Chapter 244: Chapter 244: Vincent Grant, What Audacity

"Sophia Shaw, Sophia Shaw!"

Sophia Shaw had just pulled up to the entrance of the Grant Group when Chad Jennings ran over, hopping anxiously.

His lips trembled. "Look what you’ve done! Look what you’ve done!"

"Will you only be happy once you’ve ruined me? How can you be so vicious!"

Sophia Shaw was baffled, but she only watched coldly as he hopped around in front of her like a flea.

Chad Jennings held up his phone, his eyes red. He had actually been crying.

"I was the one who told you to ask Joanna for those two hundred million! Even if we have a mountain of grievances between us, two hundred million should be enough, right? Why did you have to force Vincent Grant to do something like this? Look, the Grant Group’s stock has plummeted, and I can’t recoup my investment!"

For the past few days, Chad Jennings had been desperately hoping the Grant Group’s stock would quickly rebound.

With Sophia Shaw joining Zenith and the Grant Group’s new product launches, the company’s stock had already been showing an upward trend.

But this latest drop sent it plummeting to rock bottom again.

It was even worse than the last time!

Although she didn’t particularly care about the Grant Group’s stock price, the word "plummeted" still caught Sophia Shaw’s attention.

She glanced at Chad Jennings’s phone.

Displayed prominently was the headline: Vincent Grant, CEO of the Grant Group, Publicly Apologizes to Sophia Shaw.

In the most conspicuous section was a list of the injustices Sophia Shaw had suffered at the Grant Group:

Remained a level-one employee for five years.

Had the Most Valuable Employee award given to someone else at the last minute.

Applied for a position on the Zenith rocket project nine times, only to be suppressed each time.

Forced to take the fall for a mistake and leave the company in disgrace.

Vincent Grant even forbade her from appearing before him, forcing her to wear a mask and hat to interview him on a sweltering day.

...

There were pictures to prove it all.

Following that was a list of Sophia Shaw’s achievements at the Grant Group.

In five years, she organized over twenty new product launches. Every single one was a classic success, bringing in tens of billions in revenue for the company.

She managed the company’s platform operations, producing high-quality video programs that garnered millions of views, and was instrumental in building and promoting a positive public image for the Grant Group and Zenith.

She secretly acted as a consultant for the Zenith rocket, providing countless practical and feasible suggestions from the project’s inception to its successful launch. She was the single biggest contributor to the Zenith rocket’s success!

...

’This was the kind of dirt that even I, the victim, would have hesitated to report. And yet, Vincent Grant had exposed it all himself!’

’He really had some nerve!’

Seeing this clear and explicit data, Sophia Shaw couldn’t help but draw a sharp breath.

’With this kind of dirt exposed, it would be a miracle if the Grant Group’s stock didn’t crash!’

At the very end, Vincent Grant appeared on camera himself to offer a sincere apology, stating that his personal dissatisfaction with Sophia Shaw had led him to act so irrationally and had also caused others within the company to target her.

Next, her job level was to be adjusted, with promotions granted based on her performance each year.

After calculation, it was determined that Sophia Shaw’s performance in her second year alone was enough to qualify her for the highest management level at the Grant Group!

Then, the Most Valuable Employee award was re-evaluated.

It was concluded that Sophia Shaw had been qualified to be the Most Valuable Employee every single year!

Finally, the details of the scapegoating incident were disclosed.

Parties primarily responsible: Vincent Grant, Jack Holloway, Joanna Sherman...

’Except for Timothy Morgan, everyone in his inner circle was involved!’ 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Once these results were released, the comment section immediately exploded:

"What kind of messed-up company is this? They suppressed such a talented person and still have the nerve to apologize! They should all just commit seppuku!"

"From the boss to the assistants and secretaries, they’re all rotten to the core. What reason does a company like this have to exist? I strongly urge the relevant authorities to shut it down immediately!"

