The Unveiled Rose novel Chapter 253

Once at the company, I started working diligently.

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Zane walked out of the office to a secluded corner before dialing Rowena's number.

Rowena asked, "What? Do you need something from me?"

Zane's voice was scarily chilling when he said, "Didn't I warn you a few days ago not to contact Annalise unnecessarily? Looks like you still haven't learned your lesson! Do I really need to cut off the family's living expenses for you to stop?"

Each sentence was colder than the next.

"I'm your mother!" Rowena snapped in a sharp voice. "Can't I even say a few things when I don't approve of Annalise as my daughter-in-law?"

She sounded as if she were entirely justified.

Nonetheless, Zane wasn't having any of it. "No, you can't!"

Zane's answer almost left Rowena speechless, but she also knew he would always follow through with what he said.

"Also, you have no right to cut us off. Don't forget, Zane. We gave you the company in your hands. You're enjoying the fruits of our labor, yet you don't want to support us? How is that fair?"

Zane sneered. "Mom, seeing how forgetful you are, it seems like you're really getting old. Do you need me to remind you again?

"At first, you handed the company over to my brother to inherit. Then, after he passed away, you handed it over to my sister."

Zane had never minded these arrangements since he was capable enough. "From start to finish, your company never belonged to me."

He deliberately slowed down his speech to emphasize, "Since you said the person inheriting your company should pay for your living expenses, go ask my sister for the money. Hopefully, she can provide you with a good life."

"Zane!"

Zane did some quick math and calculated that Annalise could probably get around 60 thousand dollars in profits.

Eric continued, "Paying Annalise her share every day feels too frequent and makes accounting harder, so I plan to calculate her share monthly.

"Next month, I'll calculate this month's sales and determine how much to give her before transferring the total to her account. What do you think?"

Zane had no objections, saying, "We'll go with that."

Now that he had Zane's approval, he continued, "After the HR department published the job posting, many people applied to join our company. The candidates I reviewed all seemed quite competent, and since the comic department is understaffed, I went ahead and hired all of them."

After a short pause, he walked over to his desk. "Some of them even created sample merchandise designs to prove their abilities."

He then retrieved the candidates' works before handing them to Zane for review.