Their subtle relationship could be seen from the fact that the board voted down Joseph's proposal the other day. It represented that they couldn't achieve consensus on business decisions. They didn't know why Roy agreed again later.
As Joseph took in Jordan's shareholders and held part of the Lake's shareholders, employees guessed that maybe the gossip was true that Joseph intended to swallow the Runestone Group. Otherwise, he would not have married Ruby. Although the marriage was fake, the fact proved that they took what they needed respectively, and later he married Irish again, who was his sister-in-law, and it made all doubt his real purpose. They predicted that there would be great changes shortly. And Joseph, who had prepared a lot of things, might be the victor.
As for these hearsay, Emily didn't believe them at all since she had much experience. But today, Joseph just dismissed Irish's position directly without the director's agreement. It made her doubtful.
