Two hours had already passed, but they still couldn't find Joseph. The shareholders had already lost confidence in Joseph since the day Anna barged in the meeting room without a notice.
Now, they began to be restless again, so everyone was calling Frederic.
They didn't mention Charles, but they all asked Frederic what would happen to TS Group.
If the stock continued to fluctuate, TS Group would be in trouble.
How could Frederic not be anxious?
That was the reason why he called Charles. But to his dismay, Charles' only reply was, "Nancy has a cold, so I can't leave now. Let's talk about it later."
Frederic was so angry that he almost threw his phone.
"Nancy is a good woman. Well, she is, but we can't let Charles ignore the fact that our company is on the verge of falling! What do you think we should do?"
Helpless, Hardy and Angelina looked at each other.
After a while, Angelina said, "Nancy is a sensible girl. She will persuade Charles to go to the company."
"I think so," Hardy echoed.
The two had a good impression on Nancy as if they hadn't been against her before.
"I hope so..." With a sigh, Frederic closed his eyes hard.
They knew Nancy well. At this moment, it was impossible for Nancy to keep Charles at home.
"I just caught a cold. I still have an operation today, so I have to go to work. You should also take a look at the company. After all, Joseph left such a big mess, and someone must take over. Joseph is missing. If you don't care about the company anymore, the company will really fall. Are you willing to do that?"
"Are you goading me?" Charles chuckled.
"I just don't want you to fight against Grandpa anymore. He has already taken a big step back when he agreed to our marriage. You should also take a step back. Now that Joseph is not here, you can't let him down again. He will not be able to bear it."
Looking at her, Charles knew he had no choice but to obey her. "Well, I'll listen to you. Now let's have dinner first, and then I'll go to the company."
To be honest, Charles didn't really want to compromise to anyone. Now that he had achieved his goal, it was time to get things back on track.
If it went on, it would cause a great loss to TS Group.
As the CEO, Charles couldn't bear it.
"Good boy." Nancy snickered.
"You... Nancy..." Faking his anger, Charles gritted his teeth.
He stretched out his hand, pretending to do something bad on Nancy's body.
Just then, Bobby and Nadia came out.
Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Nadia asked, "Mommy, will you take us to see godmother's little baby?"
Nadia spent the whole night thinking about how the baby would look like.
"Mommy is too busy today. Can I take you there another day?" said Nancy.
"But I really want to see the baby in godmother's belly. Does it look like Nadia?" Her innocent eyes stared at Nancy.
"No, it's not like that. It's a baby boy, so he probably looks like me. With bright and clear eyes and high nose... He is as cute as me," Bobby argued.
Shaking his head, Charles interrupted, "You think too much. The child is your Godfather's. Of course, the baby looks like him."
"Daddy, why does godfather's child look like him? Tell me..." Another weird question came from Bobby.
"It has something to do with genes..." Because he knew that Bobby wouldn't stop asking, Charles immediately changed the topic. "This question is too complicated for a kid like you. You'd better hurry up and eat, so you could go to school. You are going to be late."
In her mind, Nancy gave Charles a thumb's up.
The children's questions were endless. They were all going to be late if they answered it one by one.
After breakfast, Charles drove the children to the kindergarten and then went straight to the company.
Meanwhile, Nancy drove to the hospital by herself.
The first thing she did was check on Doris and her baby. She felt relieved when she saw that they were both alright.
"Madam, I'll tell the CEO." The secretary didn't dare to go to Charles' office the whole morning for fear of disturbing the president's work.
Today... Everyone was so busy.
But the secretary was willing to work hard today.
At least she didn't have to be as worried as she was when she worked for Joseph.
Nancy waved her hands in a hurry. "No, thanks. I can go in by myself."
"All right," the secretary said in a low voice.
After giving the secretary a polite smile, Nancy walked towards the CEO's office.
Staring at her back, the secretaries began whispering.
"Joseph is a high-profile man and found a high-profile woman. Charles is keeping a low profile and has a low-profile woman... It's better now. I'm really tired of Joseph. He shouts loudly every day, and is not like a CEO at all."
"Yes, I hope there isn't any trouble again. I've had enough."
They whispered about what had happened in the past few days.
Not interested in these things, Nancy gently pushed the door and entered the CEO's office.
Even when he heard the door open, Charles kept looking at the files. He didn't expect that it was Nancy. Without raising his head, he asked, "What's up?"
Not in a hurry to reply, Nancy tiptoed in the front of Charles and held the documents on his hand. "It's time for lunch. The first thing you need to do is to eat."
The moment he heard Nancy's voice, Charles raised his head and chuckled. "You came here so soon."
"I was afraid that you might be hungry, so I came here soon," said Nancy affectionately.
Thinking that Nancy would get tired from driving, Charles said in distress, "I said I'm not hungry. Why are you still here? It's far from the hospital."
"I don't have any operation this afternoon. My schedule isn't tight." Grinning widely, Nancy teased, "So I decided to bring you something to eat and see if there are any beauties in your office."
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