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Cecilia stuck out her tongue. “But I like Mommy Ophelia. I don’t like that other woman, and I don’t want her to be my mom.”
Lucius folded his arms, frowned. “Cecilia?”
Cecilia was afraid of making her brother angry, so she reluctantly agreed. “Fine, I won’t call Mommy Ophelia that in front of the other woman.
Lucius was somewhat satisfied. While he went to get his backpack, Cecilia secretly called Ophelia on her phone watch, and Ophelia answered right away.
“Hi, Cecilia,” said Ophelia.
“Mommy Ophelia, why aren’t you picking me up for school today?” Cecilia asked in a low voice.
Ophelia was silent for a moment, then said helplessly, “I’m sorry, Cecilia. Your mom is back. I can’t pick you up anymore, or she’ll be upset.”
After hearing this, Cecilia was even more annoyed with the mom who had. suddenly come back. ‘Because of her, I got scolded by Lucius, and I won’t. get to see Mommy Ophelia in the mornings anymore. She’s such a nuisance,‘ she thought to herself.
After dropping the children off at school, Charles drove straight to the
company.
As soon as he walked through the company’s entrance, his assistant David approached him with a somewhat serious expression. “Mr. Hawthorne, latest news, the major shareholder of Westwide Pharmaceutical has changed.”
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Charles’s face darkened slightly as he took the tablet David handed him. The Financial Morning headline read: [Pharmaceutical giant Westwide Pharmaceutical experiences significant equity changes. It is reported that former chairman Elliott Marwood sold twenty–five percent of his shares last night, and the identity of the buyer remains undisclosed.]
David continued to brief Charles as he followed him. “Mr. Hawthorne, according to the information I’ve gathered, this mysterious buyer has not only acquired the twenty–five percent of shares from Elliott but has also been purchasing smaller stakes from various minor shareholders over the past six months. Altogether, he now holds over fifty percent of the shares.”
Over fifty percent of the shares meant that this mysterious individual had become the undisputed boss of Westwide Pharmaceutical.
David adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose. “Mr. Hawthorne, Westwide Pharmaceutical is currently one of our largest partners. Our strategic cooperation with them was negotiated by Mrs. Hawthorne five years ago, and the contract expired last month. However, they’ve been delaying the renewal. Now with this new boss, whose identity we can’t even trace-”
Charles entered the elevator, his face reflected in the glass walls, looking gloomy. “What about Elliott? Won’t he even give a hint?”
David hesitated but replied, “Elliott went abroad this morning with his family on an early flight to escape the situation. Only Mrs. Hawthorne knew his private contact information. But given her current condition-”
Charles’s expression worsened.
He had not disclosed that Camilla had woken up, and he did not plan to.
Initially, Westwide Pharmaceutical had chosen to partner with Uniteon Group among many companies because of Camilla. She had once saved
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Elliott’s wife’s life, and in return, Elliott was willing to give Uniteon Group a chance.
Camilla, who was pregnant at the time, had delivered an exceptional new drug development plan under pressure, which Elliott admired greatly. This led to a five–year contract being signed with Uniteon Group.
Charles’s eyes turned cold, radiating a chilling aura. “Does Uniteon Group really depend on Camilla to survive? Use any means necessary to find out about the new boss of Westwide Pharmaceutical within three days.”
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Yes, sir,” David could only agree.
Suppressing his anger, Charles walked into his office. As soon as he pushed the door open, he saw Ophelia bending over to tidy up his desk.
She was dressed in a professional outfit, a white pencil skirt that accentuated her rounded and beautiful curves as she bent over.
Charles’s Adam’s apple moved slightly as he averted his with
restraint.
gaze
Ophelia heard the footsteps, turned around, and smiled at Charles with a gentle and sweet expression. “Good morning, Mr. Hawthorne.”
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