Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 411 The Last of His Soft Heart Given to Selena Selena remained silent until the door to the living room closed, and only then did she blink her stinging eyes. When one is overwhelmed with sorrow, the throat aches.

That was exactly how Selena felt at the moment, as if someone was choking her, making it hard to breathe. She had been disheartened after accepting James's conditions last night, yet she knew she had to bear it all.

In fact, she understood James perfectly and didn't blhim at all.

If she were in James's shoes, facing greedy and never satisfied parents and a daughter left behind by a deceased wife who wasn't his biological child, anyone would have broken down.

The fact that James hadn't spoken harshly to her already demonstrated his immense patience.

Selena spent the whole night poring over documents. She thought that once the Fair Family got through this tough time, she would hand the company over to Alice, even though she knew Alice would be exceedingly smug about it. But now, she didn't want to do that anymore.

James couldn't bring himself to be harsh to the high-level executives of the Fair Family, which already showed that he had a soft heart.

During the last moments of his life, he had given all his tenderness to Selena, and it was only right for her to take on everything concerning the Fair Family.

Initially, helping the Fair Family overctheir difficulties seemed like a task to her, but now she felt a feverish energy and determination.

She took out her cellphone and sent James a text message.

"Dad, I will not let the Fair Family fall." James sat in his own room, late-stage liver cancer causing pain throughout his body, pain so intense it kept him from sleeping. Seeing the text from Selena, he coughed a few times and wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth with a tissue. His fingers trembled as he tried to respond, but in the end, he could only sigh deeply. Selena washed her face, seeing in the mirror that her eyes were red from a sleepless night. She applied a simple warm compress until noon, just when the lawyer had finalized the share transfer paperwork and personally brought it to her at the Rose Garden. Taking the documents, Selena went straight to the Fair Family offices. On her last visit to the Fair Family, the executives had gotten to know her.

Now, with the contract with PW Group canceled, the Fair Family was pulled back from the brink of disaster, and the executives had slipped back into their former, more lax state.

Half an hour before Selena arrived, James had posted news on the company's official website that he had transferred all his shares to his daughter Selena and had made a will appointing her as the new president.

The executives were dumbfounded by the news. Were they really going to let a woman in her twenties boss them around? With so much evidence in Selena's hands, they all sat anxiously in the meeting room, looking at each other, unsure what to do.

From their previous experience, they knew that Selena was not like James.

James was a man easily swayed, especially kind to the old guard who had followed him for a long time; he never had the heart to be ruthless, even if he knew they were pilfering from the company, he'd turn a blind eye. Selena, however, was assertive. Her sharp gaze exerted a pressure many times stronger than James's. Mark Green was the first to speak up.

"Are we really going to let a twenty-something woman becour president?! If others find out, where will we put our faces?" he said angrily, slamming his fist on the table.

"If it really comes to it, then we'll make sure she can't even show up at the company! It's been so long since James has been around anyway. As soon as Selena is out of the picture, her shares will fall into someone else's hands, and anyone else is far easier to deal with than Selena." It was a conclusion everyone had reached: Selena was not easy to handle.

Moreover, she had dirt on many of the top executives. If she were to hand that information over to the police, who knows how many would be arrested for embezzling company funds.

As long as Selena was there, that evidence was like a knife hanging over their heads.

Mark Green stood up and looked over the silent group of about twenty people.

"We cannot allow her to secure her position." A sinister glint flashed in the eyes of some; having thrown their weight around the Fair Family for so many years and drawing hefty salaries, the notion of being threatened by a young girl was indeed uncomfortable for everyone. Ryan Harris stood up as well, "Mr. Green, what do you think we should do? Just as he finished speaking, the office door was pushed open, and Selena walked in, carrying a stack of documents.

She wore a white suit with a pair of black high heels.

Her hair had been cut and now only reached her shoulders, tied back in a low ponytail that revealed her fair neck, making her look both capable and attractive. Sitting down at the head of the table, she turned to the two standing men.

"Mr. Green and Mr. Harris, are you starting your reports early? Let's start with Mr. Green, then." Mark Green seemed momentarily stuck, overwhelmed by the aura she exuded upon entering.

Just a few days without seeing her and she seemed completely transformed.

Previously, with her long hair, she had strong presence, but the beauty she had was the one that men desired to Eas conquer.

Now with short hair, this beauty was infused with an air of sharpness, and combined pined with the shape of her eyes, When she glanced over, it carried intimidation.