Florence sneered and mocked, “If that’s what you want to call it, go ahead!
“But you taught me all of this. You forced me to do this!
“If I hadn’t agreed to the marriage alliance with the Lamberts and obtained the greatest authority in the Lambert family, how could the Howards have encroached on all their assets so quickly?
“Everything I’ve done for the Howards all these years isn’t any less than anyone else!
“I’m a Howard too. Why can’t I become the helmsman of the Howards?
“Am I not qualified to be the helmsman just because I’m a woman? Is there a family rule that states that the Howards aren’t allowed to have a woman as the family head?”
Florence’s sharp gaze swept across all the Howards.
Because of her extremely powerful aura, none of the Howards she glanced at dared to look her in the eye at all, let alone talk back to her. They looked away from her eyes almost immediately.
“Hah, what a joke!” Felix sneered. “Although there isn’t a rule that states women can’t be the helmsman, the Howards have existed for a few hundred years. In the last few centuries, no woman has been the helmsman!
“Who are you to break this precedent and become the first female head of the family? If word about this gets out, the Howards will immediately become the laughing stock of all the rich and powerful families in DC!”
Although he was already 75 years old, he was still full of vigor and energy, and he didn’t lose the upper hand in arguing against Florence at all.
“Hmph, you’re ridiculous!” Florence refused to give in and sneered. “What era is it now? Equality between men and women has been going on for decades. Yet you want to stop me with an idea from hundreds of years ago?
“Since this precedent hasn’t happened before, then I’ll break this precedent! I will become the first female head of the family. And I will abolish those bullshit rules that place men superior to women!”
“From now on, men and women in the Howard family will be equal, and all women will enjoy the same rights and freedoms as men!
“The position of the Howards’ helmsman should be held by a capable person. As long as a woman is outstanding enough and has contributed enough to the family, she can also become the head of the family!
“I want to see who in DC dares to laugh at me!”
At this moment, Florence’s body was brimming with an unprecedented domineering aura and faith.
Standing in the middle of the crowd, she exuded an aura that couldn’t be refuted!
Florence had undergone outstanding education in the Howards, and later on, she had even founded and developed a great corporation known as the Flor Group by herself. She definitely wasn’t a weak woman.
“Rebellious girl… you’re unfilial! How dare you defy me?!” Felix pointed at Florence. He was so furious that he was trembling and the veins on his forehead were throbbing.
“Florence Howard, how dare you speak to Father like that?!” Samuel stepped forward and yelled at Florence angrily. “Father is already so old, yet you’re saying such callous things to provoke him. Do you deliberately want him to anger him to death so you can get what you want?”
Florence glanced at Samula coldly and mocked, “You don’t have to pretend to be a filial son at this time! Who doesn’t know that you’ve long coveted the position of helmsman and that you’ve been hoping to take over sooner.
“Unfortunately, Father has already revoked your position as successor, and now, I’m the head of the family. That’s why you’re indignant, right?”
Being hit in his sore spot, Samuel was annoyed and furious. “Shut up! Stop spouting nonsense! As your brother, I don’t want you to be talking back to Father. Is there anything wrong with this?
“Don’t forget that Father is still the head of the Howards, and only he has the right to decide who becomes the next helmsman!”
“If Father really hands over the position of helmsman to you, I’ll have no objections, and I’ll be the first to support you. But now, you obviously want to snatch the position away from Father!
“You’re treacherous and rebellious. I must stop you no matter what!
“Don’t you have a lot of experts under your command now? If you want to harm Father, just kill me first!” Samuel yelled loudly and reprimanded Florence furiously.
Meanwhile, Ezra stood silently at the side, quickly thinking about the current situation.
Now that the terrifying man Lucas was on Florence’s side and wanted to help her become the helmsman, Florence’s power was greatly strengthened.
Moreover, the fact that Florence had immediately summoned a team of more than twenty experts with her whistle meant that she still had some trump cards. Who knew how many more trump cards she had.
Thus, Florence posed a huge threat to him!
His only chance now was to step out like Samuel did and try his best to perform in front of his grandfather so that the latter would hand over his position to him.
But given Lucas’s domineering style, Felix might not be able to suppress him!
No, I can’t do that.
His best method at present was to stay put and see if there would be any twists in the situation for him to take action!
Ezra made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and stood still, not stepping forward or speaking up.
Florence smiled in contempt as she watched Samuel behaving like a filial son. “Hah, Samuel, you’ve always been so hypocritical since we were kids!
“Since you want to die to prove how much you really respect Father, I’ll grant your wish to show your filial piety!
“Since you want to die, you can’t blame me!”
Florence commanded her subordinates, “I’ll count to five. If Samuel continues to get in my way, kill him!”
“Yes!” The twenty or so experts agreed in unison.
An austere and murderous aura surged to the sky!
The Howards nearby looked at the people in front of them in horror.
Even though they didn’t know any martial arts, they could feel the terrifying aura that gave them goosebumps from the twenty or so people in front of them!
The strength of each of these experts was on par with the bodyguards that the Howards had spent a ton of money to hire!
Samuel’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Florence! I’m your brother. Are you really going to order your subordinates to kill me?”
