Chapter 23

The room fell silent at Benson's words. Then, warm applause followed. The lower-level employees might look down on me and think I was just the Layton family's spineless lapdog, but the upper management valued me. The reason was simple: whoever made them money was the one who mattered. In the past, though I was just a secretary and the company's director, I was in charge of making all decisions. This appointment didn't matter much and just made things official. To me, the impact was minimal, and the only difference was that Camille was now my subordinate. "What did you just say, Dad? Are you making me the deputy CEO and him the CEO? I'll never agree to that!" Camille slammed her hands on the table and shot to her feet. "This is a decision made by the board, and your opinion alone doesn't count. Are there any other objections to this appointment?" Benson gave his disappointing daughter a dismissive glance and shut her down with a few words. "No objections. We've all seen what Max