Supreme Mars novel Chapter 20

The wedding was held on the deck of the cruise ship. The guests could enjoy the evening breeze and some fine wine before the brilliant night view above. The only thing missing in the eyes of some male attendees was a collection of beautiful young ladies to share the intimate experience with…

This was Oceania's main selling point.

As William and the group walked onto the deck, they could spot some immaculately dressed men and women chatting with each other in small groups.

All of them were from well-to-do families, and were very difficult to access on regular occasions.

William sat down in the spot that was reserved for the Fords. Astonishingly, the Fords were given seats at the head table, which was normally reserved for close family friends.

The other attendees were none too happy about the seating arrangement, of course. "How come they get to take center stage? They almost went bankrupt!"

Caroline glanced at her surroundings, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "It's still early, Mom. Let's do some recon."

Rebecca readily agreed.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Caroline," Rebecca said in a hushed tone. "There are many fine young bachelors here. It'd be nice if you could get acquainted with some of them."

Caroline smiled at her sweetly. "Don't worry, Mom. I know what to do."

William snorted. "Says the one who dated a complete scumbag."

Rebecca blushed, knowing that William was referring to Raymond. "We all make mistakes, dear," she said. "Look at what happened with Leo. You spoke so highly of him back then, yet he ran off on the day he was supposed to marry Kate Lawson. And he's still as useless as ever, after waltzing back into town."

William's features hardened as he let out another snort.

"Speaking of that charlatan," Rebecca said, glancing around. "I wonder if he's left already." Rebecca snickered. "He's a fool if he thinks someone like him belongs in a place like this."

Suddenly, William's phone rang.

William's expression sobered the moment he glanced at the caller ID. "Hello, Miss Ward."

"Hello, Mr. Ford. On behalf of Atlas Beauty, I'd like to propose a few stipulations regarding our collaboration..."

"Sure, sure... No problem." William nodded repeatedly.

"Who was that?" Rebecca asked.

William smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Ward from Atlas Beauty. She has made a few requests to us: prepare the marketing plan for 'Angel' in three days; find the right actress to endorse the product in half a month; and finally, the representative of the Ford family has to be Leo and no one else."

"What?!" The first two points were reasonable, but Caroline could not accept the last point. "Why? Didn't we agree that this project would be handled by just the three of us?"

Rebecca, too, was far from happy with the news "Does that mean I won't be able to get any professional credit for this project?" she thought.

William said, "There's nothing we can do, since Atlas has the final say. I'll talk to Leo about it later and ask him to lend us a hand. If I had known about this earlier, I would have brought him here with us. It's all because of you two and your big clumsy mouths!"

Caroline and Rebecca paled instantly, feeling a twinge of remorse in their hearts.

"Oh, is that Peter Lawson?"

A tall, handsome man walked in and was soon surrounded by many young men and girls like a myriad of stars surrounding the moon.

There were four families in Emerdale referred to locally as "The Big Four"; the Lawson family, the Smith family, the Yason family, and the Duncan family. Only the Lawson family was in attendance tonight.

Peter quickly became the focus of everyone's attention. Almost everyone present this evening had aspirations of making his attendance.

But to everyone's surprise, he was arranged to sit at the same table with the Ford family.

The moment their eyes met, they were all stunned.

Peter came to his senses first. He narrowed his eyes at William. "What a small world."

William snorted in response.

"I believe congratulations are in order? I heard that you guys snatched a bid from us earlier? Very nice..." A dark glint formed in Peter's eyes. "But believe me when I say that this; you can forget about it amounting to anything."

William, Rebecca, and Caroline were all terrified. None of them had expected their victory at the auction to annoy the Lawsons this much.

Before anyone could respond, music began to play and Victor, the manager of Oceania, stepped onto the stage.

Victor's gaze swept across the attendees. "Good evening, everyone. I'm honored to host the wedding for tonight's couple. This is certainly a proud moment in my life."