Chapter 404 Isabella Already Has a Boyfriend Abroad
"Dad, do you really think Isabella will hand over the actual operating rights of the company to me? Let me take the chairman position?" Chase asked with a frown.
"Of course. You're her brother, and she doesn't understand business operations. Who else would she give the operating rights to if not you?"
Hayden was quite confident about this.
After all, Isabella was his own daughter. Blood is thicker than water - that family bond meant Isabella would always have deep ties with them, no matter what.
He was completely confident he could persuade Isabella.
He even believed that after the Taylor Group got through this crisis with William's help, he could sweet-talk Isabella into returning the shares - that wouldn't be a problem either.
Chase was silent for a while. Finally, he nodded and decided to follow William's suggestion to sell seventy percent of his shares.
Hayden and Chase returned to the conference room. Hayden approached William. "Mr. Brown, can I ask you something?"
"You ask."
Hayden hesitated for a moment before saying, "Did you know that Isabella has been in Northern Ice Empire for the past six months?"
William shook his head. "I didn't know."
"I indeed haven't seen Ms. Taylor in a long time," he said.
Looking at William's expression, Hayden didn't think he was lying.
"So does that mean buying shares in Isabella's name wasn't Isabella's own idea?" he asked again.
"It wasn't her idea. She doesn't even know about it yet."
William said calmly, "As I mentioned before, the reason for buying shares under Ms. Taylor's name is that I owe Ms. Taylor a favor. This is me repaying that debt."
"Regardless of where she is now, I think she wouldn't want the Taylor Group to have problems either."
Hayden understood.
He said nothing more and returned to the table, picking up his pen to sign the share purchase agreement.
Soon, everyone present, including Hayden and Chase, had signed the share purchase agreements.
David collected one copy of each agreement, checked them all again, organized them, and put them in a document folder.
"Now that this is settled, I'll transfer the money for the share purchases to everyone's accounts according to the timeline specified in the agreement. After that, I'll find a way to meet with Clarence and take over the Crown District project from Ascend Global Group."
After William finished speaking, he left the Taylor Group building with David.
"Mr. Brown."
William had just stepped one foot out the door when a woman's sweet voice came from behind.
William and David looked back at the sound.
It was Bianca.
William narrowed his eyes and said, "Yes?"
Bianca bit her lip and stepped forward. "Mr. Brown, do you know that Isabella went to the Northern Ice Empire?"
"Your father just asked me the same question, and I told him I didn't know."
"So Isabella didn't even tell you about something as important as going to Northern Ice Empire," Bianca said. "I thought, given Mr. Brown's relationship with Isabella, she would have told you!"
William: "..."
"What are you trying to say?" he asked, staring at Bianca.
"When I called Isabella a few days ago, she said she has a boyfriend abroad now," Bianca said, as if casually. "As her sister, I should be happy for her."
William's eyes darkened slightly at this.
"It's just a shame. I originally thought you and Isabella were a perfect match. Back then, I was hoping you two would develop something, but I never expected Isabella wouldn't like you."
"A perfect man like you should have many women who like you."
"Is that so?" William laughed coldly. "So, Isabella already has a boyfriend abroad. This is the first time I'm hearing about this."
"But it doesn't matter. When she gets tired of playing with foreign men and comes back, I can let her reconsider me then. No matter how long it takes, I'll wait for her."
Bianca's expression changed dramatically. "Mr. Brown, you..."
She could hardly believe William would say such things. So she was right - William really did like that bitch Isabella!
William's thin lips curved coldly. "I admit, I do like Isabella. I like her so much that I don't mind at all if she has a few men abroad. As long as she's willing to come back and marry me in the end, that's enough."
Bianca's eyes widened immediately. She said anxiously, "Mr. Brown, why do this? With your status and position, what kind of woman can't you have? Why do you only like Isabella?"
"Can't help it. She's just the best woman in my heart," William said.