"Heh! This Boss Grant really has some guts. He dared to do wrong, and he dared to admit he did wrong! I could live another three thousand years and never match that kind of courage!"

"I mean, there are plenty of bosses who get exposed by others these days, but he’s the first to expose himself. Even though this Boss Grant was pretty heartless, at least he still has some humanity left. That’s praiseworthy."

"Yeah, what he did was way out of line, but for him to admit it while taking such a huge risk shows real courage and proves he’s determined to change. We shouldn’t push him too hard."

"Easy for you to say, you’re not the one who suffered! Why don’t you go through everything Sophia Shaw went through and see if you can still say something like that!"

...

In short, the comments were a mix of praise and criticism, but it was inevitable that the stock would meet its Waterloo.

"The Grant Group doesn’t just belong to Vincent Grant! The employees are being affected by this too! Sophia Shaw, even if you don’t care about Vincent, you should think about the innocent people who are getting dragged into this. You need to make a statement, say you were also at fault, and that you’re willing to forgive him!" Chad Jennings said.

Sophia Shaw averted her gaze.

’While I admire Vincent Grant’s courage, that’s as far as it goes.’

"Dragging all the employees down with him was Vincent Grant’s choice. It has nothing to do with me."

"As for the two hundred million you mentioned, that was hush money from Joanna Sherman. Go take it up with her!"

With that, she turned to leave.

Chad Jennings grabbed her and refused to let go. "You can’t do this! My hundreds of millions are all tied up in the Grant Group’s stock! I’m your father, for God’s sake! You can’t drive me to my death!"

Sophia Shaw looked at Chad Jennings coldly. "All you contributed was a single sperm cell. You never raised me, never cared for me. You have no right to call yourself my father."

Faced with Sophia Shaw’s cold, merciless, and utterly unyielding attitude, Chad Jennings was on the verge of a breakdown.

He couldn’t help but roar, "I’ve sold all the houses and cars in my name! My business has failed! You’ve already forced me into bankruptcy! What more do you want!"

"How could this little bit possibly be enough?" A deep-seated hatred surfaced in Sophia Shaw’s eyes. "Compared to the suffering and pain my mother endured, what you’ve lost is just a drop in the bucket!"

Sophia Shaw lifted her chin and reminded him, "Chad Jennings, don’t forget, you got all your cars and houses by sucking my mother’s blood. None of it ever truly belonged to you!"

Chad Jennings stared at this daughter of his in terror.

’I thought bankrupting me was the extent of her revenge. I was wrong!’

’I underestimated this daughter of mine!’

In his memory, Sophia Shaw had been soft, meek, and listless when she left him—as if she didn’t have long to live!

He had never imagined that one day, she would get her revenge on him.

Her methods of revenge were even more ruthless than Yancy Shaw’s!

Chad Jennings’s legs began to feel weak. His breathing grew ragged, and the whites of his eyes started to show.

He raised a hand toward Sophia Shaw, crying, "Faye, if you just let me go, I swear, I’ll become a vegetarian and chant sutras for the rest of my life! I’ll go to your mother’s grave every day to repent!"

"Going to my mother’s grave would only defile it! Don’t even think about it!"

Chad Jennings was out of options. "Letting me live a life worse than death is better than forcing me to die, right?"

"At least give me a way out. What will it take for you to agree to publicly forgive Vincent Grant?"

Chad Jennings had already contacted reporters; all he needed was Sophia Shaw’s approval.

"If you confess everything—how you cheated on my mother with Yvonne Sherman during your marriage, how the two of you leeched off my mother and transferred her assets—then I’ll agree."

Chad Jennings: "..."

His face turned ashen, and his fingers went stiff.

’No.’

’Absolutely not!’

’If I admit it, I’ll be universally condemned!’

After a moment, Chad Jennings gritted his teeth and said viciously, "Sophia Shaw, don’t think I don’t know that you and Vincent Grant are already divorced. Without him backing you up, what does it matter if you’re a rocket genius? You still won’t be able to get anywhere!"