If Neil was simply shocked to see the Simpson family and the Henderson family working together to start a war with him, Chris’ arrival was the last straw that would break his back.
Different from the Simpson family and the Henderson family, the Lawson family represented the most wealthy and powerful group of people of Emerdale. Even if Kate was the head of the family now, their family was still too strong for the O'Brien family to compete with.
Chris threw a faint look at Neil and lost interest in him. He came up to Leo and bent down slightly. "Mr. Cohen."
Leo didn’t reply, but narrowed his eyes and cast a meaningful look at Chris.
Leo had expected the arrivals of the Simpson family, the Henderson family, Martial Arts Association and HY Business Association, but it didn’t occur to him that the Lawson family would come too.
In Leo’s opinion, it must be Kate’s idea.
As expected, Chris gave a faint smile and explained, "Kate asks me to deliver a message. Mr. Cohen is the partner of the Lawson family. If he’s in trouble, the Lawson family will work things out."
Having worked with Kate for some time, Chris didn’t behave like a playboy anymore. Now he had become a sophisticated and vocal businessman.
Neil’s pupils contracted in shock. "Is that really Miss Lawson’s idea?"
Chris nodded with perfect nonchalance, as if the O’Brien family was already a rat in a hole in his eyes.
All the color drained from Neil and Dwayne’s faces as they heard that. They were full of hope a while ago, but now, a deep sense of despair overwhelmed them.
If it had been in the past, Neil wouldn’t have been afraid of Chris at all, but now, Chis was the representative of Kate. If Kate intended to destroy the O’Brien family, the O’Brien family was doomed.
As for Ronnie, he was stupefied now.
Everybody knew that Leo had almost married Kate five years ago. No matter how she felt about him now, apparently, Kate still cared so much about her "ex-husband".
Which meant, except for the Hamilton family, who had no relation with Leo, the rest three prestigious families of Emerdale were all subject to Leo!
And that made Leo the most powerful and influential man in Emerdale!
Now, Ronnie felt grateful that he hadn’t chosen to be Leo’s enemy, but to yield to him.
In fact, he wasn’t the only one who had this idea. Chris also thought this way. After he greeted Leo, he stared coldly at Neil. "Mr. O’Brien, when we meet Mr. Cohen, we greet him reverently. You’re nothing but the head of a 一线家族. How dare you be so rude to him?"
Now the O’Brien family realized the gravity of the situation, because they could feel that the bodyguards of the other families had surrounded them. Especially those bodyguards of the O’Brien family, now they were under the gun of the other families’ bodyguards’.
Millie looked around and shouted, "All the bodyguards of the O’Brien family’s, lay down your arms and we'll spare your lives!"
Suddenly, the bodyguards of the O’Brien family’s dropped their guns and slumped to their knees, head in hands.
The moment Neil, Dwayne, and all Leo’s old enemies saw this scene, their hearts sank. Dumbfounded, they collapsed to the floor.
At first, it was a totally one-sided match, but then Leo turned the table on them instantly. Lennox, Millie and the others who rushed here were also impressed with his wit and power, because in their mind, each of them thought they were the only force supporting Leo, and they never expected that other people would also come to support him.
Lennox glanced around and came up to Leo, saying in a grim voice, "Mr. Cohen, how do you want to handle these people? I can kill them once you give the order!"
What Lennox said sent shivers down everyone’s spine.
Leo looked calmly at Lennox, Millie and the others. "They’re all your people. It’s up to you to decide their future!"
Lennox, Millie and the others were surprised to hear that, but the next second, they recovered themselves and said with their heads down, "Yes, Mr. Cohen!"
Finally, they had earned Leo’s trust, and they would never let him down!
Mollie seemed to realize that Lennox was going to kill her, and at this point, she crawled towards him, held his legs tight and whined, "Dad, I’m your daughter! You can’t kill me!"
"Get away! You’re not my daughter!" Lennox kicked her away without hesitation and said indifferently, "It’s not that I want to kill you, but you’re killing yourself. The moment you made an enemy of Mr. Cohen, you had become a hopeless case."
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