what should we do?" At that time, Teneria came in from the door and Annabelle simply followed closely behind him.

When director Wu saw them appearing together, he was stunned. He didn't expect to see Annabelle here.

"Dad!" Ralphy stood up, "What are you doing here?"

"It is only suitable for me to have a look at this moment of disturbance!" Teneria said. Although the man was always easy-going and gentle, at that moment, he was exuding an inimitable aura of authority. Ralphy moved aside and let Teneria took the chairperson's seat. The brother and sister simply stood by his side.

When director Wu looked at them, he sneered mockingly, "Chairman Xia, you finally appeared! Shouldn't we ask the Xia family to give us some kind of explanation for what happened?"

Once he said that, the board of directors were agreeable.

"Yeah!"

"I agree as well. You should give us an explanation!"

When Teneria heard the voices, he glanced at the crowd and frowned faintly.

These greedy people were always like that. They wouldn't mouth a word when you are earning for them. But the moment their interest was the slightest bit harmed, they would bite hard.

At that time, Annabelle looked at them and said, "This is happening because of me, but let's hear how you guys have in mind to solve it." Annabelle looked at them and asked.

Right after she said that, the board of directors were stunned and they looked at each other in confusion.

They didn't know how to react to that question at all.

What should they do?

How should they know!?

At that time, director Wu was the one that came back to his senses and reacted right away, "We don't know about that. But we simply want the company to stabilize. Now that the share prices are dropping drastically, we are facing a substantial loss. What do you think we should do!?"

He threw the question back to them.

When Teneria saw that they were all leering at Annabelle, he spoke, "Since this happened because of our family, we will come up with a solution. As for the drop in share prices, I will bear with all the losses!"

"Dad!"

"Dad!"

Both Annabelle and Ralphy looked towards Teneria.

Teneria simply raised his hand and stopped them from speaking, "We will definitely settle this!"

When director Wu heard that, he was stunned. But a fawning smile appeared on his face right away, "Chairman Xia, you said it! We didn't demand for that much!"

The man was just acting again.

Teneria was sick of their ploys.

"Since we were the one that caused the drop in share prices and bear with the losses, does that mean when the share prices get back up, it has nothing to do with you? All of the gains go back to us?" Annabelle added at the right moment. Once she said that, everyone was stunned.

"Miss Xia, this is the board meeting of the Xia Group. I believe you do not have a say or right to say anything, right? Even if you are one of the Xia family, so what? And we don't even know if you are one of the Xia family now!" Director Wu tried to replace fault. However, Annabelle would not go down without a fight. She had followed after Alistair for so long and she had been properly educated and influenced.

The woman smiled, "Yes, actually the rumors were right. I am not the real daughter of the Xia family. But I'm afraid you have forgotten one, that I have twenty percent of the Xia Group's shares. So I am one of the bigger shareholder of the company!" Annabelle looked at him and enunciated.

The woman was showing a similar temperament like Alistair.

Her presence and aura was so strong and they just couldn't rebuke her.

As Teneria and Ralphy looked at her, their lips curled up.

At that time, Ralphy spoke, "Now she happens to be the second largest shareholder after me. Do you guys think she doesn't have the right to attend this board meeting?"

The board of directors looked at each other stupidly and pretended that earlier episode had nothing to do with them.

Annabelle looked at the crowd and she knew she needed to give them some respect. Although the shareholders were generally lazy and full of complaints, they were part of the company's workers as well and each of them have their own uses.

Annabelle toned down a little and looked at them, "I said, since these happened because of me, I will be the one to settle it. Just give me two days. If it wasn't settled by then, it wouldn't be too late for you guys to replace fault!"

Two days?

Teneria looked at Annabelle and the daughter seemed full of confidence.

It didn't matter what kind of situation and condition, she knew that she mustn't lose in the way she carried herself. That was all taught by Alistair.

"Okay, you said it! If you can't deliver that, Miss Xia, please remove yourself from the Xia Group's shareholders!" Director Wu stood up and said.

The man's word caused a furore.

"Director Wu, you better don't push it!" Ralphy said.

"What now? Miss Xia was the one that said it. Or are you not confident to resolve it in two days?" Director Wu smiled tauntingly. The man was doing that on purpose to rile the board.

"Yeah, that's right!"

"Yeah!"

"Exactly..."

When Ralphy heard the agreeable board, his eyebrows lowered in vex.

Annabelle simply smiled, "Sure. But if I managed to do it, director Wu, you will have to keep your opinion to yourself from today onwards!"

Director Wu's expression was grim when he was humiliated. After that, he spoke, "Okay, deal!"

"Deal!"

Therefore, the shareholders meeting ended after they came to terms.

Right after the meeting ended, director Wu spoke to his assistant, "Get someone to do it. No matter what or how, just make sure things get stirred up!"

His assistant nodded understandingly, "Okay, I know what to do!"

After they went out, they saw Alistair sitting outside. Since it was an internal meeting, it wasn't convenient for him to walk inside. Therefore, the man had been seating and waiting outside all the time.

He was crossing his legs and flipping around the magazines leisurely. He didn't even touch the cup of coffee in front of him.

When Alistair saw that everyone was slowly exiting the room, he looked up. When he saw that familiar and gentle gaze, he lowered his magazine, stood up and walked towards her.00000