The Traps of the Black Swan (Book 2)

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Everyone's eyes were etched on the wooden door after seeing Seungri's reaction. The door was slowly pushed open and Seungri breathed out. He didn't know if he should be glad it wasn't Ruby Jane or be more anxious about her move.

"I am sorry." Emma corrected her glass and ran inside in little steps without making a noise of her heels. Everyone's eyes were on the two men.

Emma placed the file in front of Seungri and whispered, "President Harmon, Everything is arranged as per date." She kept a Pendrive next to the file as she continued, "This has the copy of the scanned documents."

Seungri merely nodded. "Sit." He commanded without bothering to be polite for the work. He is paying for the work so he believes he doesn't have to say thank you to her.

Emma stepped back and silently sat with the other secretaries to watch the battle with a straight face.

Elder Harmon took the charge. He spoke, calmly addressing everyone, slowly drawing out his words, watching everyone's expression. "Hello, dear shareholders. I am very grateful for your support all these years. I will forever remember it."

Elder Harmon paused. He could count how many were angry and the rest sitting in discontent and resentment. Elder Harmon had expected Seungri to take control immediately and understood where the confidence of Seungri came from.

Unbothered, he continued, "Now the company is hit with an emergency. I could understand your worry, urge to get the answers, and how Seungri is going to address the setback. Trust me, I am in the same state." The age was just a number to his composition and how he controlled all the shareholders' emotions, even if it's just for a few minutes.

Seungri was impressed by his grandfather. However, he wasn't an idiot to consider he was giving him a chance. He already recognized Ruby Jane's way of giving little victories to see him laugh, then she would laugh at the end. So he watched the drama unfold.

Elder Harmon flashed a reassuring smile at Seungri. Reassurance to the defeat. "As we have all seen, Seungri successfully took care of the company and reached glorious days in the past years. I am very sure you all are aware of his capabilities. So please have patience so that we could hear him. If you have any questions, let's keep it after he delivers what he has to say."

The shareholder wanted to comment. They suspiciously looked at Seungri and back at Elder Harmon. They all had seen the viral video of Ruby Jane throwing wine and reprimanding badly while Elder Harmon stood, weak and helpless, holding Lisa's hand. They highly doubted Seungri threatening and controlling his grandfather to speak well.

Seungri watched how his grandfather's words affected shareholders. He was momentarily speechless when he discerned despite the kind words of his grandfather, everyone had the spectacle gaze on him. He didn't know whether he should hail to Ruby Jane or his grandfather. One ruined his image of a family man and another one had a good rapport with Ruby Jane.

Well, he ignored them and flashed a faint smile to his grandfather, "Thank you, grandfather- Chairman Harmon." He faked to be correcting himself for the situation.

Then he turned to the shareholders. His face morphed to the seriousness with a hint of disappointment. "Trust, it's a very powerful word. If we lose trust in someone, it is hard to earn it back."

Many were left baffled at his words and some even felt nauseous.. 'Trust,' Seungri never earned their trust, they were supporting him because he was good at business.

Seungri continued with his eyes halting at the middle-aged man, "Being an elder son of the Harmon family, being president of the conglomerate, the pressure on me is far higher than you could even think."