Chapter 375

“Exactly!” another shareholder said. “You’re much too ambitious. The Lloyds took care of you for so long, and Mrs. Lloyd practically raised you single-handedly. She certainly never expected you to turn out this way!”

The others began to chime in as well.

“You’re wicked through and through! Mr. Lloyd is still in the hospital, likely unaware of what’s happening. You’re his adopted daughter, but you neglected your duty of taking care of him. Not just that—you went missing for five years, but now, you’re back to get his money. You’re malicious!”

“Listen, Rachel Lloyd. As an old-timer of the company, I advise you to leave right now if you know what’s good for you. If you don’t, we’ll pull out the evidence and expose you for all your malice! You’ll only end up humiliated.”

“It’ll be better for you to leave of your own accord before things get messy here.”

Instead of panicking or looking awkward, Rachel crossed her legs and swept a haughty glance across the room.

“If that’s the game you want to play, let’s place bets for today. Who will be the first to leave this meeting room, and who will be humiliated?”

The ignorant shareholders readily agreed to Rachel’s proposal.

“Sure. I don’t believe the world is so unfair that someone like you can seize the company’s shares!”

“Exactly! What cards do you have in your hands? Show them to us right now.”

In truth, Rachel wasn’t exactly confident about her odds. She wasn’t the legitimate daughter of the Lloyds and had no legal rights to the family assets.

However, she had consulted her lawyer, who told her that it may be possible if Jim insisted on transferring the company’s shares to her. While she wasn’t related to him, she was legally his adoptive daughter.

Rachel didn’t care much for the shares themselves, but simply thought that Yvette and Sasha had gone overboard.

She wasn’t fighting for herself. Rather, she was fighting for Jim.

Jim had contributed much to the Lloyds. She knew how much blood, sweat, and tears he had shed for the family.

Rachel pulled out Jim’s will.

“I have the original copy. To prevent any malicious or fraudulent behavior, I’ve duplicated some copies for everyone. I trust everyone here recognizes my father’s handwriting.”

The moment the shareholders were done reading through Jim’s will, they started voicing their objections.

“This is clearly a will your father amended at your insistence! Mrs. Lloyd and Ms. Yvette saw with their own eyes how you seized the chance while he was severely ill to cajole him into signing a will you prepared a long time ago.”

“You’ve practically altered the will in your favor!”

“Exactly! Mr. Lloyd wouldn’t be so foolish as to give you such a significant chunk of the company’s shares. Look at how much is left for Mrs. Lloyd, her son, and Ms. Yvette? You’re taking more than half.”

“That’s equivalent to giving you half of the entire family fortune!”

Rachel smirked. “Have you considered the fact that perhaps they’re too useless and have no ability to oversee the company’s operations whatsoever?”

Instantly, tears welled up in Yvette’s eyes. She stared at Rachel, doe-eyed, the very picture of woe and grief.

“Rachel, I know you want to come back to work for the company, and that you’ve excelled in your work at Lewis Enterprise. But I’ve been working hard all these years. I want to achieve something for the company, too!”

Sasha approached Yvette and stood next to her with a kind, compassionate gaze.

“Yvette, don’t blame your sister. She’s been like this since she was young. She certainly didn’t mean to be malicious!” she said with mock kindness.

Rachel frowned, looking at Sasha and Yvette putting on a show. She stood ramrod straight.

“You two may have the time to put on a fabulous show for us here, but I don’t have the time to watch it.”

With that, she pulled out a pen recorder from a folder, placed it on the table, and pressed the play button.

“I am Jim Lloyd. I can… I can testify for Rachel. The will she is showing you right now is personally written by me. I had my will written one week before I was hospitalized. Please don’t make things difficult for her.”