Supreme Mars novel Chapter 341

Chapter 341 A Chance to Prove
Then Karina brought over her back-up—Stefan, whose show-up made a great change.
“Ms. Blank!”
“Ms. Black, glad to see you here!"
Karina was putting on a complacent smile and so were the others getting fired, in the eyes of whom a tinge of hope sparkled.
“Alright...” Stefan simply nodded as reply and looked around. Then she fixed her eyes on Leo, “Mr. Cohen, are you trying to fire my employees?”
Standing beside, Caroline was so nervous that she sweat her palm.
When she still worked for Vesper Corporation back then, she tried her best to get the most she could—being a director of an apartment. At that time, she rarely met such a big shot like the deputy president of the enterprise. But now even the very first sight from Stefan was getting her so nervous.
However, Leo still looked relaxed on the seat. He smiled, “Whoever committing something wrong shall be punished. No exception even for those directly reporting to you.”
“Mr. Cohen, that sounds really tough. But | gotta make things clear. Being the husband of Ms. Lydia doesn’t make you the one in charge of the business,” Stefan let out a weird smile of sarcasm.
As soon as she finished, the rest of the office were all greatly stunned and shifted their gaze at Leo with great disbelief.
Karina was no exception, who was sweating even more, being shocked by the fact that Leo was actually the husband of their boss.
Though everyone in this building had learned that Lydia was married, none of them had ever seen her husband. Not to mention that they would presume Leo to be that guy.
Now Karina deemed it a wise choice to notice Stefan for that. Otherwise, she was no match for Leo. After all, Leo got her wife behind his back.
Leo simply smiled again, “I never think so. | respect my wife from the bottom of my heart.”
Stefan kept on sneering with no response. From her perspective, Leo was just a wimp financially supported by Lydia.
“Let's cut the chase. We all know how outstandingly she works. You can’t get her fired.” Said Stefan.
Caroline was feeling much more nervous. Meanwhile, Rachel also felt like being choked out of pressure. As a sectary, she deemed it a wise choice to keep her mouth shut
while facing this deputy lady.
But Leo had no intention to give her an out.
Instead, he stared at her, looking a bit confused, “Ms. Black, I don’t think it’s your business. You are judging a matter of my department. So are you the one who is running this department?”
Stefan paused awkwardly. Her eyes revealed greater unfriendliness while she was looking at him.
After all, as a senior officer with rich experience, most of the managers would pay her enough respect.
So that was why she could plant a few employees with loyalty to her into every department, while Karina was one of them. Besides, the trading department had been able to lay hands on considerable profit, for which she highly valued the position of Karina. It would cause her great loss if
Leo fired her.
But even if Leo chose to keep Karina to stay this time, it was just a matter of time before he took further action to clear those moles Stefan had planted within, which she failed to notice.
So the feud was meant to be a fact.
“Mr. Cohen, so you’re not gonna pay me even mere respect, huh?” Stefan put on some attitude.
Meanwhile, the rest of the others all kept silent out of pressure. None of them had ever expected that this seemingly mere argument would then turn to be such a conflict between the two deputy presidents.
Leo smiled, “Hey, actually, I am paying you respect. But it’s you who disregard it.”
“What do you mean?” she tried hard to hold back her anger and questioned.
Now she was smoldering with hatred against Leo. She still remembered how much he had once humiliated her during the election for the deputy president last time. Now Leo was trying to undermine her interest once again during the position change by getting rid of her spies, which added up more to her reason of being hostile.
Leo still kept the smile on his face, “We are both on the position as the deputy president. I don’t deem it appropriate for us to intervene the conflict between the employees. How about that? I suggest we leave it to them to settle on their own.”
“So what’s the detail?” Stefan wanna figure out what he was up for.
“My question is that whether Karina could be capable enough for the position. So I suggest she drafts an identical file to be compared with Caroline’s. The answer will be told with a glimpse of that.”
Then he continued, “If she proves herself by completing a better file than Caroline’s, I will drop my decision. But if not, I will be really sorry to announce that Caroline will be taking her position.”
“Alright!” Stefan agreed.
Leo then looked at Caroline, “So, are you ready?”
Caroline replied with a grateful look, “Of coursel”
She was aware that Leo was offering her a chance to show her ability. There was no doubt that he had the power to induct her into the position.
But the others might deemed it a kind of bias from Leo over the fact that she was suitable for the job.
As long as she managed to prove herself to be qualified enough, she would be free from any other gossips.
Meanwhile, Karina started to hesitate as she got this position by ingratiation. Obviously, she could never overtake Caroline in this aspect.
However, her situation was now floundering. She had no choice but to try her best.
Soon, the file was finished. Leo smiled to suggest, “So, Ms. Black, would you mind being the judge? I don’t deem myself a seemingly unbiased one in the eyes of others.
Looking at his smile, Stefan feit like flinching. But she still did as he suggested.
But soon, her face was covered with sulkiness just after a simple glimpse of the two files.
The difference was too obvious to be paid even one more second to tell.
The sulkiness on her face was escalating. Then she glared at Karina and slapped her hard. Her bellow echoed in the office, “Idiot! You actually let the chance to slip away!”
With her hands covering her own face, Karina was too scared to answer.
After that, Stefan turned to look at Leo again, whose smile still remained on his face. Her face went twisted, “Alright, Mr. Cohen, good job to you!
Let’s wait and see!”
Apparently, with her anger running wild, she was greatly embarrassed because of Karina’s shiftlessness.
Unwilling to stay for even one more second, she rushed out of the office with madness.
Watching her ‘backup’ rushing out, Karina lost her look of pride. She thumped out of the office with the box held in her arms.
The silence still lingered inside the office. While the rest of the others all stared at Leo blankly. Then they suddenly shifted their eyes to Caroline.
Leo officially announced, “From now on, Caroline Ford will take the place of Karina and serve as the director of the trading department. Any
question?”
“No, sir!” they exclaimed loud to answer.
During all these days, they could truly feel Caroline’s friendliness. Compared with Karina, who had been domineering and putting on air, Caroline was way much better to work with.
Caroline smiled and paid them a sincere bow.
Then she looked at Leo to say wholeheartedly, “Thank you.”
Though she knew it didn’t cost him much to do the favor, it actually mattered a great deal for her life.
Leo waved his hand and added, “As you can see, I am the one in charge. But I am sure you all can tell the way I deal with people—fairness always comes to the priority.”
“Whoever capable could be promoted. So work hard. That’s the last thing and also the most important thing I ask for you all.”
Then he looked around with his sharp eyes, “Karina’s doing to bully others shall never happen again! If I learn any of that again, just expect the
worst punishment from me!”
“Yes, sir!” they all answered with respect.
Leo nodded and then walked away under their gaze of awe.