Supreme Mars novel Chapter 42

"What?!"

Caroline's pupils narrowed when she heard Wayne's words. Rebecca was so frightened that her hands trembled, and she nearly dropped the teacup in her hand. She looked extremely uneasy.

Leo had damaged Dwayne's father's property with his men?

How was that possible? What gave him the courage to do so?

After the initial shock had passed, Rebecca realized that something was wrong. She said with a smile, "Dwayne, why don't you go and ask if there is any misunderstanding?"

"That's right, that good-for-nothing doesn't even have a job. How would he afford to barge into your business with his men and trash it?" Caroline said anxiously.

Caroline had the sudden urge to kill someone.

After this incident, their hopes of him getting them a celebrity endorsement were up in flames.

"A misunderstanding?"

Dwayne suddenly stood up and looked at Caroline and her daughter coldly. He sneered and said, "The gangster who broke into my father's company said that he was named Leo Cohen. Apart from that deadbeat in your family, who else goes by that name?"

"Not only did he destroy my father's company, but he also beat up a senior executive of the business and disfigured him."

"What? He injured someone?"

Rebecca's face suddenly turned pale and ashen.

"Dwayne, let me explain. He is not a member of our family..."

Caroline hurriedly stood up and explained to Neil humbly.

It had not been easy for her to build a good relationship with the heir apparent of the O'Brien family. How could she give up this opportunity to ingratiate herself with the rich and powerful family?

The only thing she could do now was to keep apologizing, hoping that Dwayne would forgive her.

However, just as Caroline stood up, she was pushed aside by Dwayne "Screw you, I know he’s one of yours!"

"To think that I actually helped you all. You really don't know what's good for you!"

Dwayne said coldly, "From now on, you can forget about us doing you any favors. Just wait for our lawyer's letter."

With that, he snorted, picked up the artist materials he brought with him, and left.

Caroline and Rebecca were left completely stunned, as they sat dumbly on their seats.

"It's over, it's over, it's all over..."

Caroline put her hands on her head and tugged on the hair she had meticulously combed in the morning. She said with a sorrowful expression. "We could have collaborated with Atlas Beauty and received financial support from the O'Brien’s. Now, it's all gone."

"It's all that asshole’s fault! Why doesn't he just disappear again and leave us alone?"

In the next instant, Caroline's eyes were filled with intense hatred.

"I told you five years ago that he was an ill omen who would only bring disaster to us, but you didn't believe me."

Rebecca was also very annoyed. She glanced at the equally angry Caroline and replied, "Look at him now. Five years ago, he caused us to suffer the Lawson family's wrath. Now we've finally gotten back on our feet, but that brat screwed things up again."

"How could I have known that he was such a heartless person at that time?"

Caroline was furious.

Rebecca thought for a moment and said, "The most important thing to do now is to show our loyalty to the O'Brien's. We have to tell them that our family has had nothing to do with the actions of that trash. We need to excommunicate him immediately, and cut off all relations with him!"

"And that should be the least of it!" Caroline said hatefully. "I want to make sure that he can't survive in Emerdale."

Just then, they heard a crisp sound of high heels striking the floor in the corridor. A short-haired woman wearing a professional suit stopped in front of Caroline and Rebecca.

She asked coldly, "Are you the representatives from the Ford’s?"

"We are."

Rebecca hurriedly stood up, sorted out her emotions, and squeezed out a smile. "When will the meeting begin?"

"I'm Miss Ward's assistant. I'm here to inform you of this matter."

The woman continued lightly, "We've just received a notification that Ms. Henderson has an urgent matter that needs to be dealt with. Miss Ward will represent her in the discussion. You two can go and speak with her instead."

"Why is Miss Ward dealing with this? Where is Miss Henderson?" Rebecca's expression changed when she heard that.

"There's no need for you to know that. Just do as I say." Instructed the woman.

The woman did not say another word.

Was this the way they were supposed to treat their partner? Even if they were superior and subordinate, they should not be as mean as they were now.

Caroline and Rebecca were angry but did not dare to say anything. The International Commerce Center was located in the top financial circle of Emerdale. Atlas Beauty was the leader of the pack. The core group of the Emerdale business circle was gathered here. They couldn’t afford to offend the CEO’s assistant.

Reigning in their indignation, they followed the woman into Rachel's office.

Rachel knew that someone had entered, but she didn't raise her head and continued to deal with her documents.

She didn't look up until she was done with them. She glanced at Caroline and Rebecca, "I remember that the representative of your corporation was Mr. Cohen. Why are the two of you here instead?"

