Chapter 913 - A bandit (2) (1/2)

When Norman reached location for 11 o'clock board meeting, the familiar conference room was almost full.

His spot is waiting for him, next to Mr. Stocker. On Norman's right is an empty chair, that spot is reserved for Mr. Bally.

It took Norman few takes to recognize young lady on Jasper's left as Ellie, girl who joined them for dinner on Saturday.

Norman was about to flip the lid, why is Jasper bringing his girlfriend to a board meeting? What kind of irresponsible behavior this is?

His fury increased when he saw Ellie look straight at him and nod in greeting with a smile on her face. Why is she even smiling at him? Didn't she get the message that he DOES NOT like her? She must have a low IQ if she missed all the obvious signs. Norman snorted while thinking that his son likes such girls, not the smart ones.

He remembers that Melissa told him to stay out of Jasper's relationship with Ellie, and after seeing that she is serious, he agreed. But this is different. This is business, not Jasper's relationship.

Norman was about to call out Ellie and ask why is she there, when Jasper started the meeting.

'Yes. It's better if I call her out when it's my turn to speak, so everyone's attention is on me.' Norman narrowed his eyes while vicious smile appeared on his usually frowned face.

Jasper stood up to get people's attention: ”Since everyone is here, we can start the meeting…”

”Mr. Bally is not here.”, Norman interrupted.

”He will not be joining us today.”, Jasper responded and went back to the agenda.

Norman assumed that Mr. Bally is not feeling well. Why else would he not show up and Jasper knows about it? Yes, it makes sense. Mr. Bally is not well, and he notified CEO about his absence.

After Jasper laid out the agenda for everyone, he turned to Ellie and introduced her as newest board member as a shareholder who owns more than 3% of stocks.

Norman blanked. He was sure that he is hearing things. New shareholder with more than 3%? How is that possible? This silly girl? Norman held his breath while Ellie stood up and greeted everyone present with a friendly smile: ”Good morning, everyone. It's an honor to be here…”

After some usual pleasantries, Ellie took her seat and went down to business. ”I was looking to invest into energy sector and I just happened to see that there are shares of your company available. I hope that you all work hard and make me a lot of money.”

Everyone laughed. They liked this friendly girl. Well, everyone except for Norman.

Ellie continued talking to everyone present: ”I must say that I am lucky that I was able to get my hands on 16.7% of company's shares…”

Norman thought that he is about to hyperventilate. 'This silly girl has how much?!!'

He scolded himself for taking her too lightly. Why he didn't look into her background? 16.7%? That is huge! From where did she get the money?

Ellie's her next words made Norman take a complete turn and… like her. A lot.

”I am not very familiar with the inner workings of a company in your field, so in order not to get in anyone's way I will give my voting rights to the person I believe can do the most for the company.” She glanced at Norman. ”I familiarized myself with current shareholders and their voting in last six months, and I decided that Mr. Kiani is the person who aligns closest to what I believe in.”

Norman was not sure about first time, but now it was the second time that Ellie is looking at him, and she even said that she will give her shares to 'Mr. Kiani' . Everyone knows that he is Mr. Kiani and Jasper is CEO Kiani. And Norman is absolutely confident: she is giving him her voting rights! 16.7%! Ha! She is silly… gave a fortune for stocks and is just giving him her voting rights! It seems that Jasper didn't complain to her, otherwise there is no way that she would do this. Or maybe she would. She is smart enough to recognize that he is the right person for those 16.7%.

Norman smiled widely with a smile not seen in the company before. Ever.