While waiting for Mr. Lee, the accountant was on pins and needles, not daring to mock Nancy Sutton anymore, always feeling that his hat was about to be taken off.
The lease was about to expire, and at least for now, he couldn't afford to offend the future heir of the Sutton Group.
Nancy Sutton was planning, she glanced down at the time on her watch, and the door was knocked by an outsider.
She raised her brow slightly.
Mr. Lee is here, that was fast!
In the next second, as expected, a familiar face appeared in Nancy Sutton's view, and Mr. Lee first greeted everyone present briefly.
Then he walked over to Nancy Sutton and handed her a stack of documents that he had prepared in advance.
Nancy Sutton took it, glanced over the contents of the papers briefly, then casually handed them over to the accountant.
The accountant was momentarily stunned, his gaze flickering, but he reluctantly took it, barely skimming through it.
The accountant was flustered, something Nancy Sutton had guessed long ago, and she completely disregarded him at the moment.
"Can we check the company's transaction records now?"
Instantly, cold sweat broke out on the accountant's forehead, silently dripping onto the carpet, but he still responded according to the usual procedure.
"Miss Sutton, although the documents say you are the heir of the Sutton Group and have the right to review the accounts, unfortunately, the current person in charge is Mrs. Warren, and her consent is needed."
"As a subordinate, I have no other option, Miss Sutton, you must follow the normal procedure."
Nancy Sutton frowned, stayed silent for a long time, sighed, and took a slight sip of water from the paper cup beside her.
"Then call them over."
The accountant, seeing Nancy Sutton not forcing her way through, let out a huge sigh of relief and hurriedly left the parlor to call Sharon Warren and Joy Sutton.
About half an hour later, Sharon Warren and Joy Sutton stormed into the parlor, only to see Nancy Sutton seated at the main seat as soon as they entered.
Joy Sutton couldn't hold back, walked forward without a word, and unleashed a tirade on Nancy Sutton, in a vicious tone.
"How dare you be here? Get out, don't you realize your place?"
Sharon Warren behind Joy did not step in to stop her daughter from speaking because Sharon was also filled with pent-up frustration.
It was a perfect opportunity to vent her anger through Joy's words.
Nancy Sutton remained unfazed, with indifference written in her eyes.
"I want to check the accounts."
"Don't get it twisted, the real heir of the Sutton Group is me, not you."
Joy Sutton's expression froze, but Nancy Sutton showed no sympathy for her stepsister and continued.
"If you have any doubts, you can first look at the materials Mr. Lee prepared."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mr. Lee, standing beside her, stepped forward and presented the pre-prepared documents to Joy Sutton and Sharon Warren.
Joy Sutton was at a loss for words, stunned in place, and Sharon Warren couldn't take it anymore.
She quickly pulled Joy aside and walked up to Nancy Sutton, pretending to be amiable.
"Nancy, what's there to check in these accounts, do you not trust your stepmother and me?"
Nancy Sutton couldn't help but let out a cold laugh at Sharon Warren's shamelessness.
"You never know, after all, your brains are not that sharp, maybe you'll really misappropriate company funds."
Sharon Warren was enraged upon hearing Nancy's comments about her intelligence, her finger trembling as she pointed at Nancy.
Unable to say a word for a while, Joy disregarded appearances, stood up immediately, and retorted.
"You're the one whose brain isn't working! Even if we misappropriated funds, it was for project needs!"
Nancy Sutton was amused by this, never thought Joy could be this dull, confessing all by herself.
Really overestimated Joy's intelligence.
"Oh, then it definitely needs to be checked."
Joy covered her mouth sharply, cursing herself internally for accidentally blurting it out.
Seeing she couldn't defeat Nancy, Joy bit her back teeth, a person's image suddenly popped into her mind.
Ah! She still had Simon Grant!
As Nancy's ex-boyfriend, Simon could certainly humiliate Nancy and regain her dignity.
Joy straightened up, brimming with confidence.
"Just you wait, I'll get someone!"
With that, Joy dialed a number, and within seconds the call connected with a hint of sweetness in the voice on the other end.
"Sweetheart, why are you calling at this time?"
Joy was quite proud of Simon's clingy demeanor, her face turned gentle and lovely, she complained a little.
"Ugh, someone bullied me, it's awful."
Upon hearing this, Simon's brow filled with concern and a touch of anger, he asked quickly.
"Who! Who dared bully my sweetheart?"
Joy pretended to sob a bit, then mentioned the company's name.
"You'll know once you get here."
After comforting Joy a bit, Simon hung up and headed to the Sutton Group without delay.
Nancy, being a bystander, witnessed the entire scene, couldn't help admiring Joy's quick change in demeanor, she totally deserved an Oscar.
She was utterly speechless.
At that moment, none of them spoke, the atmosphere was inexplicably tense, and coincidentally, the wooden door suddenly was opened by someone outside.
It was Simon Grant.
Nancy raised an eyebrow, surprised at how quickly he got here, seemed like he truly cared about his girlfriend Joy.
Initially, Simon did not notice Joy, seeing Nancy first.
That exquisite face still unchanged, captivating.
Simon stood still for a few seconds, Joy seeing her boyfriend entranced by Nancy, felt indignant.
She immediately went to Simon and twisted his arm hard.
"What are you looking at!?"
Simon inhaled sharply in pain, snapping back to reality, he focused his concern on Joy.
"Who bullied you?"
Joy's eyes reddened instantly, pointing at Nancy.
"It was her! She even said she wants to check the company accounts."
Simon immediately frowned, turned to Nancy, and began questioning her without a second thought.
"Nancy Sutton, why are you causing trouble the moment you return home!"
Nancy felt speechless, rubbed her throbbing temples internally impressed by Simon's intelligence, like attracts like.
Nancy truly didn't want to speak, she signaled with her eyes to Mr. Lee, who instantly understood.
Mr. Lee repeated the action, presenting the documents to Simon.
As Simon read through the documents, his expression changed immediately.
"Checking the accounts is my right."
"It's not your place to intervene."
Simon was left speechless, while Joy couldn't hold back, stepping forward, trying to tear up the document.