340: Damien's arrival

Damien's arrival

After she left, the first thing Emilee did was to run to the window and immediately pull the curtains together before she hurried back to her seat and tried to catch her breath. 0

Beads of sweat formed on her forehead as her heart beat fiercely against her rib cage, forcing her palms to produce sweat under duress. 

'That was a close call,' she thought. 

After a while, she started to relax and the fear that had gripped her a while ago began to diminish. 

She fixed her gaze on the door and slowly whispered through gritted teeth. "Jeslyn, you shouldn't have–"

The door was pushed open, startling Emilee into jumping up. 

"Ma'am?" Her Assistant walked in with her brows furrowed at Emilee's reaction. 

Seeing who it was, Emilee breathed a sigh of relief before a storm brewed in her eyes. "The next time you barge into my office without prior notice, you'll leave as a corpse, now get out!!" 

The Assistant wasn't sure what she had done wrong. Every time she knocks once before entering, today wasn't an exception. What other way does her boss want her to enter her office?

Nevertheless, the Assistant bowed and apologized before dropping the documents on the desk and leaving.

"Jeslyn, you'll pay for this," she said under her breath before grabbing her phone to dial a number. "Do it," she commanded and dropped her phone. 

By the time Jeslyn got out of Yu's company, Maverick was already waiting for her. They got into the car and left.

… 

The next morning, Emilee woke up early to attend the rare meeting that takes place at the Yu residence once every two years. 

When she arrived in her elegant black gown, a servant worked her to the ancestral hall before leaving. 

Inside the hall were old and young men and women of different sizes, sitting there with condescending looks as some glared at others while others were murmuring and speaking in hushed voices. 

But when they heard the clicking sound of heels on the marble floor, everyone turned to look at the door. 

Lo and behold, it was the enemy of the family that they can't touch or show their discontentment to. 

Most of them flashed their teeth in wide grins as they welcomed Emilee. Although their hearts were bitter, they had no choice but to show courtesy to a stranger. 

"Emilee, welcome, please have a seat, have a seat!" An elderly man gave his chest to Emilee in a bid to win her favor but Emilee, with her stone–cold face, blatantly ignored the man and sat on the head seat, ignoring the vacant seat that was close to the head seat.

The head seat used to be Damien's while the vacant one was Ruben's.

Taking that seat made a lot of people dissatisfied but because of the benefit she is about to bring to the family, no one said a thing. 

"Welcome, CEO Emilee," they greeted. 

Emilee nodded stiffly with her nose tossed into the air, accompanied by a haughty expression. 

"Now that everyone is here–"

"Are you starting a meeting without your head? The nerve of you all!" 

Hearing that voice, everyone froze like thunder had just struck. 

That voice! 

Emilee knew it too well. She remembered it more than her own voice. 

Damien! What is he doing here? No, when did he come out from hiding? She stationed people around all the entrances and exits of this Country, leaving an order to kill him on sight. Now what happened?!

On second thought, Emilee took a deep breath to calm her racing heart. She stood up from the chair and turned around to face her nemesis. 

"Damien, long time no see," she forced a smile like nothing happened. 

"You're hale and hearty. That's great. I would have been disappointed if I didn't come back to meet you alive." Damien responded while walking to his seat. 

On getting to the head seat, Damien mercilessly shoved Emilee out of his way before sitting in his rightful seat. He rested his elbows on the handle of the seat, leaned forward, and smiled at everyone.

"Who missed me?" He asked but of course, nobody answered. 

"Damien, why are you back?" A middle-aged man asked with a frown. 

"Yes, you should have remained where you were."

A few nodded and others turned their faces away. 

"Hahahahaha… interesting." he cackled like a crazy person. "Emilee, you did a great job. You didn't disappoint me." He smiled once more at Emilee.

"It's only right that I pull the family out from falling out of the ranks." 

Emilee has indirectly reminded everyone of what Damien had done to the family months back.

"Damien, when you were the head, you didn't do much for the family. However, thanks to Emilee, our Yu family will be taking part in the harvest of the Rainborite stone!" 

"That's right! Our Yu family doesn't care about who the head is. What we care about is the person's intention towards the family and Emilee has proved beyond doubt that she's qualified to be the head of the Yu clan!" 

"Yes!" 

Different voices continued to echo their support for Emilee, indirectly telling Damien to scram!

Emilee, on the other hand, was smiling as she stood by the side to watch the show. 

She never intended to tell the family about the Rainborite stone until Jeslyn started to make her move.

When her father was killed and they sent his dead body back to prison with a letter that had the ink washed away by rain, she immediately knew that it was Jeslyn who did it.

She didn't take the matter to heart because that spineless man indeed deserved to be killed by whoever cared to. 

When Emilee panicked and immediately informed some of the powerful elders of the Yu family about the Rainborite stone, was the time that Maverick eradicated the Wu faction in one day. 

Although most people had no idea who the perpetrator of such a great disturbance was, Emilee pieced the puzzle and concluded it was Maverick.

Since it appeared that Maverick had begun to seek revenge for his wife, she needed all the power she can get to counter Maverick, so she thought of winning the Yu family to herself so that they could help her bring Maverick down before he strikes because once he strikes, there won't be another chance to strike back. 

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