Virginity in second marriages by Angela
Chapter 738: The power struggle.

At the beginning of the meeting, Serena handed the documents to Luca for safekeeping.

Since it was inconvenient to hold them directly, Luca did not want to rest again and Serena simply let him follow her. When the matter was resolved, she would ask someone to send him to the hospital so that he could recover well.

In the meeting room.

Everyone here knew Serena-after all, she was already an assistant before Cristian's marriage to her, not to mention her status as a well-known fashion designer and daughter of the Giordano family.

Her presence had surprised the crowd for a moment; after all, this was a meeting where no one expected her presence.

-What's going on here? Isn't that Serena from the Giordano group? Why is she here?

-I'm not sure, what is she doing here?

The group leader stepped forward and stood in front of Serena.

-Today is an internal meeting of the Ferrari Group, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to come here.

Serena stood still and looked at the other man.

-Why is it not appropriate?

-You... -gave Serena a complicated look, -Although it is said that your relationship with Cristian is known to everyone, you are neither a senior member of the Group nor an employee, so as far as our Group is concerned, you are just an outsider.

-Because you are an outsider, you are not qualified to attend our internal meetings.

-Get her out of here! -An authoritative voice suddenly rang out from the hall.

An old man in a wheelchair had been pushed in. Although he was old, his eyes shone and his bony appearance made his whole person look more than fierce.

The eyes of Luca, who was standing behind Serena were full of surprise; it was Alessandro Ferrari.

The one pushing the wheelchair was none other than Leonardo.

As Leonardo pushed the old man toward the door, his eyes looked toward Serena, their gazes met in the air, and Leonardo felt an extra hint of derision under Serena's eyes, and disappointment. Leonardo's fingers twitched, his thin lips became a tight line.

She... did she really... hope for him? How else could emotions like disappointment have existed?

So what if she was disappointed, he would always go down this road.

Alexander's words carried weight, and two or three security guards immediately headed toward Serena at the sound of them.

Luke paled at the sight and, holding back the pain on his face, he shouted a rebuke: -How dare you, this is Mr. Cristian's wife, who among you dares to make a move?

When they saw him protecting Serena with his face covered in bruises, everyone got a little angry and several security guards dared not approach.

Alexander spoke sternly, "Luca, do you think she is worth more than me?

-Mr. Alexander, I didn't say that, did I? But you told these security guards to take you outside, do you think you are worth more than you?

-You!

Although Luca's face hurt, he was very proud of himself, fortunately he had been following Cristian for a long time, so his ironic language had also been taught to him by example.

-Grandpa, don't be angry," Leonardo said as he bent his head beside Alexander, gently stroking his chest and softening his breathing as he did so.

Alexander took a moment to calm himself before raising his head again, his sly eyes resting on Serena's face, "Well, even if I don't allow the guards to throw you out, you can't stay here, this is an internal meeting.

Serena fearlessly met the old man's gaze, a very faint smile tickled her lips before she turned and walked slowly toward the spot in the center of the meeting.

The crowd could not help but hold their breath as they watched this scene.

That spot...

It was reserved for Cristian, and no one in the company would dare to sit there except Cristian.

Would the girl have been willing to sit where Cristian sat?

While everyone was still speculating, Serena sat with her hands outstretched, then looked up and around the crowd and her voice cracked.

-I'm Cristian's wife, and now that he's not here, it's only right that I take his place, and since you say it's an important internal meeting, it's even more important that I be there. What is the content of today's meeting? Let's begin.

He sat there, speaking with the same tone and aura as Cristian, and Stefano Epifani, who normally sang against Cristian, now blurted out, "Well, that's it! Cristian is not here now, so you, his wife, had better hold the meeting in his place. I agree.

He was leading and speaking loudly in the company, since he had one of the largest shareholdings besides Cristian.

Seeing that he had nodded his head, many also sat down to express their approval.

Almost half of those present were seated; the other half were those on Mauro Farina's side.

Mauro patted his hand and looked at Serena, a knowing smile on his face.

-Even if she is Cristian's wife, when have we ever had a wife who could take over a meeting for us? Even if she can barely understand what we say, will she be able to make decisions when they are important? It is a matter of survival for the Ferrari family.

Stefano returned a casual glance, "What, that last one is a good point, since the future survival of Ferrari is at stake, of course I have to be careful, otherwise? He looked at Leonardo from the other side, as if he wanted to say something, -One day the company will be taken over by some quite competent schemer, does the Group still want to maintain its position in the northern city? I'm just afraid that by then we won't even be able to get into the top three.

The crowd sitting behind him nodded in agreement.

-Yes, not everyone can match Cristian's ability.

-Yes, although Cristian always has an ugly face, but we are all used to that, as long as he can take care of the company and make the Ferrari Group prosper, these are things that can be ignored.

-Mauro, I advise you not to help the enemy do evil. Now that Cristian has disappeared only temporarily, you are joining the outsiders to take his place, aren't you afraid that you will be in trouble when he returns?

-How can you talk like that?

At that moment, Leonardo took the floor.

-Excuse me, listen to me for a moment.