Rebecca said with a flattering smile, "Leo has something to do at the moment, so we'll take care of it."

"Is that so?"

Rachel smiled oddly and went straight to the point. "Then, what about the packaging plan?"

Caroline immediately presented the proposal to Rachel. However, Rachel merely flipped through a few pages of the densely worded proposal before completely losing interest. She said indifferently, "Miss Ford, I think you've misunderstood something. The best way to make a product is to use celebrities as spokespeople. Where are your celebrities?"

"Uh..."

Caroline and Rebecca immediately felt troubled when they heard the question.

They had secured a celebrity ten minutes ago. But because of the trouble Leo had gotten them into, they had completely fallen out with the O'Brien family...

Looking at Caroline and Rebecca's expressions, Rachel understood something, and the expression on her face gradually receded.

"We've given you enough time already, haven't we? Yet, you still haven't given us a satisfactory result. I can only think that there is something wrong with your competency to handle this."

Rachel narrowed her eyes and said, "It seems that Atlas Beauty will have to reconsider our cooperation with your company."

Swoosh!

As soon as he said that, Caroline and Rebecca's expression fell. They pleaded, "Miss Ward, don't cancel the agreement between our two businesses. This was just an accident. Give us a week, and we will give your company the result you're looking for."

However, Rachel shook her head and calmly said, "I'm sorry, but I don't have the final say. Whether we cooperate or not is up to Miss Henderson."

"Go back and wait for my update. I'll give you an answer before the end of the workday tomorrow."

After that, she immediately ignored Caroline and Rebecca, who were left as pale as sheets. She walked towards the president's office with their proposal.

However, as soon as she opened the door, she saw two dejected men walking toward her.

Then men held a contract each in their hands, on which were two striking words- Resignation report!

Rachel sighed softly. These two people were the managers who had worked with Cleo Entertainment behind Ms. Henderson's back.

She had already given the ultimatum that they had to get the 100 million back within one week. If they couldn't manage that, they were to hand in their resignations.

It was obvious that Cleo Entertainment didn't want to return the money. They had been chasing for the money for half a year but couldn't get it back. How could they reclaim it in just a week?

Therefore, these two managers were very self-aware and took the initiative to hand in their resignation reports.

The so-called emergency that Miss Henderson had to deal with, was in fact the resignations of the two directors.

They two of them left abruptly, leaving a huge mess behind for Lydia to take care of. Lydia was naturally furious. The two managers would probably be blacklisted from the industry in the future.

Since they resigned, the heavy responsibility of collecting debts fell on one of Miss Henderson's confidants, the eloquent and resourceful Irene Garcia from the PR department.

"Hopefully everything will go smoothly..."

Rachel muttered to herself. After that, she walked towards Lydia's office, reporting the results of the negotiation with the Ford Family.

Irene stood alone downstairs of Cleo Entertainment, her pretty face looking awkward.

Although she was the Chief Communications Officer of Atlas Beauty and one of the three VPs in the company, she was still under tremendous pressure to retrieve the 100 million from Cleo Entertainment.

There was no other reason. Just the fact that Cleo Entertainment had dealings with the underworld was enough to make things difficult for her.

Yes, she was good at diplomatic affairs, but the creditor was an unreasonable black-hearted businessman. Pit a scholar against a gangster, and reasoning went out the window.

However, since it was a task assigned by Miss Henderson, she had to try her best to complete it.

"Pull yourself together, Irene!"

Irene took a deep breath to calm herself down, and then slowly walked into the building.

Two men and a woman brushed past her.

Of the three, the man in the middle was obviously the leader.

Irene didn't care at first, but after a few steps, she seemed to have sensed something and turned around subconsciously.

The man had long since disappeared.

Irene's expression changed slightly. There was a hint of doubt, as well as... melancholy.

Was that a person from her past?

They looked very similar.

Irene shook her head and quickly found Neil's office. She knocked on the door and said, "Mr. O'Brien, I'm Irene Garcia, COO of Atlas Beauty. I am here to talk about the 100 million that is owed to us."

"Plop!"

The sound of someone falling came from the office when Irene introduced herself.

Very soon, she heard the sound of the door being locked; as if she was some terrifying monster.

Then, she heard Neil scream angrily.

"Atlas Beauty has gone too far. I've already agreed to return the money, but you still sent people over to intimidate me. Do you really think we'll just lie down and take this?"

Irene was confused. This was her first time visiting here.

If it was not her, then who could he be referring to?