CHAPTER 10

In the meeting room, everyone stayed quiet when the door opened and Arianna came in. She stood in front of the twelve shareholders and eyed all of them. "I know some of you do not like the succession when my father decided to retired." Mr. Nang, a fat man in his early sixties rebutted, "you maybe the daughter of CEO Lu but do you really know how to handle a business as big as this? You still have milk on your lips..." When he spoke up, Arianna looked at him sternly. "How will you know if you do not let me. And besides, you do not have the right to question the decision of my father because you only have the smallest share in the company. The Lu family has 65% shares in the corporation."

"You...!!!" Mr. Nang couldn't say a thing. It's as if he was being slapped in the face by the words she had uttered. "All I needed you to do is trust in me and I will see to it that the shares you have will grow together with me. Meeting adjourned!" The way she entered and the way she exited was as fast as one blinked. The meeting didn't last for even 10 minutes.

Everyone was shocked and just stared at her retreating back.

As she entered her office, she asked her assistant to call every department heads to submit documents for the last quarter. The whole day was seen Arianna being busy reading reports after reports. She barely eaten lunch, just a sandwich and a cup of coffee. She wasn't finished with the reports so she decided to bring some at home. At exactly 6:00 o'clock pm, she went home.

When she arrived home, the twins ran and hugged her while she asked Sunny, the new nanny of the twins, to bring her files to the study room. Her grandfather asked her of her first day at the office. "Some shareholders aren't happy of me being the new CEO. They I'm too young to manage a big company as ours." Her parents who just came down and sat on the couch just smiled. "Show them the power of the Lu's," her father told her. "I know you can bring the company in it's peak."

Her mother just nodded, "don't forget to take care of yourself when you are working. Let's have dinner now." And they went to take the dinner. Grandfather sat at the head while her parents sat on the right side and Arianna sat on the left together with the twins. She asked the twins what they did the whole day and they told her that Apollo made a new program while Ares made a new chip for the little plane that he has invented. She promised the kids to bring them the next day at the office to test their inventions.

While having a peaceful dinner, a maid came saying that Kevin Gu arrived. They finished their dinner and went to the living room to see Kevin sitting in one of the couches.

Mr. Lu asked, "What brings you here, Kevin?" As the rest of the family sat on the nearby couches. "I didn't file the divorce papers and basically, Arianna is still my wife." The rest were astonished by the words he said. "What do you want, Mr. Gu?" Arianna asked. "We no longer have nothing to talk about. After the fiasco I made seven years ago, and the betrayal you made during our marriage, do you think I'm stupid to still be married to you? Dream on!"

"I know I made a mistake but it was..." He didn't even finished his words, " Made a mistake? Your mistake is still hanging on your arms til now." Arianna spoke up in a higher tone. Mrs. Lu stood up and brought the twins upstairs to their rooms. The twins looked at Kevin as if he was a lunatic. Grandfather and Mr. Lu also left but grandfather said, " Whatever your decision is, we will obliged."