The Day I Kissed An Older Man

“I know you’re all hoping to take over the company while my husband isn’t here, but I suggest you all save it. The company will
remain the Holdens’ as long as I’m here!”
Corinne’s words made everyone speechless. As unwilling as they were to accept her authority, staying silent was their best
choice.
After all, reasons were not on their side. Corinne was right. Even if Jeremy was not around anymore, it would be the twins who
would take over the company instead of the shareholders.
The meeting continued on for another hour and a half with Corinne providing her business insights as usual. As much as the
cunning shareholders were not willing to accept a woman as their president, they had to admit that Corinne was capable, logical,
and well-versed in the intricacies of running a company.
After the meeting ended, Corinne went back to her office to continue her work.
Francine, who worked as her secretary, immediately followed her into the office when she saw her coming back from the
meeting.
“How was the meeting? Did those old foxes cause you any trouble?” asked Francine.
Corinne sat down and opened a bottle of mineral water, taking a sip before raising her eyebrow at Francine. “What do you
think?”
Francine pouted. “I’m pretty sure they did. After all, those old farts have been vying to take over the company for the longest
time, and they would’ve succeeded if it weren’t for Jeremy.”
This was not Corinne’s first time running a company. After all, she founded Newmoon Group single-handedly, but after that, she
gave up the reins to Aaron and Xante.
To her, it was easier running a new company since there was less office politics. The only thing she needed to do was to bring in
sales and keep market risks at a minimum.
As a matter of fact, the longer a company had been around, the more office politics there would be. Thus, even Corinne had to
admit that it had taken a lot out of her to deal with the shareholders. Having said that, she was quite pleased with the overall
success of the meeting since the shareholders approved all of her plans at the end of the meeting.

Actually, after Jeremy vanished, Greg picked up his old mantle and went back to running the company. He kept it up for three
years until the doctor advised him to stop working due to his ill health. It was just as well since he felt like he was about to drop
dead at any time.
Thus, Greg called Corinne into his study and told her to run the company until Jeremy came back or...until the twins had grown
old enough to succeed Jeremy.
Even though Greg did not like Corinne before, he came to know her character and capability after living together under the same
roof. Hence, he was not worried about her running the company into the ground.
Initially, Corinne was reluctant to have anything to do with Holden Group, but Greg’s health was failing at an alarming rate, and
the shareholders were all vying for a piece of the company as though they could not wait to swallow it whole. Thus, she had no
choice but to agree to Greg’s request.
At the same time, Francine—who just graduated from university—was employed to work as Corinne’s secretary. She did not
really have to do much except to keep an eye on all the sneaky shareholders to see if they were pulling any shady strings behind
the Holdens’ backs.
“Corinne. What are you thinking about?” asked Francine with a tilt of her head when she realized Corinne was staring blankly at
no particular point in the room.