You Looked Down on Me Once Now You Look Up (Patricia and Oliver) novel Chapter 547

About half an hour ago.

Tina and Emerson were deep in conversation, quietly mapping out their next move. They were just about to talk through the details of calling a board meeting—how to set everything up for the transition—when the office door suddenly flew open.

Emerson’s mom stormed in, eyes blazing as she stared him down. “Care to explain? You’re really planning to hand over the company to Tina?”

“Mom? What are you doing here?” Emerson jumped up from the couch, completely caught off guard.

Tina didn’t even flinch. She stayed put, not making the slightest move to stand. Of course she could hear the judgment in Emerson’s mother’s voice. Same old story—it didn’t matter what she did, Tina was still a woman, and that was always a problem.

Never mind the fact that Emerson’s mom was a woman herself.

“If I hadn’t come here, were you ever going to tell me? This company will always belong to our family, no matter what.” Her tone was icy and unyielding.

“So this is why you two have been too ‘busy’ to come home lately?” She practically spat out the word ‘busy,’ as if she thought they were off doing something unforgivable.

“Mom, the company has its own rules and ways of doing things. You wouldn’t really understand. Why don’t I have someone drive you home?” Emerson said, already reaching for his phone to call his assistant.

But his mom brushed his hand away, completely ignoring him. Instead, she fixed Tina with a cold stare. “What, you can’t even bother to say hello when you see me now?”

Tina finally stood up, forcing a polite smile. “Hello, Mom.”

She had no choice but to keep up appearances as long as Emerson was still in charge. Nothing was settled yet. She had to wait it out.

“That didn’t sound very heartfelt,” his mom shot back, her voice sharp.

“And please, stop being so hard on Tina. As far as being a daughter-in-law goes, she really hasn’t done anything to make you complain.”

“She’s scheming, all right. If you won’t think about yourself, at least think about Amber and her baby!”

Her words hit Emerson hard. He stared at his mom, speechless for a second, then rushed over to close the half-open door.

“Mom… do you really think this is the place to talk about that?”

“I didn’t want to, but Amber came to me. She said Tina threatened her—told her to go ahead and have the baby if she dared.”

Emerson gripped the back of the couch, his hands shaking. He had no idea what to say. Why would Tina go after Amber now, when she was so close to getting everything she wanted? Tina was always the type to weigh every move, to know exactly what mattered most.