Chapter301 We are not to be the Sacrificed Lamb!
"Jamie Nordhaus!"
"Chairman, how come he's here?"
Everyone present was stunned, not only because the comer was the project manager from the rivaling
company which had taken a $700-million worth of business from Lion Group, but he dared to break into the
meeting room in such an ostentatious manner.
Eliot's face darkened the moment he turned round to catch the sight of Jamie. Yet Jamie just per- empted him, "Why can't show up here when this meeting of yours is said to be held for the
sake of me?" At this moment, he became the frivolous Junior Nordhaus again, who was notorious for his
insinuative sneer.
Glancing at Jamie coldly, August ordered Burton, "Since we are having a guest here, could you make a seat for
Junior Nordhaus, Burton?"
Hearing himself being called as "Junior Nordhaus”, Jamie put on a grim look. That name had too much to with
his infamous past, when he was hanging around all day resorting to his family. But he had molded into the
project manager of Jevas Group now. Yet August deliberately insisted on calling him by that name, that was
obviously out of mockery.
Casting a quiet look at August, Jamie then turned to Eliot, "Mr. Adams, I came here to make something clear to
you guys.” After that, he turned to Lucia with an overt smile. That smile made Lucia much more relieved. She had just sent him the message out of sheer desperation, not really expecting him to show up. And now, with him really standing in the meeting room, she was still quite uncertain whether he would be able to make it clear as he claimed. But she had to take the chance. She thus returned a grin to Jamie, but im nediately perceived a sharp glare from August, which got her agitated again. Eliot had to make the concession despite his displeasure, since the rejection in front of so many people would
only get both sides awkward. "Go ahead, please.” said he! "I heard that someone is spreading the rumor of me and Lucia shopping together yesterday, and suspecting
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she's leaked out the plan to me simply because of our friendship. They even want to fire her unreasonably.” "It's not unreasonably, but based on forcesul analysis.” a voice rose. "What a forceful analysis!" Jamie snorted to laugh. "Let me show you guys what's called forceful.” He motioned his assistant, who'd been waiting at the door, to get in with a laptop. He then articulated, "You are going to see the surveillance video in the clothing shop where I ran into Lucia. Here is convincing evidence to
prove we didn't make any plan to meet up, but only came across each other out of coincidence.” As he made
another signal, his assistant turned the screen to the front and started playing the video to the people in the
meeting room.
As it was shown in the video, Jamie was asking the stall about the location of the dressing room when he
entered the slop. He then knocked at the door of the dressing room and met Lucia unexpectedly. Surprise was
so apparent on both sides, which meant they hadn't planned for any appointment. They even said "it's long
since we met" to each other, and that just indicated they were definitely not that close as the rumor went.
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A silence fell in the meeting room when everyone had watched the clip. Jamie then put a text on the screen of
his phone and showed it around with a smile. "What's more suspicious is I was actually led to the shop all the
way by a piece of messace. It's obvious that someone was manipulating the so-called appointment, just in
order to take the candid photo of us. I don't mind letting you guys go through it." He then cave his phone to the person next to him. As the phone had been passed through several people, who
only shut their lips after reading it, all the ruys in the room had guessed what it was about.
When almost half of the people had read the text, Jamie Littoreil calmly, "Someone planted an appointment on
Lucia ind me yesterday, even with a candid picture. And then this morning, the mailing system of your
company was lacked to send out that misleading mail, making everyone think Liria the one to give the plan
away. Could you havcatuess why the one behind it is doing all that?" To cover up the crime with a scapegoat, of course.
"If you guys don't trust 11, you could well no lo the clothing: shop for the video yourselves, or just talk to the
staff who was there yesterday.” With a deliberate pause, Jamie went on, "Whoever the guy who made the gimmickry is, I will never let slip of him or her! Making Licia the scapegoat is not only sraming her up, but also slandering my working ability. We are not to be the sacrificed lamb! Anyone who still have any question,
please stand up to confront with me. This is the business of mine now." Everyone at the table was embarrassed at his remark, which was actually quite well-grounded, and nor could
they find any direct evidence to prove Lucia was the one to leak the plan out. The stalemate could only get the
situation tougher August looked up to Lucia, frowning, just to find her eyeing Jamie cheerfully. A complicated feeling just welled
up in his heart. Jamie then turned to Eliot with composure, "Mr. Adams, what's your opinion?" Clasping his hands at the back, Flot cleared his throat grinly before he uttered, "Since Mr. Nordhaus has
made it quite clear, I don't have any objection now.” Jamie looked around with a triumphant smile, "Anyone else? I'll be glad to answer any of the question from
you."
Since Eliot had shown his attitude, other executives and shareholders were all silenced. Even those who had
just been quite active, now only got their heads downicast quietly. Jamie regarded Lucia with a smile, and raised his eyebrows with a blink when they exchanged a glance, just like
a naughty kid who had lucked out in a game, Seeing the grimace, Lucia couldn't help laughing, when she'd got
her nerve racked for so long. Casting a look at August, Eliot dictated blandly, “Get the meeting finished. I'l be waiting for you in the office.”
He then strode out of the meeting room after bidding a farewell to Jamie with a noc. There was a fraught silence in the room when Eliot had lelt. August then said solemnly. “The case is closed. I'l
get the IT guys to strengthen the security of our mailing systein. Lucia will stay on her position. And the ruinor
is to be stopped within this room.” lle then concluded with a knock at the table, "The meeting is over.” After that, he ordered Burton, “Could you see Junior Nordhaus oft?" He then strode away without a glance at
Lucia. That made Lucia a bit worried. Yet Jamie turned to Burton, “No calls to bother.” And he went up to Lucia and raised his chin up with a sinile,
"Could you please see me off?"
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