Playtime's Over, CEO: She's Really Done With You-Chapter 379: Hawthorne Group’s Opposition, Silas Hawthorne Stands Alone Against All
"Mr. Ford is really something, he could just keep her as a trophy if he likes her, yet he lets her do whatever she wants."
"I think so too, Mr. Ford gets too carried away when in love."
"I wonder how this will end."
"Regardless of how it ends, this will turn into a joke."
...
At this moment, the secretary opened the door of the meeting room, and Silas Hawthorne strode in.
No one dared to make a sound.
Silas Hawthorne sat down, as usual, and started speaking: "Let’s begin."
Everyone began to report one after another.
The meeting was about to end shortly.
"Is there anything else?" Silas Hawthorne asked.
A middle-aged man coughed and said, "Mr. Hawthorne, there’s one more thing, it’s about Serena Sterling."
Everyone paid attention.
"Speak up," Silas Hawthorne said.
"Mr. Hawthorne, you should already know about Serena Sterling’s investment in Aether, right?" continued the middle-aged man.
"Yes," Silas Hawthorne replied.
The middle-aged man took a deep breath and continued, "Serena Sterling has caused such a big mess, Mr. Hawthorne, what do you plan to do? Will you clean up after her?
Silas Hawthorne didn’t immediately answer this time but raised his eyes and looked at the other party.
The middle-aged man gathered his courage and continued, "We have always thought that you shouldn’t be with Serena, but you’ve been stubborn, Mr. Hawthorne."
"Even if you insist on getting married, we can accept that, but how can you let her mess around?"
"Keep her for fun and don’t get involved in those messy things with her. Right now, the marriage license hasn’t been registered, but if this happened after registration, it might affect Hawthorne Group!"
The middle-aged man finished in one breath.
Silas Hawthorne still didn’t respond immediately, and the entire meeting room was silent.
He looked around at the others.
"What do you all think?" he asked.
A few people expressed the same concerns as the middle-aged man, and afterwards more people joined in, until almost everyone was saying the same thing.
Silas Hawthorne suddenly laughed.
As soon as he laughed, the others stopped speaking and waited for him to speak.
"What you’re seeing now is the stir outside—Serena Sterling and Jasper Ford’s funds are trapped, which is why you’re anxious," Silas Hawthorne said.
His voice was soft, but clear enough for everyone to hear.
"But if the news came out today that Serena and Jasper’s investment succeeded, doubling their wealth, what would you think then?"
The crowd looked at each other, bewildered.
They’d never considered that Serena could succeed; it probably never crossed their minds that Serena was capable of it.
Silas Hawthorne understood from their expressions.
"Is the outside news what it really is? Before everything is settled, nothing is certain," Silas Hawthorne said.
"Moreover, this is Aeon’s matter. Serena invested her own money, not a penny from Hawthorne Group, so why are you anxious?"
The middle-aged man couldn’t hold back and immediately said, "But if you get married in the future, it will be related to Hawthorne Group, and it’s not Mr. Ford cleaning up her mess."
Silas Hawthorne put down the pen in his hand.
The faint sound of "pa" caught everyone’s attention.
"First, this project is not yet settled, it can’t be said whether it’s good or bad," Silas Hawthorne began.
"Originally, the role Jasper Ford is playing should have been me. I proposed Hawthorne Group invest, but Serena considered there might be opposition from Hawthorne Group, so she turned to Jasper Ford."
"Second, Serena doesn’t need me to clean up any mess. You’re underestimating her."
"Lastly," Silas Hawthorne looked around the entire meeting room and said, "I’ve already informed you of the matters between Serena and me, so don’t discuss similar topics in the future."
After speaking, Silas Hawthorne stood up: "Meeting dismissed."
Silas Hawthorne left with people.
The people in the meeting room finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Luckily, Hawthorne Group wasn’t dragged into it, otherwise there’d be losses again."
"Yeah, lucky indeed."
"Do you think Serena will succeed?"
"Succeed? Look at what she’s doing now. Hahaha."
The crowd nodded one by one.
Silas Hawthorne returned to his office, speechless at those old-timers’ opinions.
Last night he was by Serena Sterling’s side and understood much about this project.
Serena activated her overseas resources she built over many years to understand Aether’s actual situation.
Also, after learning why key technical personnel left, Serena talked in detail with them.
The existing technology is great, and there’s one hurdle being prepared to be overcome, but at this stage, the other’s mother is seriously ill.
Silas Hawthorne rubbed his temples.
They are already on a rapid flight to Cygnus, and once the surgery is over and the person returns to lead the breakthrough, the valuation could go even higher.
But all of this doesn’t need to be said externally right now.
When Serena went to Aether just moments ago, he stayed at Aeon to oversee things.
Especially...
He witnessed how Isla Lawson and Virgil Ford were step by step pressuring Serena Sterling the whole way.
Thinking of Serena made Silas Hawthorne’s face proud.
Serena is just that amazing!
With that thought, he picked up a food container and headed towards Aeon.
...
At Aeon, the atmosphere was joyful.
Serena bought many things to celebrate with everyone.
"We need to keep the specific situation confidential for now!" Serena said with a smile.
Everyone nodded.
No matter how outside talks, as long as they themselves knew the truth, it was enough.
And Serena wouldn’t reveal the core secrets, ensuring information confidentiality.
"You’ve all worked hard, soon you can go back and rest," Serena said with a smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Sheridan!"
When Silas Hawthorne came in with the food container, this was the scene he saw.
He wore a smile as he walked over to Serena.
Everyone greeted him.
Raine did too.
"You all carry on with your work, don’t mind me," Silas Hawthorne said with a smile.
Then he took Serena to her office together.
Setting up the food, Serena and Silas Hawthorne started to eat together.
"Did those people from Hawthorne Group make you uncomfortable?" Serena asked.
Actually, today she suggested finding someone to accompany her, and Silas Hawthorne said he’d do it.
But thinking of those people, Serena sought out Jasper Ford, especially since Virgil Ford was causing trouble, which resulted in this final outcome.
"Not at all," Silas Hawthorne said with a smile.
Serena smiled.
She knew it would be like this.
Previously, those people didn’t quite agree with them being together.
"Maybe we’ll have to endure for a while," Serena said. "From examination to surgery in Cygnus, it might take a week."
"Brandon Huxley’s friend isn’t in the right frame of mind to come out and clarify either; he’s very stressed. After the surgery ends and the situation stabilizes, then they can issue a statement together."
