Chapter 1917

Luna stated her demand with calmness and impassivity.

Her clear eyes were, at this moment, etched with remarkable determination and earnestness, s o much
so that both Jim and Charlotte could not help freezing when they saw the look on her face.

She looked so serious that it was as though she would refuse to step down from the CEO of Landry
Group unless they agreed to her terms.

Jim and Charlotte exchange glances.

A split second later, he let out an exhale and stared coldly at Luna. “Well, if you insist, then I can’t force
you.

“I’ll never give you the jade ring my mother left for me and the necklace I used to propose to Charlotte.”

Jim had to admit that the position of CEO was indeed important to him, but some things were far more
important than power.

The jade ring was the last thing his late mother Lucy had left for him.

Jim had never met his mother before, nor had he gotten to spend even a day with her. Wearing this jade
ring made him feel like his mother was still there with him through his childhood and the most difficult
times in his life.

As for the necklace around Charlotte’s neck, the reason he had paid nine million dollars for it was to
symbolize Charlotte’s old name at the orphanage, Number-9.

This also was an embodiment of his loyalty to her.



The childhood promise he had made to her remained in his heart for many years. He had kept t o his
word, and Charlotte, as she had promised, had waited for him for so long, too…

Therefore, no matter what happened, Jim would never hand these two items to someone else.

Luna raised her brows and glanced impassively at him.”Are you sure you’re giving up the position just
like that, Mr. Landry?”

With that, she got out of her seat elegantly and said, “Let’s go, Luke.”

Then, she shot Jim another cold glance and added, “Since Mr. Landry isn’t willing to give up the most
important thing to him, then neither will I.”

Seeing that Luna was about to leave, Charlotte bit her lip and stormed forward, extending her arms out
to both sides to block Luna’s way. “Luna! Don’t do this the hard way!

“You should’ve stepped down from this position a long time ago! Do you know how bad your

reputation is right now? To have someone like you running the company as CEO is the most humiliating
thing that can happen to Landry Group!”

Luna could not help sneering when she heard this.

Did Charlotte think she was stupid? All the bad reputation surrounding Luna had been Charlotte’s doing
after all!

She could not believe that Charlotte was using this to threaten her when in reality, she was the one who
had paid the media to slander her and create false rumors about her!

Luna shot Charlotte a cold glare and snapped, “So what if my reputation is bad? I didn’t break any laws,
did I? Is it illegal of me to refuse to hand the position over?”



Charlotte was rendered utterly speechless by this. She glared at Luna with wide eyes and stammered,
“You… You!”

“Am I wrong?” Luna snickered as she shoved Charlotte out of her way. “I’d rather watch Landry Group go
broke than hand over the power to you.

“Since you’ve stooped so low as to ruin my reputation just like that, I’m going to do this the hard way.”

Charlotte gritted her teeth in anger upon hearing this.

“Fine! We’ll give you the things you want!”

Seeing Luna was about to leave, Charlotte could not stop herself anymore. She agreed to Luna’s terms
just like that, without even discussing this with Jim beforehand.


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