Chapter 41: CHAPTER FOURTY ONE

Alyssa

The next day I sat in my home office going through some few paper works and Ares was with me.

He stood by a big screen on the wall.

"Okay," Ares said pointing at the screen. "These are the company shares. Your father left you fifty-one percent that means you own the most. You are the boss."

I looked at the numbers. "And my uncle?"

"Your uncle Martin has twenty percent," Ares explained. "The other people on the board have the rest but look here." He clicked a button and new numbers appeared. "This is what I found, your uncle has been embezzlingmoney from the company..."

"He stole from me?" I asked my voice cold.

"Yes," Ares said. "And look where the money went." He showed me another chart. "He gave it to the Johnson company. He is helping Damon, they’re working together now. Martin is sucking the life out of your company to build the Johnson’s company”

I felt my hands curl into fists. "So my own uncle is stealing from my company to help the man who ruined my life."

"Yes," Ares said simply. "That is what the numbers say as you can see it here”

"What do I now?”

"You need to be patient," he said his voice calm. "But you do it in steps and the first step is not the attack, the first step is to take back your throne. Legally."

He slid the tablet across the desk to me. "The law is that you are the majority shareholder, you You don't need to prove your uncle is a thief to take back your position as CEO. You just need to show up and claim it."

I looked at the documents on the screen.

They were legal papers.

"So what is this?" I asked, pointing.

"That," Ares said, "is you formally reinstating yourself as Chief Executive Officer of White Enterprise, It is your right. The board or your uncle can’t stop you and once you sign this and present it, the company is yours again. Officially."

I processed this. "And then?"

"And then," he continued, "your very first act as CEO can be this." He swiped the screen and another document appeared. "This is an immediate termination of all business alliances contracts and dealings with Johnson Holdings and all its subsidiary companies."

A cold sharp smile touched my lips for the first time in a year. "I cut them off."

"Completely," Ares confirmed. "You pull every single dollar of White Enterprise money out of Damon's company you cancel every contract. You leave him with nothing and you do it publicly. You show the business world that the new CEO of White Enterprises wants nothing to do with the Johnson holdings."

I leaned back in my chair the plan settling in my mind.

It was smart and clean.

"But what about my uncle's fraud?" I asked. "The money he gave them?"

"That is step two," Ares explained. "Once you are back in the CEO's chair with all the power and access that comes with it you have your lawyers and auditors dig deep. You find all the proof and build a perfect case. Then you take that proof to the law."

He looked at me his gaze intense. "Now that you’re a queen princess” he paused with a smile, “You can order any execution. You don't have to start a fight in the street when you can win the war from your castle."

I picked up the stylus for the tablet and looked at the first document.

The one that would make me CEO again.

"This is the first step?" I asked, my voice quiet.

"This is the first step," he said. "You take back your name, you take back your power. Then you use it."

I nodded slowly as the the coldness inside me solidified into a clear sharp plan.

"Okay," I said. "Print the documents I will sign them and then tomorrow , I walk into White Enterprise and become CEO”