Supreme Mars novel Chapter 121

It was already 10 o’clock when Leo arrived home. Emilia was already asleep.

Leo crept up to bed to sleep gingerly.

Leo thought Lydia had fallen asleep. To his surprise, he heard Lydia’s calm voice in the dark.

“A whiff of women’s perfume is on your body.”

Leo was astonished. How could it be? He had taken a bath.

However, he also caught a whiff of perfume as he sniffed his body.

It must be gotten when he lifted Irene.

Leo was flurried and hastily explained it to Lydia, “Lydia, I haven’t done….”

“No need to explain.”

Lydia answered with a calm voice still, “I believe in you.”

After going through the conflicts with Peter, Lydia gained a sense of security from Leo. As long as he was present, Emilia and she would not be hurt.

But it perplexed Leo. Since she did not suspect him of cheating, what did she mean?

After a moment’s silence, Lydia said, “It is usual for you, an excellent man, to be surrounded by a bevy of young girls. For you, it is a good thing.”

Leo felt weird. When an ordinary woman caught a whiff of another woman’s perfume on her husband’s body, she would definitely kick up a fuss.

“Leo, you should know that the road ahead will be full of challenges.”

Lydia continued with a calm voice, “So you need to be stronger and stronger. I expect that one day I can be totally without scruple to declare that we are married to the public. Only by then, you can say you get me as your wife.”

For an instant, Leo was amazed. Lydia was indeed a superwoman. Her thoughts were not like ordinary women’s.

She did not throw tantrums; she even did not mind it at all. She knew how to be a true wife.

Leo shook his head and smiled, “Marie had told me all about it. Your family lives in Valenham, and my father-in-law was also looking for me. As long as I make my father-in-law acknowledge me, I can make you become my wife.”

“But it is difficult.” Lydia shook her head and said.

“It will be successful.”

Leo smiled weakly and said with strong confidence, “When you have prepared, I shall propose marriage to my father-in-law.”

Without speaking, Lydia turned her back on Leo.

“I hope so.”

She muttered in a voice that could only be heard by her.

The next morning, when the first glimmer of dawn arrived, Leo felt a small hand was poking his face. He soon opened his eyes.

For a split second, a small cute face came into view. Emilia enjoyed herself playing his face.

Emilia’s smiley face immediately stiffened as she saw Leo wake up. She drew back her little hand and looked at Leo with a guilty conscience.

Leo looked at Lydia, who was still in her sleep, and shushed Emilia, “Hush, don’t wake mom.”

Emilia nodded cooperatively and made the same gesture, “Hush....”

Leo laughed. To have a lovely daughter like Emilia was indeed the happiest thing in the world.

“Come here, let’s wash up.”

Leo scooped Emilia up in his arms and looked back to see Lydia who was sleeping beside him. After Leo made sure he did not wake Lydia, he crept up to go downstairs.

As soon as Leo closed the door, Lydia opened her eyes instantly. Her gorgeous face raised a long-lost smile.

Lydia did not take her time getting downstairs until Leo made a hearty breakfast. She looked beautiful, even without makeup.

“It’s time to have breakfast.” Leo said to Lydia, smiling.

Lydia took her seat and ate porridge, savoring every mouthful.

“Thank you.”

Suddenly she looked up and said unto Leo.

“For what?” Leo was surprised.

“Thank you for your breakfast.”

Lydia said, “Can you do me another favor to take Emilia to the kindergarten?”

Leo was overjoyed to hear that, “Sure!”

He saw Lydia’s change. She began to rely on him.

He was more like a lodger in Lydia’s house before.

After breakfast, Leo sent Emilia to the kindergarten. Lydia drove to the company.

She got a call from Rachel. Rachel told her the Henderson family overfulfilled the target for order quantity.

Lydia was very surprised to hear that, and she ordered Rachel to follow up.

Subsequently, she called Irene and Mollie into her office.

Then the perturbed Irene and triumphant Mollie came into the office.

“Have you seen the owner of the International Commerce Center at dinner yesterday?” Lydia asked.

