Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 240

Fiona sighed inwardly. The girl had been spoiled rotten by the Mercer family. She was breathtakingly arrogant, totally ignorant of basic corporate diplomacy, and desperate for the spotlight.

I have a lot of work to do with this one.

"Why did she get to walk right in? Why?!"

Mara was still seething.

Outside the plaza, the Mercer family's bodyguards scrambled to open the car doors for them.

Collapsing into the leather seats, it suddenly hit Mara.

"Why was Mira allowed to bring her personal bodyguards into the building?"

Mara asked, her voice trembling with indignant rage. The Mercer bodyguards had been forced to wait on the curb.

Fiona didn't answer directly. Instead, she offered a cold dose of reality. "Mara, you need to stop overestimating your own importance. Especially when you're on someone else's turf begging for a deal.

Your title as the 'Mercer Heiress' only matters to people who need your money, want to use you, or fear your father.

To everyone else, you are entirely worthless."

"So this bike company isn't afraid of the Mercer family?"

That had been the entire foundation of her arrogance.

Fiona nodded gravely. "Judging by that receptionist's iron-clad confidence? Absolutely not.

If you don't wake up to reality, your ego is going to destroy you."

"Then why does Mira get VIP access? Why was that receptionist bowing to her?!"

Mara ground her teeth, a suffocating wave of jealousy threatening to crush her lungs.

"It's the same reason she was allowed to bring her bodyguards up," Fiona analyzed calmly.

"There are only two logical explanations for someone moving through a corporate headquarters like they own the place.

One: she has a deeply intimate relationship with the true power behind the company and is a frequent guest.

Two: she is the power behind the company. She's the boss."

Fiona's predatory corporate instincts were razor-sharp.

"Impossible! There's no way a bitch like her runs a multi-million-dollar empire!"

"Given her background and resources, you're right, it's highly unlikely. Which leaves only the first option."

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