They tagged along as Lina greeted the rest of the crowd before they found a place to sit while waiting patiently for the rest of the invitees to arrive.
The senior management who were invited to the gathering arrived at the venue one after another 10 minutes later, and even the Managing Director of TEG was present.
The food and wine were served once everyone was seated. After the food was served, the Managing Director rose to his feet with a smile and said, “Now that everyone is here, let me keep my speech short. I’m sure everyone is aware that there were some changes within the firm over the past few days. TEG is proud to welcome our new shareholder to the gathering tonight.”
His words seemed to come as a surprise to many of those who were present.
However, there were some who didn’t show much of a reaction, as they were clearly aware of this new change.
Rosiley and Seneca Yayoi looked at each other in dismay. This sudden news had clearly caught them both caught by surprise.
They were surprised that this piece of news managed to be kept so tightly under wraps when it was such a major change to the firm’s management.
Everyone started chattering excitedly as they speculated on who their new shareholder could be.
The Managing Director smiled when he saw that he had successfully piqued their curiosity, then he continued, “Let’s invite the new shareholder to enter to satisfy everyone’s curiosity.”
The doors to the room opened, and soon, everyone watched as two people walked through the door.
A man and a woman walked through the door. The man looked like a noble gentleman with his outstanding looks and gentlemanly aura. The woman was beautiful and sexy and she gave off a charming aura.
Rosiley’s and Seneca Yayoi’s expressions immediately changed at the sight of the couple.
It was none other than Yunis and Rorey!
“Sorry to keep you waiting,” Yunis said good-naturedly with a polite smile. He looked every inch like a perfect gentleman.
The Managing Director of TEG quickly greeted him and said, “Mr. Ji, it’s good to see you here. Please take a seat. We’ve been anticipating the arrival of you and Mrs. Ji.”
“Sure,” Yunis said with a nod as he led Rorey to the main seat at the table.
The mood slowly lightened up after the arrival of Yunis and Rorey, and there were many others who approached them to give them a toast and make small talk with the couple. They were all trying to curry favor with their new shareholder.
Seneca Yayoi suddenly looked gravely at her friend and said, “This shameless couple has acted faster than I thought. I can’t believe that they’ve already gotten themselves a share of TEG. They’re clearly here to bring you down!”
Rosiley frowned but she remained silent. She was clearly caught by surprise by Yunis and Rorey’s move.
If Yunis had become a shareholder of TEG, this meant that Rorey would be signed to TEG. The firm would then do their best to increase Rorey’s popularity, which meant that she was one step behind in her efforts to bring Rorey down.
Rosiley smiled as she shook her head. “They’ve really gone all out in order to go up against me.”
“How can you bring yourself to smile at a time like this!” Seneca Yayoi said huffily as she rolled her eyes. “This shameless couple just won’t stop hounding you. We have no idea what they’ll do next, so why aren’t you feeling nervous?”
Rosiley shot her friend a strange look and asked, “Why would I be nervous? since they’ve appeared at my place of work, I’ll raise my guard. I’m not afraid of their devious plans.”
Her words left her friend speechless. Seneca Yayoi finally sighed and said, “Aye, I’m afraid that I can’t be as optimistic as you. That b*tch has so many devious plans up her sleeve, so I’m afraid that she might actually succeed one day. Don’t forget, you’ve just been recently discharged from the hospital.”
“I know, but I won’t give her an opportunity to hurt me again. There will be no repeat of that incident several days ago.”
“That’s good to know,” Seneca Yayoi said as she finally relaxed. Then, she said angrily, “Dammit, they’ve just caused me to lose my appetite.”
“Me too.” Rosiley agreed with a nod. She winked playfully at her friend and asked, “Shall we eat somewhere else?”
“Of course, but we can’t possibly leave now, right?”
“Don’t worry. We’ll just have to make it back before the gathering ends,” she said with a smile.
She pulled Seneca Yayoi up and they made to leave the private room.
Rorey, who had been basking in the spotlight, suddenly shot Lonny a look when she saw that they were about to leave.
Lonny understood what she meant and turned to Rosiley with a smile as she said, “Rosiley, everyone else has raised their glasses to toast our new shareholder except for yourself and Seneca Yayoi. Why aren’t you doing the same?”
She didn’t speak very loudly but everyone had heard what she said.
The raucous room suddenly quieted down and everyone turned to look at Rosiley strangely.
They were all aware of the enmity between Rosiley and Rorey, but since quite some time had passed since their public spat, no one had mentioned it earlier at the gathering.
Everyone acted as though they were oblivious to the tension between the two.
But Lonny’s words caused the room to quiet down.