Filed To Story: My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel
Old Quincey was seriously ill…After being admitted to the hospital, he was diagnosed with gastric cancer.
After waking up in his hospital bed, the first thing Old Quincey did was instruct his secretary to call for his lawyer and invite Eric to see him.
Star King’s people quickly heard of the news as they slowly piled into the hospital. Some told Old Quincey to take care, while others requested for him to hand over his authority; these people had long had their eyes on the position.
Because his anger was triggered, Old Quincey’s stomach began to hurt even more. Seeing this, his secretary asked whether she should contact Eustace.
Old Quincey shook his hand weakly. At this moment, in his current state, he didn’t want Eustace to witness it.
Inside the hospital room, a few shareholders tried to convince Old Quincey to hand over his shares. At least, they believed, it was better than giving the shares to Eustace.
However, Old Quincey held on with all his life; not saying a word. His frail exp**ssion was filled with stubbornness and resentment.
If only he didn’t fail at teaching Eustace.
If only he had put more effort into teaching his son, would today have turned out different?
“Chairman Quincey family…for the sake of the big picture, you should nod your head and agree to handing over your authority. If Star King is handed over to Eustace, we won’t feel right.”
“I’m not dead yet,” Old Quincey said in a raspy voice.
“We don’t mean it that way…”
Not long after, Eric entered the hospital room accompanied by bodyguards. As soon as they saw Eric, the shareholders reacted with caution, “Mr. Roberts, why are you here?”
“I invited Mr. Roberts here…” Old Quincey signalled for his secretary to help him up and to bring the lawyer over.
“I created Star King with my bare hands. I am well aware that I can’t hand it over to my son because he is too incapable. But, there is no way I will hand it over to any of you!”
“In order to protect Star King, I have decided to sell my shares to Kaleidoscope. Star King will now become a part of Kaleidoscope.”
Before Eric could even sit down, Old Quincey swiftly grabbed the contract out of his lawyer’s hands and handed it to Eric, “I know you are the only person that can make Star King better. So, Eric, I am willing to use the lowest market price to sell all my shares to you. Are you interested?”
“My only condition is…you cannot fire anyone from Star King.”
Eric received the contract and fl*pped through a few of the pages. He could suddenly sense the persistence Old Quincey had towards Star King; he’d rather give it to an outsider than to leave it for his own people to destroy.
“What about your son?”
“I haven’t done anything wrong to him. From now on, he will need to walk his own path,” Old Quincey shook his head as he held back his tears. He knew, even if he was to hand Star King to Eustace, it would one day end up in the hands of Eric.
Rather than letting Star King feel defeated, he might as well hand it over now. At least this way, he could feel rest assured.
“I am a businessman, there is no way I would pass up an opportunity like this,” Eric replied.
“Mr. Roberts, this isn’t right,” Star King’s people immediately protested.
“I am handing over my money and Old Man Quincey family is giving me his shares in exchange. In what way isn’t this right?” Eric asked. “Is it because you all want to take over the authority of Star King?”
“Did you think, as the CEO of Kaleidoscope, I wouldn’t be able to control Star King?”
After feeling the full force of Eric’s might, the old men secretly wished at that moment that Eustace would show up to stop the deal. However, Eustace was still hiding out on his boat with no intention of returning to the mainland anytime soon.
“Mr. Roberts, Star King is in your hands from now on.”
“Old Man Quincey family, as long as you don’t regret this decision.”
All Old Quincey wanted was for Eric to take over. He didn’t care whether Eric continued to run it as a modeling agency or something else. He knew, no matter what Eric’s decision was, it would be for the better. So, he did not worry at all.
“Too bad, though…I am worried about my son but there is no way I can watch over him for the rest of his life.”
After hearing this, Eric didn’t know how to respond. As he was already married, to a certain degree, he could understand how Old Quincey felt. After all, he too would someday become a father.
“Old Man Quincey family, take care.”
“I’ll leave Star King with you,” Old Quincey said solemnly.
So, within a day, a few big events happened within the entertainment industry. Firstly, it was Kaleidoscope’s chain of PR successes, followed by Eric’s revelation and lastly…whispers amongst the industry rumored that Kaleidoscope was about to take over Star King!
Kaleidoscope taking over Star King…
Star King’s staff were suddenly in a panic. At this time, Old Quincey asked his secretary to pass on a message: Eric had agreed not to change the structure of Star King and not to fire a single person!
So, did this mean, Star King was really going to be taken over by Kaleidoscope?
News quickly spread to the spoilt heir from his friends. As soon as he heard, he quickly rushed to the hospital. As he arrived, Kaleidoscope and Star King were finalizing the contract with their lawyers.
Eustace’s eyes were red as he pounced towards the men, however, he was stopped by Eric’s bodyguards.
“Eric, if you want revenge, you should come after me. Leave Star King alone and leave my father alone.”
“If you had been this responsible to begin with, Star King would not have needed an outsider like myself to protect it,” Eric sneered. “Over the years, have you contributed the tiniest bit to Star King?”
Eustace breathed heavily as he clenched his fists.
“From today onward, you are no longer the heir to Star King…”
Eustace looked at Old Quincey in disbelief as he handed the completely signed contract to Eric, “Eric, from now on, I am really depending on you!”
“Father, would you really rather give Star King to an outsider than to me?”
“Star King has a lot of people to support. Someone like you, who only knows how eat, drink and play, won’t be able to support them,” Old Quincey replied harshly. “So they say, ‘to feed without teaching, is the father’s fault’. Right now, I am receiving my retribution!”
“I am going to leave first, you two can continue to catch up.” After receiving the contract, Eric turned to leave, however, Eustace pulled a military dagger, which he kept for protection, out of his pocket and pointed it towards Eric’s waist.
Everyone was shocked…
Luckily, Eric reacted quickly and dodged just in time. His waist only suffered a slight scratch on the surface. Although there was blood, it wasn’t serious.
Eric’s bodyguards immediately held Eustace against the ground, “Watch it!”
Old Quincey’s emotions were once again stimulated, causing his stomach to be in so much pain that he fainted. Meanwhile, Eustace collapsed to the ground screaming, “I dare you to kill me!”
“You think too highly of yourself,” Eric covered the left side of his hip as he knelt in front of Eustace, “Without your father and Star King’s protection, I wonder how you will continue to survive in New York.”
After speaking, Eric stood up. At this moment, Luke noticed Eric holding onto his waist and immediately ran up to him, “President? Is it serious? Do you need the hospital to look at it?”
“Don’t let Emma find out…”
Luke looked at Eric awkwardly as he replied, “I’m sorry President, I’ve already given the madam a call. She is on her way.”
“So, I think it’s best if you behave and go get your wound bandaged…”
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