Irene bit her lip nervously and intended to apologize. However, Mollie beat her to it. She glanced at Irene cynically and said, “Ms. Henderson, you don’t know about this. The owner of the International Commerce Center not only visited us yesterday but also viewed Atlas Beauty favorably. It was about to achieve cooperation of the construction project. However, we slipped such a golden opportunity. It was all due to Ms. Garcia. She took her own course and contradicted the owner of the International Commerce Center and Mr. Lawson.”

Hearing that, Lydia’s eyes narrowed slightly. She looked at Irene, “Is that true?”

Irene’s looked pale, “Nonsense! I didn’t contradict them!”

Her face flushed and turned pale alternatively. She was intertwined with anxiety and anger. She was anxious because she lost the opportunity of the construction project; she was angry because Mollie confounded right and wrong to make a false charge against her.

“You still not admit contradicting them?”

Mollie talked with more and more details, she looked at Irene cynically and said, “If you didn’t contradict the owner and Mr. Lawson, if you didn’t declare L Group would withdraw from the competition, if you didn’t do all of those for a loser, how could Vesper Corporation win the competition to get the construction project?”

After a pause, Mollie turned her face toward Lydia and said, “Ms. Henderson, Ms. Garcia’s deed was quite wrong this time. It caused enormous loss to our company. I do think she is not suitable for taking the position as the deputy general manager. We shall accept her resignation and let the capable person take up the position.”

“A loser?”

Lydia changed countenance a little and asked, “What do you mean ‘a loser’?”

Mollie exaggerated the details to explain what happened last night to Lydia. After she finished, she took malicious pleasure and looked at Irene, “As far as I can see, Ms. Garcia thought for the loser too much. She must have been fall in love with him. That's it. I just learned Ms. Garcia loves such type of man.”

Lydia’s eyes turned cold while listening to Mollie. Lydia remembered Leo was also in Riverside Club last night....

Lydia’s face was as cold as marble. Detected it, Mollie thought it was Irene’s fault that annoyed Lydia. She could not help feeling happier.

The enmity between women was inexplicable. Ultimately it was owing to one word, “Jealousy”.

Irene and Mollie were both deputy general managers of the L Group, but their backgrounds and experiences were totally different.

Irene was Lydia’s trusted subordinate. By contrast, Mollie was promoted by another deputy general manager, one of the three deputy general managers of the L Group. The manager, who promoted Mollie, ever competed with Lydia for the CEO’s position. After he failed, he was dispatched to another city by Lydia. He was sent to expand the market namely, though in truth he was sent into exile.

Since then Mollie lost strong support.

Additionally, compared to Mollie, Irene had a more attractive appearance. Besides, Irene treated others moderately with a very even temperament. She was never pompous or had a high opinion of her own capabilities. Due to that, she was welcomed by her co-workers.

Although Mollie could also cooperate well with her subordinates, everyone around her watched out for her. Her kindness seemed ostensible. She left others an impression that she was always so sketchy with things.

Resulting from all of these above factors, Mollie did not perform as well as Irene in all aspects, no matter for departmental performance or interpersonal relationships.

Mollie hated Irene for a long time. When she got an opportunity to let Irene suffer through, she definitely seized it. Irene glared at Mollie, but could not do anything. Mollie felt proud and elated when she saw that. She even gained a sense of fulfillment.

“Ms. Henderson, it was not like that. Please let me explain....”

Irene was burning with anxiety and her eyes were red with weeping. She looked at Lydia, “Actually the ‘loser’ that mentioned by Mollie, was....”

“Irene, you still want to justify it at this moment?”

Mollie interrupted Irene, and said in a cold voice, “You brought such a loss to our company. The loss should be compensated by deducting your annual salary and your shares. More importantly, maybe Ms. Henderson would be angry and fire you. Then this is not a joke.”

“Mollie....”

“That’s enough!”

Lydia shouted to end the quarrel between Mollie and Irene. She looked at the two with cold eyes and said, “I will investigate what happened later. Now you return to your desks to do your job.”

“Yes, Ms. Henderson.”

Mollie and Irene then stopped quarreling. They replied and walked out of the CEO’s office.

After she came out of the CEO’s office, Mollie sneered at the sight of Irene’s back coldly.

“You’ve made such a big mistake. I can’t imagine that how Ms. Henderson can forgive you....”