The Reunion After Seven Years novel Chapter 198

"It's easy for you to say that. If you weren't sitting in the Gu Group now, it would be a matter of no concern to us. But what you are doing now will have an impact on the Gu Group.

Even if you are only an acting CEO, you are still required to act responsibly, and never to bring shame upon the Gu Group. It looks like you have no right to sit here at all."

Mr. Liang's intentions were perfectly obvious: to get rid of Nicole.

Feeling resentful about being bossed around by a woman for such a long time in the company, some members of the board felt that they had come to the end of their patience.

In the past, the fact that she was Kerr's woman caused them trepidation. However, now that such a severe scandal had been exposed, no one could tolerate it any longer, let alone Kerr.

So they had decided that they wouldn't put up with Nicole anymore.

Hearing Mr. Liang, Nicole sneered and cast a disdainful glance around the room. No one stood up to defend her, so Nicole had no doubt about their intentions.

"Then what do you think? Do you want me to step aside and have someone else fill my position?"

In fact, she had planned to announce that Kerr had come back that day. From the start, she had never wanted to take this role, but she didn't want to leave the Gu Group on a bad footing.

She didn't want anything, and she didn't need their respect. She just hoped that Kerr would appreciate all the efforts she had made for the company.

"Since you put it that way, we all have no objections. After all, you are very busy, so we can't expect you to have the time or the energy to do business for the Gu Group."

Mr. Liang spoke disdainfully, with his tongue in cheek. It was clear that he looked down upon a woman who took advantage of her relationship to get promoted.

Nicole laughed. "You mean you think I'm not qualified to sit here?"

How ridiculous! She didn't give a damn about this group, but she was disgusted to think that anyone would regard her as a greedy woman with ulterior motives.

"No one but her is qualified to be in charge of the Gu Group." A deep and powerful voice sounded from the entrance of the meeting room.

It caught everyone's full attention right away. Except for Nicole, everyone in the room turned their head to the door in surprise.

Kerr, wearing a well cut, handmade dark suit, walked in from the door. His gaze was cold, and he swept his indifferent eyes over everyone present. He looked at Nicole last of all.

When he came up to Nicole, he extended his hand and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "I'm sorry to put you through this."

Though his tone was steady and calm, there was a deep and unmistakable tenderness in it. He gently bent over and kissed Nicole's long hair, full of affection.

After Nicole left the villa, Kerr went into the study. After seeing the documents sent by Jared and noticing the news in them by chance, his first thought was that someone would try to slander Nicole.

The fact that the Gu Group's stock price had been sluggish due to the news made him suspect that the board of directors would try to get rid of Nicole. So he went straight to the Gu Group without a second thought.

When he said that he would never let anyone hurt Nicole, he meant it.

Nicole looked up at him with a charmed smile.

"Don't you believe those reports?"