Chapter 39 Uncomfortable Bed in the Guest Room

Back at the villa, Gardenia took a brief rest before throwing herself into work. The Thrivance Corporation situation was, in some ways, her responsibility. She couldn't let the Leager Group's acquisition timeline be thrown off because of her. Ansel had entrusted her with that task—a critical and high-stakes step. Even if it was just to prove herself, she had to give it everything she had. Gardenia reviewed the current distribution of Unimillion Group's shares among stakeholders. Frank's 12% stake was off the table. Officially, his death had been attributed to illness. But within Thrivance Corporation, no one truly bought that. Trying to negotiate for those shares now wouldn't just be pointless. It could also risk digging up the very mess Ansel had already buried. Gardenia sat at her computer, going over the data again and again. The second-largest shareholder, just behind the Thrivance Corporation, was a man named Luke McCarthy. He held his shares as a private individual, unaffili