Supreme Mars novel Chapter 28

Rachel's response left Rebecca puzzled.

"What do you mean, Miss Ward?" she said, taking in Rachel's change in expression. "We have urgent business with your boss. It won’t take long, I swear."

But she regretted her words as soon as she uttered them.

Even though Rachel was Lydia's secretary, she was on par with the heads of other major departments in the company. It was to the extent that many executives would scramble to get on her good side if they could manage it.

"What did you say?"

Sure enough, Rachel's eyes narrowed and her voice became colder. "Care to repeat yourself?"

Her momentum came pressing on Rebecca and her daughter. Having worked for Lydia for so long, even a secretary like her had developed a powerful presence.

"I'm sorry, Miss Ward. That's not what we meant," Rebecca said, apologizing at once.

"I apologize for what I said, but we've found an entertainment company that is willing to work with us on the product endorsement. We would like to talk to Miss Henderson about changing the person in charge of the project."

Rachel still looked indifferent and even sneered. "We can leave that for tomorrow. How can Miss Henderson waste her wedding night on something so trivial? Rather than coming here to complain about unfair treatment, you're better off fixing your relationship with Mr. Cohen first."

Rachel had guessed what Caroline and his mother came here for. She continued in a cold voice, "To put it bluntly, we want Mr. Cohen himself to work with us, not your family. If it weren't for Mr. Cohen, do you think your company even stands a chance?"

Rebecca and Caroline could not say anything.

Rachel's words were like a slap in the face, completely shattering their self-esteem.

"Stop trying to change the person in charge. It has to be Mr. Cohen. If you insist on switching him out, we'll break off our partnership with your company at once!"

Leaving firm words behind, Rachel stormed off in her high heels.

Rebecca and her daughter stood there in a daze.

"Leo… Every time it’s that damn Leo…"

When she came to her senses, Rebecca's face was full of malice.

She paused for a moment before looking at her daughter. "Caroline, I want you to meet him tomorrow. I don't care how you do it, but you have to make him relinquish control of the project."

"Don't worry, Mom. He likes me. I'm sure he'll listen to what I have to say."

The two of them left Oceania shortly afterwards.

"That's your family?"

Back in the presidential suite in Oceania, Lydia looked at Leo with a somewhat icy expression. She said in a stiff voice, "They're so unreasonable."

"Don't take it to heart." Leo smiled.

Remembering her reaction earlier, his heart warmed a little. "You don't want them to bully me, do you?"

Lydia's expression tensed up. "Don't get so full of yourself. I just don’t like them."

"I know." Leo was still chuckling.

"It's getting late, and there's only one bed here," Lydia said, tactfully hinting at him to leave.

Leo nodded and stood up.

Even though the two of them had held their wedding, Lydia had yet to accept him. He did not have the right to sleep in the same room as her.

Time would mend things, eventually.

"Sweet dreams."

Leo stood up to leave after saying goodnight to her.

"Leo..."

Suddenly, Lydia called out to him.

He stopped walking and turned back to look at her in surprise.

"I don't know Peter Lawson that well." She still had her back facing him as she said sulkily, "I just wanted you to know that."