“What kind of people are you guys!?” Fanny exploded with anger.
Bruno suddenly stood up from his seat and stuttered, “Miss McGuire…”
Amaya smiled at Sophia before walking up to Bruno with an indifferent tone, asking him, “Bruno, I’m asking you – do you still want to be the chairman of Henley’s Corp?”
“I do. Of course I do,” Bruno replied without hesitation, nodding repeatedly.
“Since you want it so badly, then don’t even think about touching Sophia Cosmetics,” Amaya’s proud gaze swept across the Henley family members. “On behalf of McGuire Group, I declare that Sophia Cosmetics will operate independently outside of Henley’s Corp. It will be responsible for its own profits and losses and won’t be subject to any jurisdiction!”
The confusion on the faces of the Henley family members was evident – who was this woman who suddenly appeared? And how could she represent McGuire Group?
“Who are you? What gives you the right to make decisions in my meeting room?” one impudent member asked what everyone else was thinking.
Amaya’s gaze became sharp as her voice raised a few decibels. “Listen carefully – my name is Amaya McGuire and I am in charge of all business operations for McGuire Group in Atraria!”
This time, all the doubts in everyone’s hearts were resolved.
Mcguire Group acquired the Henley’s Corp, and this woman named Amaya was the overall head of the Mcguire Group in Atraria. So it was like Amaya completely controlled the Henley’s Corp, and Bruno had to listen to her.
No wonder Bruno act submissive in front of Amaya.
“Bruno, do you have any objections?” Amaya’s cold gaze fell on Bruno’s face.
“N-No, I have no objections,” Bruno quickly replied.
“What about you?” Amaya’s gaze moved to Fanny’s face.
“I…” Fanny couldn’t help but look at Bruno, who gave her a fierce glare.
“I have no objections either.” Even Bruno had to listen to this woman, so Fanny didn’t dare to act out of line.
Amaya returned to Sophia’s side and took hold of her hand. “Sophia, let’s go.”
Sophia looked deeply at Amaya and nodded.
Arriving at the parking lot of the Henley family mansion, Sophia couldn’t help but ask, “Amaya, what is going on?”
“Do you want to know?” Amaya smiled, took out her phone, and shook it. “I’ll call Karen, and the three of us can meet. I’ll tell you the ins and outs of the situation.”
…
That night, Bob and Bevis invited Leo out for a drink.
In Zero Degrees Bar.
The most distinctive feature of Zero Degrees Bar was that they had a part-time singer, a girl with a very sweet voice. Her singing was truly delightful, like the melodious chirping of a golden oriole.
The three of them were enjoying their drinks and chatting while listening to the pleasant singing. It was quite an enjoyable experience.
However, for some unknown reason, halfway through the song, the singing suddenly stopped. Then they heard a woman’s voice shouting, “Pervert!” followed by a man’s cursing mixed with wicked laughter.
At some point, four scruffy young men entered the bar.
As soon as the four hooligans entered the bar, the leader, a slightly older guy, pulled the singer off the stage. The singer let out a frightened cry, and after struggling free, she hid behind two of the bar’s staff.
It seemed that the bar owner wasn’t present that day, and there were only a few staff members and a floor manager taking care of the bar.
The leading hooligan glanced at the woman hiding behind the staff, pulled out a fruit knife from his waist, and stared menacingly at the two staff members, barking, “Get out of my way, you two!”
The two staff members were college students who were working part-time at the bar. They were acquainted with the woman and had initially intended to play the role of heroes to save her. But as soon as they saw the thug brandishing a knife, their confidence vanished like a deflated balloon, and even their legs trembled.
The customers who were close to them all hurriedly hid near the bar’s entrance. Not only did no one come forward to help, but no one even made a phone call to report the incident.
The tall floor manager appeared from somewhere, with a slightly nervous expression on his face, and tried to put on a smile. “Gentlemen, let’s talk things out.”
“Talk my ass!” Another thug, who knew from where, pulled out a steel pipe and cursed, pointing at the woman hiding behind, “This girl sings so horribly, it’s polluting our ears. Let her accompany us for a drink, or else, this won’t end well!”
This was clearly an act of provocation.
With years of experience in the field, the floor manager naturally knew the intentions of these hooligans. He forced a smile and said, “Alani is only here as a part-time worker, she doesn’t accompany drinking. If you gentlemen want someone to accompany you, I can call a beautiful lady right now. How about that?”
“Fuck that!” The hooligan swung the steel pipe in his hand, directly knocking the phone out of the floor manager’s hand.
The floor manager let out a cry of pain, clearly having been hit on the hand.
Alani gathered her courage and stood in front of the floor manager, angrily saying, “How dare you hit people! If you continue like this, I’ll call the police!”
Upon hearing this, the four ruffians laughed simultaneously, with one of them casually saying, “Hit us then! Go ahead and hit us! The police station is my home, I go there every few days, I know the way very well. But if I come out, I’ll make sure to rape you first and then kill you!”
The menacing faces and threatening words greatly frightened the woman. She held onto her phone but hesitated to dial.
This made the four ruffians even more pleased. The leader smirked and said, “Beauty, let me apologize to you first. My brother said your singing is awful, and that was wrong of him. Look, how about I invite you for a drink as an apology?”
“You…” The woman gritted her teeth and turned to run towards the door, but one of the ruffians blocked her path.
“Don’t leave, we came here specifically for you. How about this? You don’t have to accompany us for drinks, but since we’re all getting drunk, how about you give us a taste of fresh milk to sober us up? We’ll leave immediately after that,” the ruffian blocking Alani sneered.
“Fresh milk? There’s only alcohol and beverages in the bar, no milk,” the woman naively replied.
The leader shifted his gaze to the woman’s chest and smirked, saying, “No milk? Then we can use yours.”
“You shameless, beastly person!” The woman’s face turned red with anger.
“Beauty, you flatter me,” the ruffian maintained his wicked smile and approached step by step.
Leo motioned with his mouth to Bob and Bevis, “The moment to be heroes and save the beauty has come. Who’s going?”
Bevis had already stood up.
The ruffian’s hand was about to grab the woman when a towering figure appeared in front of him. The ruffian quickly retracted his hand, took two steps back, and looked up at the large figure before him, his eyes flickering.
The other three ruffians glanced at each other, feeling a bit uneasy.
With someone tall and robust stepping in to meddle, even if the four of them attacked together, it would be difficult to bring him down.