Begging For A Reconciliation
Chapter 134

Chapter 134

Leah arrived at the company early in the morning, but the atmosphere was not as usual. The entirecompany building was silent, everyone’s voices were very low when they spoke or walked, and theirfaces were gloomy and despondent. No eye contact was made.

Leah pushed open the door to the chairman’s office, only to replace it empty, and she had no idea whereIan had gone.

When the secretary entered the room carrying a document, she stopped her and asked, “Where isIan?”

When the secretary saw Leah, a flash of recognition flashed across her face, and she replied truthfully,“Mr. Sanders is in the conference room right now.”

“In a meeting?” After hearing there was a meeting, Leah frowned a little and racked her brainsunwittingly. She then realized Ian had not told her anything about the meeting.

“How come no one informed me of the meeting?” Leah inquired, her brow furrowed.

When the secretary heard the words, she realized she had let slip her tongue and quickly tried to coverup her error by saying, “Perhaps you forgot, but the meeting should be finished by now. You can simplysit in the office and wait.”

As Leah listened to her stammering words, her doubts grew. She pondered for two seconds, then stoodup and walked towards the conference room without looking back.

Before she could even push the door open, she heard a loud noise.

Someone threw a stack of documents on the table, and then a voice with suppressed rage said, “Mr.Sanders, take a look at how much our company’s stock price has dropped in the last two weeks. You’restill not planning a press conference to clarify the situation?”

“What good is it if it’s clarified? Ms. White works for our firm. The public opinion on the Internet iscompletely biased since she got involved in this issue!”

Yes, the only strategy at this time is to keep your distance from Ms. White.

“However, Miss White owns half of Fortune Group’s shares.”

“What’s a share? At most, we kick out the White family’s company. We have finally made someprogress and are on the upswing. We can’t get implicated in this!”

All the shareholders exchanged words in the office, and the debates were heated.

Leah listened at the door, her face expressionless.

In fact, she could see why these people would say such things. After all, she had been abroad for twoyears and had never worked with these people or contributed to the company before.

On the contrary, she had implicated the company as soon as she returned to Pasteria. The companyhad suffered from negative publicity, and its jewelry store was boycotted, the stock price fell, and thecompany was now in crisis.

“Okay.” Ian finally spoke up in a deep voice just as everyone was complaining.

His complexion was not great, “Fortune Group will not cut ties with the White family or Sarah White.This controversy arose as a result of someone’s malicious intent to incite dissent. I will thoroughlyinvestigate this matter before issuing a statement to clarify.”

“But Mr. Sanders…” Someone else wished to persuade further.

At this point, the conference room door was pushed open from the outside, and Leah entered with ablank expression on her five-centimeter-tall high heels.

“Sarah.” Ian got up quickly, his expression a little nervous, “I didn’t mean to…”

Leah shook her head at him, and said, “It’s okay.”

She knew he didn’t want her to be worried.

The others looked slightly awkward when they saw Leah appear.

After all, they were caught gossiping behind her back, and she was their leader.

“Take it easy, everyone. I’ll definitely replace a solution because I’m the one who caused this problem. Interms of the losses incurred by the company during this time, I will also replace a way to make up thedifference.” She said it lightly, but her voice had the unwitting power to calm people’s hearts.

Leah’s eyes suddenly took on a different expression. Her voice was icy as the topic of conversationchanged, and she stated, “It’s time to put people to the test now that the company is in trouble. You canleave as soon as you like if you feel sorry for yourself because I don’t care what the rest of the worldthinks, even when our people are in chaos at this time.”

Upon hearing her words, everyone’s faces changed.

Leah couldn’t give a damn what they thought. Leah went on, “Every business will face some level ofdifficulty. Instead of complaining about problems, you should learn to accept them and replace solutions tothem. Do you have any other concerns?”

The conference room fell silent for a few seconds after she finished speaking.

For a brief moment, a man in his forties smirked and said, “You said it with such ease. You started thisproblem, so tell me how you intend to fix it.”

Leah cast a glance at him and revealed her plans to everyone. “I will hold a press conference,announcing that I will be the company’s chief jewelry designer, and simultaneously donate books andmaterials to elementary schools in the mountainous area, helping them repair the school, and as for theperson who subtly influenced public opinion, I will also weed him out.”

Leah came up with this idea over the last few days, and it’s currently the quickest fix for the issue athand.

Even though everyone boycotted her, her value as the most prestigious international jewelry designerremained.

Additionally, a person who was widely regarded as being bad would quickly gain public acceptanceafter performing a good deed and pleading for forgiveness.

The others in the conference room said nothing after hearing Leah’s words.

Even though the situation was not particularly complicated, their tendency to shirk responsibilitywhenever a problem arose has caused them to feel a little embarrassed right now.

Leah and Ian returned to the office after the meeting.

Ian made her a cup of tea and said apologetically, “I’m sorry, I made you hear those hurtful words.”

“It’s not your fault.” Leah said.

Ian’s face showed a deeper level of regret when he heard those words. He sighed after a while andsaid, “I’ve already contacted Sunny, but it’s odd… Everyone said they never saw him again and haveno idea where he went. I sent people to look for him, but there was no trace of him.”

Leah’s face revealed a deep thought. “The traces ought to still be detectable even if he fled the sceneout of fear of the crime. He couldn’t possibly have vanished without a trace.”

“I suspect someone got to him.” Ian expressed his reservations.

Leah pondered for a moment, then sighed, “Just wait and see. I’ll go ahead and prepare for clarificationfirst.”

“I’ll go with you,” Ian said softly.

“Okay.”

Leah returned to the Whites’ residence in the evening.

When Jane called, she had just finished taking a shower.

“Sarah, how are you doing in Pasteria? Did you run into any problems?” Jane’s voice came across assomewhat frail.

Leah replied while drying her hair, “Everything is fine. Don’t worry. How about you? Have you been tothe hospital for a checkup? Why does your voice still sound so weak?”

“It’s the same old issue. It happens every year. Don’t be overly concerned about me.” Jane spokesoftly.

Leah frowned slightly and sighed.

How could she not be worried?

Jane seemed to have lost her energy since Gordon’s passing.