Cole frowned and instinctively pulled out his phone.

“Who’s emailing at this hour?”

He casually swiped open the screen.

In the next second, panic flashed in his eyes.

His previously smug expression instantly vanished.

His jaw hung open, and he was speechless.

Wanda also read the email sent to her.

Her Hermes bag fell to the floor with a loud thud.

“H-How is this possible?” she shrieked.

The classmates around them had no idea what was happening and crowded in to look.

There on Cole’s phone screen was a conspicuous company-wide announcement pinned in Microsoft Teams with a bold red banner.

[Sender: Genesis Group Board of Directors.

[Subject: Urgent: Notice of Equity Change and Personnel Restructuring.]

First line of the body, in bold black font.

[Effective immediately, Genesis Group has been fully acquired by Lynch Group.

[Ms. Luna Lynch is hereby appointed as the new CEO of Genesis Group, with full authority over all company matters.]

The room fell into dead silence.

Everyone was stunned. They looked at the phone, then at me.

Cole’s hands trembled as he stared at the screen.

“No way... This cannot be real. It has to be photoshopped! Luna, did you hire a hacker to break into the company’s system?”

He looked at me and yelled angrily.

“Do you know how serious the consequences are? This is corporate fraud. You’re looking at jail time!”

I put down my wine glass and slowly stood up.

My high heels made a crisp sound against the floor.

I closed in on Cole with every step.

“Cole, I thought you only had bad character. Turns out you’ve also lost your mind. Do you really think a hacker can break into your system and also break into Mr. Quinn’s phone?

“Do you truly think a hacker can also make every internal network across the whole industry update with this message at the same time?”

Cole’s face turned deathly pale. His forehead was drenched in cold sweat.

He instinctively looked toward Wanda.

Wanda was already panicking.

She shakily picked up her bag from the floor. Her eyes darted away. She did not dare to look at me at all.

“I-I’m calling my dad...”

She fumbled as she dialed William’s number.

It only took a few seconds for him to pick up her call.

Before she could say anything, his hysterical yelling came through the receiver.

“Wanda! What have you done?! Are you with Cole right now? Who have you offended?

“The new boss just ordered a full investigation into Cole’s projects. She’s going to audit my past accounts, too!

“I don’t care what you do. Apologize to Ms. Lynch right now! Get on your knees and beg for her forgiveness! Otherwise, our whole family is done for!”

Wanda put the call on speaker.

William’s roaring voice echoed through the room.

Cole’s legs went weak. He nearly collapsed to his knees.

He held onto the table and gasped heavily for air.

“Y-You really are...”

I walked up to him and leaned down slightly. Then, I whispered in his ear, “What’s wrong? Aren’t you going to tell everyone the most satisfying time you turned someone’s power back on them? Didn’t you say someone at my level would never land a real job?

“Well, I’m your boss now. Surprise, surprise.”

Cole’s lips trembled. He was rendered speechless.

The classmates around were all dumbfounded. Their mocking gazes turned into awe. A few people had even started wearing ingratiating smiles.

Jack, who had mocked me earlier, looked like he wished the floor would swallow him whole.

“M-Ms. Lynch...” someone mumbled softly.

I did not respond. I just stared fiercely at Cole.

“Cole, didn’t you just say something about having security guards drag me out?”