Divorced, But Queen - Chapter 77: Chapter 77

Hearing Caleb, Aria knitted her eyebrows. Her assets fell by seventy million dollars in two months. How useless the Cole family was!
With a polite smile on his face, Caleb took a few steps closer to Tina. "Tina, pay the money, and the shares will be yours right away."
Wide-eyed, Tina stammered, "Four, four hundred million dollars?" Her estimation was dozens of millions at most.
Fryderyk was taken aback. He soon recalled the story his colleague had shared with him.
It was about a woman who had beaten her husband in court and managed to reclaim her shares, which were worth five hundred million dollars.
Instantly, the criminal groups prepared the perfect scam operations for her and tailed her. Aria turned out to be the woman in the story.
When Tina was lost for words, Caleb turned to Joseph. "Grandpa, Aria earned the money on her own, and we didn't give her a penny. Legally speaking, those shares are her personal assets."
Joseph's face turned livid. "You all see me as a bad old man who covets her shares. If it weren't for the Saxon Group, I wouldn't give a damn about them."
In the oppressive atmosphere, Tina opened her mouth again. "Every member will benefit from the family business if it thrives. Grandpa is doing this for the whole family."
She had the shares of the Fletcher Group. When necessary, she didn't mind contributing her shares to the family business.
Aria asked in a bland tone, "Tell me, how?"
Tina replied, "If the Saxon Group thrives, the stock prices will soar. Won't you get more dividends?"
Aria let out a snort. "Tina, Aria doesn't have any shares of the Saxon Group," Silvia explained in a hesitant voice.
Instantly, embarrassment got Tina. However, she quickly added, "Because she is Mrs. Cole, Grandpa is afraid that she will give her shares to the Cole family."
What a poor excuse! Caleb and his parents didn't bother to argue with Tina.
Because of what Tina had said, Aria pondered for a while. She then said, "I can give you my shares."
"What is your condition?" Joseph asked.
"An exchange. Four percent of the Saxon Group."
"No way!" Joseph's face darkened. "The Cole Group is far inferior to the Saxon Group now."
Daniel didn't have many descendants, and he was too paranoid to hand over the power to others.
Therefore, few people were loyal to the Cole Group. As a result, the Cole Group was now far behind the Saxon Group.
After the financial crisis, its stock price plummeted, and its outstanding workers were poached by its competitors. It survived the crisis but was in a critical situation.
Without that confidential project, few companies wanted to cooperate with the Cole Group.
Aria seemed unfazed by Joseph's anger, and she sat down. "It is true, but don't you want its medical chips, Mr. Saxon?"
That was the ultimate goal of Joseph's collaboration with the Cole Group. Unfortunately, the Cole Group kept its technology confidential. In other words, Joseph's plan failed.
Aria's divorce wasn't the real reason for the end of the cooperation between the two families. It was an excuse for the Saxon Group to cut ties with the Cole Group.
The Saxon Group had wasted a lot of money in this cooperation and got nothing in return.
In the past two years, Joseph had sounded Aria out more than once. The problem was that Aria knew nothing about that confidential project of the Cole Group.
Joseph thought that he should get the confidential project before the others did, or the bankruptcy of the Cole Group. With more shares, his plan might work. That was why he needed Aria's shares.