"Mr. Wilder, can you comment on your inheritance to overtake Ashford Group?"
Then, someone else shouted, "Are you surprised that the shareholders are behind your nomination to take over the company?"
Ryan faltered a step, sparking a shutter of flashes as he gripped Violet's shoulder more tightly at what he just heard. "What?"
Arms clutching recorders immediately shot towards his mouth. With a vacant look in his eyes at the barrage of cameras inching ever closer, he glanced around as if someone would explain the meaning of this nonsense about him taking over the company.
The more he remained silent, the more the reporters pressed the same questions over and over again like a broken record. Was he going to take over the Ashford Group?
How did he feel about his father's death?
Was he ever close to his father?
"No comment," Ryan grudgingly spoke.
And there he was, thinking that all of these clamoring reporters were here for Violet'
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