Chapter 274: Chapter 274

The next day, Anna Thornton notified all company shareholders of an emergency shareholders meeting.

Although Anna had returned to the company and was working on reviving her children’s clothing brand,

the major shareholders still did not welcome her. Originally a meeting of seven shareholders, only five showed up with three-hours notice.

"Where’s Uncle Four? If he doesn’t come, don’t blame me for withholding his dividends this month!" Anna tapped the meeting room table, "Can anyone who’s close to him help relay the message?"

"Anna, what do you mean by this? President Sutton is the decision-maker of the company."

"Just joking!" Anna laughed, "I mean, isn’t Uncle Four always inclined to speak for President Sutton? Get him here, and I promise his skills will be quite handy today."

After waiting another half hour, everyone finally arrived.

Anna sent out the secretary and unrelated staff, leaving only shareholders, who were more or less relatives of the Thornton Family.

"Anna, what exactly are you trying to do gathering us here and keeping up the suspense? You do know that President Sutton is the current company leader, and only she has the authority to convene a board meeting." Uncle Four indeed lived up to being Holly Sutton’s defender, complaining on her behalf as soon as he arrived.

Ignoring his words, Anna went straight to the point: "Since everyone’s here, let me preview the main content of today’s board meeting. There are two points! First, yesterday the police came to the company to arrest William Sutton, which most of you have probably heard about. I’m here to explain, it was just William stirring up trouble with some thugs for me, and I don’t plan to pursue it further. However, I currently hold evidence of William embezzling company funds, which I’ve emailed to everyone."

Upon hearing Anna’s words, everyone quickly checked their emails, indeed finding evidence of William’s embezzlement with amounts exceeding eight figures—how many years behind bars would that mean?

"Of course, such a large sum couldn’t be devoured by William alone. I found it suspicious, so I continued gathering evidence. Guess what I found? The Little Seagull children’s clothing company that was both hyped recently and found in a plagiarism scandal, was actually co-founded by Holly Sutton and William Sutton!"

Anna’s words caused an uproar at the board meeting.

Holly’s face almost couldn’t hold: "Anna, exactly what is your goal in doing this?"

"Can’t you tell? Am I not being clear enough? Your Sutton Family has taken over my Thornton Family’s company, you and William loot the company’s money together, and I’m exposing you, so everyone can see your true faces! I sent the evidence to the police as soon as I received it yesterday. I expect they’ll start investigating soon."

The evidence Anna collected, documented every shady act where William secretly appropriated funds.

Given that she only obtained the evidence yesterday, the person who knew this much, this thoroughly, must be someone close to Holly.

Reflecting on Marcus Morgan calling in sick today, Holly immediately understood, glaring at Anna with eyes almost spitting fire.

"Anna, I know you’ve always been unhappy with me ever since your father wanted to marry me. You can dislike me as a person, but there’s really no need to frame me!"

Holly explained: "Yes, I am indeed related to the Little Seagull brand, but mainly it was my brother wanting to start a company with insufficient funds, and I lent him some money. He temporarily couldn’t repay, so he added my name when registering. That’s all!"

The so-called evidence at best could only prove that William embezzled funds and had nothing to do with Holly.

As shrewd as Holly was, how could she allow direct evidence to point to herself?

She probably planned ahead for a scapegoat when she introduced William to the company.

"Don’t rush to explain. I’ve finished my first point, now on to the main event with you as the star! Elders, what I am about to say next is from the position of a descendant of the Thornton Family. I hope everyone, as relatives of my father, will listen!"

Anna smiled provocatively at Holly, and to show her seriousness, she even stood up: "The second point, I want to expose Holly Sutton, the true face of a murderer!"

These words, everyone realized they had reacted prematurely with the earlier uproar.

The other board members were shocked into silence by Anna’s declaration: "..."

Uncle Four: "Anna, you can’t say such things lightly, wasn’t your father sick?"

"My father was always in excellent health. He diligently jogged in summer, swam in winter, and climbed mountains faster than I do. Everyone here was quite familiar with him, can you all recall? Wasn’t it after he married Holly that his health declined day by day, falling sick frequently?"

"That’s because Holly was giving my father slow-acting poison, weakening his resistance, preventing him from seeing doctors. In his latter days, when he was paralyzed from a stroke, unable to speak, he still suffered from her abuse... I have a detailed examination report from my father’s final days, showing abnormal toxins in his system, and even injury reports of certain parts of his body being strangled by external force."

"Here’s something you might not know: the year my father died, Holly forcibly admitted me to a psychiatric hospital. She feared I would reveal her crimes, so she restricted my freedom, even instructing staff at the hospital to abuse me. I not only have injury reports but also witnesses!"

Every time Anna spoke at the meeting, it was like dropping a new bombshell.

"Technically speaking, the evidence should not be publicly disclosed in a board meeting; it should go directly to the police. But considering the current state of the company, with William already arrested, if news of our family ordeal spread throughout Veridia now, it would heavily impact company stability and morale. You are all veterans and have contributed much to the company. I should respect you, so today’s board meeting is actually seeking your opinions on whether I should hand over the evidence I have?"

At this point, Anna specifically asked Uncle Four, known for supporting Holly and opposing Anna: "Uncle Four, what do you say?"

"This... I..." Uncle Four still hadn’t recovered from the shock, glancing at Holly, "With so much happening, maybe we should take it slow."

"Alright, I’ll take your advice!"

"Uh..." Was she really accepting his advice just like that?

Uncle Four looked all tense; he actually didn’t want to be drawn into a murder case.

He had supported Holly before mainly because she provided some benefits.

But with the law looming, each shareholder became a mute, none willing to get involved.

"How about this? I’ll give everyone a few days to mull it over." Anna gathered her materials, speaking to Holly, "You have a few days to consider; if you promptly return what you took from me, maybe I’ll let you go!"

"Alright, the board meeting ends here! I have other matters to attend to, you all can stay and digest my words."

After Anna left the meeting room, as all eyes focused on Holly, she scolded, "What are you all looking at me for? Everything that girl said is lunacy, yet you believe her?"

"If I really did those things, and she had evidence, why only present it now?" Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel⁂fire.net

"I think her madness simply flared up again!"