Chapter 73. Position

Lake POV

“The majority voted for Lake to come and take the position of CEO. What do you think, Wallace?” Or this was his strategy.

It felt like my father wasn’t expecting that decision from the boards.

“He resigned and left from his position as the CFO, and now the seat was taken over by Stoll. We should respect his decision.” Of course, he would say that in a polite manner, of course. Deep inside, he was furious with the unanimous decisions and happy that I was gone.

“My father was right. It was personal. I don’t want to go into the details, but I hope everyone would respect it.”

After the brief report of the quarter profits, I should have paid more attention to their discussions. Once the meeting ended, I walked out of the room after shaking hands with everyone, including my father.

I hadn’t made it far, but he called my name.

“A minute, Lake?” he called me again from the conference room door.

I slightly nodded as I