Chapter 230 Attending the Meeting

Chapter 230 Attending the Meeting

Knox seemed a bit strange today. I stayed alert and said, "After all, it's a shareholders' meeting. It would be good to attend."

After speaking, I glanced at York who had just walked in. "Make a note of this and remind me when the time comes."

"Sure, Ms. Lockwood."

York set down the fruit he was holding and picked up his phone to take a note
Seeing how serious he was, Knox looked at him and said, "I didn't expect that after becoming CEO, your taste would change too. Why did you hire such an unremarkable assistant?"

I knew he had misunderstood, but that's exactly what I wanted—so I could bring York along to the Pemberton Group meeting.

I didn't bother explaining. I just stood up and said, "Alright,I'll attend both the shareholder's meeting and the wedding as scheduled If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now."

This time neither of them stopped me. After I left,York looked a bit unsettled."Ms. Lockwood, is something wrong?"

I shook my head. "It's fine. Let's go."

After returning to the office, I called Atlas and told him about my uneasiness.

After hearing me out, Atlas said, "Leave this to me. Just focus on work. But I remember your father arranged bodyguards for you last time. Have them follow you when necessary."

His reminder triggered a memory . Last time, because of what happened with Maria being drugged, Henry had hired some bodyguards. Later, I thought it was unnecessary and dismissed them

But today, Natasha and Knox gave me such a strange feeling.Given what happened in my past life, I couldn't afford to take risks with my safety

"Okay,I'll have the bodyguards report to the office immediately ."

After hanging up, I called the butler directly and asked him to arrange for the bodyguards to pick me up from work.

Shortly after I hung up, Henry called. "Helena, what's going on? Did something happen? Why do you suddenly want bodyguards to pick you up?"

I didn't expect Henry to catch on so quickly. I couldn't figure out Knox's intentions yet, and to avoid worrying Henry, I had to lie. "It's nothing. I just want to test these bodyguards' abilities in advance."

"What do you mean test their abilities? You're not telling the truth, are you?"

Clearly Henry didn't believe me at all.I gave a light laugh and played it off "It's true, Dad. I'm fine. I just thought since you already hired bodyguards for me, we shouldn't waste them, so I called them over."

Seeing me say this, Henry pushed, 'Is everything really alright?"

"Really. If something was wrong, I wouldn't hide it from you."

Hearing this, Henry finally felt reassured. "Alright, then come home for dinner tonight."

"Okay."

I agreed and quickly hung up.

That evening at dinner, I casually mentioned, "Dad, I met the bodyguards you hired last time today. They're pretty good. You should bring them along when you go out too. Since we hired them,there's no reason to let them stay idle at home ."

"What made you think of this all of a sudden?"

Maria smiled and brought me a bowl of soup. "I can't bring bodyguards just to get a beauty treatment, can I?"

"You should."

I said seriously, "You're my mother. Your safety when going out must be guaranteed."

I said these joking words with a straight face. After hearing this, Maria couldn't stop smiling. "Alright, alright. Since you've spoken, I'll definitely do as you say."

Maria was taken care of, so that left Henry. I looked at him. "Dad, same for you. Starting today, you need to have bodyguards with you at all times."

Henry paused while picking up food. "Do you really have to do this ?"

I nodded very seriously. "Really. I can let other things slide, but Dad, you must listen to me about safety."

Seeing how serious I was, he said helplessly, "Okay, okay. I'll listen to you."

Seeing both Henry and Maria agree, I finally felt relieved.

I didn't know what underhanded tactics Knox would use, but I knew what happened in my past life. In this life, I wouldn't let it happen again. In this life, I would protect Henry and Maria. Our family would live happily together.

After dinner, Henry brought up Natasha's wedding. "Helena, what gift do you think we should give for her wedding?"

For Natasha's wedding, John's family would definitely ask for a lot.But no matter how much they asked for, I didn't intend to be overly generous.
I couldn't let John's family leech off me and my family anymore. With this in mind, I said seriously, "Natasha's wedding is important.we should give more, both out of sentiment and formality How about we give them one million dollars?"

Hearing this, Henry frowned slightly.To him, this amount seemed insufficient

But he didn't object. He said, "You decide. Give what you think is appropriate."

Henry saying this meant he was letting me handle it. Hearing this, I nodded. "Okay."

A few days later, it was time for the Pemberton Group's shareholders' meeting. This time Knox's invitation came to my phone.Seeing him being so attentive, I felt a sense of foreboding , butconstant avoidance was ni longer an option After thinking it over, I brought bodyguard Owen Fletcher and York with me to the Pemberton Group.

When I arrived at the company, Knox was already waiting.

"Helena, you're finally here. I've been waiting so long."

Knox reached out to hug me, but Owen stepped in to block him

Seeing the burly Owen,Knox's expression soured. "Helena, what's the meaning of this?"

I snorted coldly and brushed past him toward the elevator without breaking my stride "Knox, have you forgotten your place ?"

"How could I forget?"

Knox followed me to the elevator with a smile. "I'm about to marry Natasha. We'll be relatives soon. A polite hug between relatives—surely there's no harm in that?"

I looked at him coldly. "Indeed, nothing wrong. But I don't want to!"

"Okay, okay. I know you don't want to. I won't hug you next time, alright?"

Knox didn't take my words to heart at all. He pressed the elevator button and led me to the conference room.

Everyone was already there. When they saw Knox and me enter, they all stood up.

Knox pointed at me. "This is Helena, also a new shareholder of our company."

"Welcome Helena as one of the Pemberton Group's shareholders."

Xavier led the applause. After it died down, Knox pulled out a chair for me to sit beside him.

After I sat down, Xavier gestured toward me. "I'm sure Helena needs no introduction to anyone in this room.Now she has joined us as one of the Pemberton Group's key stakeholder's With her joining us, I'm sure she'll help the Pemberton Group grow and prosper."