Side Chick Era Over (Sharon and Carter) novel Chapter 632

Chapter 632

Rick’s heart ached deeply for Victoria.

He was someone who truly valued talent, and Victoria was someone he had watched grow up. He saw firsthand how exceptional

she was.

Though Victoria wasn’t born of his mother, she had been obedient and sensible since childhood-never demanding what wasn’t hers, often even giving up her own belongings for others.

She was gifted, hardworking, and driven-a prodigy from the start.

Yet despite her brilliance and her status as the eldest daughter of the Kalen family, she had never enjoyed a single day of luxury.

Rick didn’t hold any bias toward sons over daughters. As the company’s next heir, he judged solely by ability. For someone as capable as Victoria to pursue music was a waste of talent. He often wondered why Richard had insisted on forcing her down the musical path.

With this in mind, Rick asked again, “Are those stubborn old-timers using their shares to threaten and bar Victoria from joining Kalen Group?”

Richard nodded. “I’ve managed to buy back ten percent of the original shares they held, and that was their condition for agreeing to the buyout. But they’re still holding onto the remaining ten percent, and they refuse to part with them.”

Now that Kalen Group was at its peak, its market value soaring, even ten percent of the original shares was significant.

Richard had offered multiples of the market price to buy their stakes, but they refused to sell.

Their only demand was that Victoria must never work for the company.

After over thirty years of development, Kalen Group was no longer short on capital, and Richard himself certainly wasn’t short of money. He intended to reclaim those original shares sold to major shareholders long ago.

Unlike regular shares, original shares carried voting rights in company decisions.

Over the years, those old-timers had openly criticized how Richard handled matters involving Victoria’s mother and Shayla’s mother. They frequently opposed his decisions.

Learning that Shayla had left behind a daughter only thrilled them further-they pressured him to bring Sharon into Kalen Group and groom her.

They even wanted him to announce Sharon’s identity publicly.

Richard was furious.

If Sharon’s identity were revealed, Kalen Group would be dragged into scandal, vulnerable to attacks and exploitation by competitors.

Did they have no regard at all for the company?

Besides, Sharon was Shayla’s biological daughter, but weren’t Rick, Silas and Scott also Shayla’s biological sons? They shared the same blood; why treat them differently? 1

In the company, those elders showed no kindness to Rick, Silas and Scott.

Rick seemed to realize this too; his expression darkened.

After a moment, he said, “We can give Sharon some shares, but not original shares, and she can’t be allowed to work for Kalen Group. If she joins the company, those old stubborn ones will push to place her in senior management.”

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He paused for a while to think before continuing, “Sharon has no background in business management and isn’t qualified. She might even be turned against us by certain instigators.

“She already harbors resentment toward the Kalen family, and once she tastes power, she’ll be even harder to control.

“Those elders hold ten percent in original shares, and Mom left Sharon another ten percent. She could rival us completely.”

Richard pondered silently for a few seconds.

“But even if she never enters the company, your mother’s shares legally belong to her. No one can change that fact.”

He had known long ago that those shares were frozen.

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