The crisp slap almost stunned Sophia. She nearly fell due to dizziness.
She shook her head and finally came back to her senses.
Then she asked with her face full of disbelief, "How dare you beat me?"
"Smack!"
Lennox slapped Sophia right in the face again. "Yeah, I beat you. So what? Who do you think you are to offend Mr. Cohen and Ms. Henderson? Are you sick of living?"
Sophia covered her face and looked terrified in her eyes.
She suddenly found that Lennox wasn't the only one holding a grudge against her. Other chairmen, including Michelle and Ronnie, also looked at her indifferently like a psycho.
She was as shocked as she was terrified.
"How dare you? Aren't you afraid that the L Group will get back at you?"
Ronnie couldn't care less. He said disdainfully, "Are you using the Lawson family to threaten us? You got a death wish?"
"Even Kieran Lawson wouldn't dare to speak to me like that? You're merely a legal person of the Lawson Group! What makes you think you can threaten me like that?"
The Stewart family was one of the four prestigious families in Emerdale, just like the Lawson family. Ronnie wasn't afraid of the Lawsons at all. With Leo behind his back, Ronnie had become even more fearless.
"Ms. Walsh, if you're here for cooperation, we'll be more than glad to welcome you, but if you're here to make trouble, I'll have to ask you to leave."
Michelle said coldly.
She wasn't as quick-tempered as Lennox, so she chose to make an angry yet cold expulsion order.
The ten companies, led by Dottie Technology Corporation, didn't have many connections with Leo, but they had heard plenty of his stories.
The former richest man in Emerdale, Alan, had been back to Hopkins Metropolis. Therefore, the richest man in Emerdale now was Justin. The ten companies relied heavily on Justin. They heard that Justin acted really humbly before Leo.
As time went by, they finally understood this young man, who they had always ignored, was actually a formidable bigwig.
Darcey's words made Sophia tremble even more.
"Mr. Cohen, how are we dealing with this crazy woman?"
"You're crazy! This is crazy!"
Sophia yelled with dull, dead eyes. The acquisition didn't turn out to be like what she had expected.
She thought these companies would beg for a chance to develop from the Lawson Group.
It seemed the opposite now.
"Do you know who the chairperson of Lawson Group is now? It's Kate Lawson!"
"Do you know who's Ms. Lawson's most trusted person?"
"Do you know that you're offending the Lawson family and the person behind their back?"
Sophia glanced at everyone and questioned loudly.
Leo narrowed his eyes. There was a hint of cold lights in it.
He had suspected before that Kate was relying on external forces. Now his guess turned out to be true.
He motioned other chairmen to step backward for a few steps.
That scene made Sophia even more stunned.
These people seem to be so obedient to Leo.
"Tell me who's supporting Kate, and I'll let you go intact."
Leo looked at Sophia coldly, and his tone still sounded indifferent.
Sophia shivered and subconsciously covered her own mouth. Those words just slipped out of her mouth. She knew she had made huge trouble for Kate."
Sophia was no longer as arrogant as before. She forced a guilty smile and wanted to sneak out of the L Group under so many people's watch.
Before she could step out of the gate, Irene stopped her and asked, "Where do you think you're going?"
They didn't mind that Sophia had joined the enemy, but they were boiling with anger to see that she was helping the enemy bring down the L Group. Their irritation cracked.
Sophia gritted his teeth hard and replied, "I don't know anything."
Leo scoffed upon hearing the answer, "In that case, I'll leave her to you."
"No problem, Mr. Cohen!"
Lennox put on a grim face and said to Ronnie, "Mr. Ronnie Stewart, you shouldn't be bothered by this trivial matter. How about letting me deal with her for you?"
Ronnie's face changed, and he said sternly, "She offended Mr. Cohen and Ms. Henderson. She needs severe punishment, which my family happens to be good at."
"There's no need to fight over it. Why don't you leave it to us?"
The Chairman of the Dottie Technology Corporation waved his hand and walked to take charge of it.
"No! You should leave her to us!"
The chairmen of other groups also argued in dissatisfaction.
These people suddenly got into a dispute.
Sophia was already dumbfounded. She couldn't believe those people were actually fighting over the right to punish her.
Thud!
She was so frightened that her legs softened and fell to the ground.
"Please let go of me. I'm just a messenger."
Lennox scoffed, "You said you were the legal representative of the Lawson Group. How come that you're just a messenger now?"
"Take her and come with me!"
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