"What's so good about her?" Bianca was furious and blurted out, "She's not worthy of you at all!"
Bianca quickly realized she'd said the wrong thing. Her expression changed, and she tried to explain, "Mr. Brown, what I meant was, Isabella..."
William interrupted coldly, "Enough. I have things to do. I'm leaving now."
William ignored her and walked away.
Bianca's face turned ugly.
Her jaw tightened as her nails dug into her palms.
She couldn't understand what kind of spell that bitch Isabella had cast on William to bewitch him so completely.
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In one day, Isabella received her thirteenth call from a Lumaria number.
She blocked one number, and they quickly switched to another.
Isabella looked at yet another new incoming number. Her eyes turned cold as she answered.
Olivia's shrill voice immediately came through: "Isabella!"
Isabella frowned slightly and said coldly, "Ms. Smith? What do you want?"
Her own daughter speaking to her with such a cold tone?
Just hearing Isabella's attitude made Olivia feel unbearable.
She took a deep breath. "Isabella, I'm your mother. When will you learn to be sensible? What kind of child talks to their mother like this? Now you won't even call me mom, just Ms. Smith? What? Are we that much like strangers?"
Isabella's face showed no expression.
"You know about what happened to the Taylor Group?" Olivia said coldly. "Something this big happens to the family, and you don't even call to ask? You even blocked me? Do you know how many numbers I had to use to call you? Isabella, is your heart made of stone?"
"Did I cause the Taylor Group's problems?" Isabella laughed coldly. "Isn't the Taylor Group managed by Hayden and Chase?"
Isabella even called Hayden by his first name directly. Olivia's face grew even uglier.
"Isabella, you're really something now!" Olivia said with displeasure. "I'm telling you, your dad says you need to come back immediately. If you don't, he'll disown you!"
She didn't believe Isabella would be afraid of Hayden disowning her.
Once disowned, it would mean she was no longer the Taylor family's daughter - she'd be a stranger with no connection to the Taylor family!
Isabella's face showed not a ripple of emotion. "Whatever you want."
Olivia was stunned, then a flash of intense disbelief crossed her eyes.
Then Isabella heard Kieran's voice on the phone, heavy with mockery: "Isabella, you're pretty impressive. Now you're not even afraid of being disowned."
Kieran had originally been filming on set. He only came back because he learned about the Taylor Group's troubles.
Initially, it was because the production team said they were removing him from the TV series. The Taylor Group had invested part of the funding for this show, which was how he got a role in it. But when the Taylor Group ran into problems, the production team found out and kicked him out directly.
Hearing Kieran's voice, Isabella's expression darkened.
Then she heard Kieran say on the phone, "You don't have to come back if you don't want to, but you need to return Celestial Jewels. Now that the family is in trouble, we need to use the money in Celestial Jewels' accounts to cover the bank debts."
"You've been trying so hard to contact me just for Celestial Jewels?" Isabella said coldly. "If that's the case, I can tell you clearly - don't bother thinking about Celestial Jewels. The money in Celestial Jewels' accounts is my personal assets and has nothing to do with you."
"Nothing to do with us?" Kieran immediately got angry at this. "What do you mean, nothing to do with us? Dad was the one who founded Celestial Jewels. Hurry up and give Celestial Jewels back!"
Kieran knew that after Isabella took over Celestial Jewels, she went to Veridian and opened up a large batch of top-quality gemstones. Those gemstones alone were worth a fortune.
Because of that large batch of top-quality gemstones, over the past six months, Celestial Jewels has become a highly sought-after jewelry store in high society circles by making custom jewelry with premium gemstones. Almost all the wealthy ladies had commissioned jewelry from Celestial Jewels, and these pieces cost hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars each. Making money for Celestial Jewels was as easy as drinking water.
Celestial Jewels was packed with customers every day, and business was booming.
They couldn't even imagine how much money was in Celestial Jewels' company accounts now.