Chapter 42 It''s About Ability


    "What?!"


    Caroline''s pupils narrowed when she heard Wayne''s words. Reba was so frightened that her hands


    trembled, and she nearly dropped the teacup in her hand. She looked extremely uneasy.


    Leo had damaged Dwayne''s father''s property with his men?


    How was that possible? What gave him the courage to do so?


    After the initial shock had passed, Reba realized that something was wrong. She said with a smile,


    "Dwayne, why don''t you go and ask if there is any misunderstanding?"


    "That''s right, that good-for-nothing doesn''t even have a job. How would he afford to barge into your


    business with his men and trash it?" Caroline said anxiously.


    Caroline had the sudden urge to kill someone.


    After this incident, their hopes of him getting them a celebrity endorsement were up in mes.


    "A misunderstanding?"


    Dwayne suddenly stood up and looked at Caroline and her daughter coldly. He sneered and said, "The


    gangster who broke into my father''spany said that he was named Leo Cohen. Apart from that


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    deadbeat in your family, who else goes by that name?"


    "Not only did he destroy my father''spany, but he also beat up a senior executive of the business


    and disfigured him."


    "What? He injured someone?"


    Reba''s face suddenly turned pale and ashen.


    "Dwayne, let me exin. He is not a member of our family..."


    Caroline hurriedly stood up and exined to Neil humbly.


    It had not been easy for her to build a good rtionship with the heir apparent of the O''Brien family.


    How could she give up this opportunity to ingratiate herself with the rich and powerful family?


    The only thing she could do now was to keep apologizing, hoping that Dwayne would forgive her.


    However, just as Caroline stood up, she was pushed aside by Dwayne "Screw you, I know he’s one of


    yours!"


    "To think that I actually helped you all. You really don''t know what''s good for you!"


    Dwayne said coldly, "From now on, you can forget about us doing you any favors. Just wait for our


    With that, he snorted, picked up the artist materials he brought with him, and left.


    Caroline and Reba were leftpletely stunned, as they sat dumbly on their seats.


    "It''s over, it''s over, it''s all over..."


    Caroline put her hands on her head and tugged on the hair she had meticulouslybed in the


    morning. She said with a sorrowful expression. "We could have coborated with As Beauty and


    received financial support from the O''Brien’s. Now, it''s all gone."


    "It''s all that asshole’s fault! Why doesn''t he just disappear again and leave us alone?"


    In the next instant, Caroline''s eyes were filled with intense hatred.


    "I told you five years ago that he was an ill omen who would only bring disaster to us, but you didn''t


    believe me."


    Reba was also very annoyed. She nced at the equally angry Caroline and replied, "Look at him


    now. Five years ago, he caused us to suffer the Lawson family''s wrath. Now we''ve finally gotten back


    on our feet, but that brat screwed things up again."


    "How could I have known that he was such a heartless person at that time?"


    Caroline was furious.


    Reba thought for a moment and said, "The most important thing to do now is to show our loyalty to


    the O''Brien''s. We have to tell them that our family has had nothing to do with the actions of that trash.


    We need to emunicate him immediately, and cut off all rtions with him!"


    "And that should be the least of it!" Caroline said hatefully. "I want to make sure that he can''t survive in


    Emerdale."


    Just then, they heard a crisp sound of high heels striking the floor in the corridor. A short-haired woman


    wearing a professional suit stopped in front of Caroline and Reba.


    She asked coldly, "Are you the representatives from the Ford’s?"


    "We are."


    Reba hurriedly stood up, sorted out her emotions, and squeezed out a smile. "When will the


    meeting begin?"


    "I''m Miss Ward''s assistant. I''m here to inform you of this matter."


    The woman continued lightly, "We''ve just received a notification that Ms. Henderson has an urgent


    matter that needs to be dealt with. Miss Ward will represent her in the discussion. You two can go and


    speak with her instead."


    "Why is Miss Ward dealing with this? Where is Miss Henderson?" Reba''s expression changed


    when she heard that.


    "There''s no need for you to know that. Just do as I say." Instructed the woman.


    The woman did not say another word.


    Was this the way they were supposed to treat their partner? Even if they were superior and


    subordinate, they should not be as mean as they were now.


    Caroline and Reba were angry but did not dare to say anything. The International Commerce


    Center was located in the top financial circle of Emerdale. As Beauty was the leader of the pack. The


    core group of the Emerdale business circle was gathered here. They couldn’t afford to offend the


    CEO’s assistant.


    Reigning in their indignation, they followed the woman into Rachel''s office.


    Rachel knew that someone had entered, but she didn''t raise her head and continued to deal with her


    documents.


    She didn''t look up until she was done with them. She nced at Caroline and Reba, "I remember


    that the representative of your corporation was Mr. Cohen. Why are the two of you here instead?"


    Reba said with a ttering smile, "Leo has something to do at the moment, so we''ll take care of it."


    "Is that so?"


    Rachel smiled oddly and went straight to the point. "Then, what about the packaging n?"


    Caroline immediately presented the proposal to Rachel. However, Rachel merely flipped through a few


    pages of the densely worded proposal beforepletely losing interest. She said indifferently, "Miss


    Ford, I think you''ve misunderstood something. The best way to make a product is to use celebrities as


    spokespeople. Where are your celebrities?"


    "Uh..."


    Caroline and Reba immediately felt troubled when they heard the question.


    They had secured a celebrity ten minutes ago. But because of the trouble Leo had gotten them into,


    they hadpletely fallen out with the O''Brien family...


    Looking at Caroline and Reba''s expressions, Rachel understood something, and the expression on


    her face gradually receded.


    "We''ve given you enough time already, haven''t we? Yet, you still haven''t given us a satisfactory result. I


    can only think that there is something wrong with yourpetency to handle this."


    Rachel narrowed her eyes and said, "It seems that As Beauty will have to reconsider our cooperation


    with yourpany."


    Swoosh!


    As soon as he said that, Caroline and Reba''s expression fell. They pleaded, "Miss Ward, don''t


    cancel the agreement between our two businesses. This was just an ident. Give us a week, and we


    will give yourpany the result you''re looking for."


    However, Rachel shook her head and calmly said, "I''m sorry, but I don''t have the final say. Whether we


    cooperate or not is up to Miss Henderson."


    "Go back and wait for my update. I''ll give you an answer before the end of the workday tomorrow."


    After that, she immediately ignored Caroline and Reba, who were left as pale as sheets. She


    walked towards the president''s office with their proposal.


    However, as soon as she opened the door, she saw two dejected men walking toward her.


    Then men held a contract each in their hands, on which were two striking words- Resignation report!


    Rachel sighed softly. These two people were the managers who had worked with Cleo Entertainment


    behind Ms. Henderson''s back.


    She had already given the ultimatum that they had to get the 100 million back within one week. If they


    couldn''t manage that, they were to hand in their resignations.


    It was obvious that Cleo Entertainment didn''t want to return the money. They had been chasing for the


    money for half a year but couldn''t get it back. How could they reim it in just a week?


    Therefore, these two managers were very self-aware and took the initiative to hand in their resignation


    reports.


    The so-called emergency that Miss Henderson had to deal with, was in fact the resignations of the two


    directors.


    They two of them left abruptly, leaving a huge mess behind for Lydia to take care of. Lydia was


    naturally furious. The two managers would probably be cklisted from the industry in the future.


    Since they resigned, the heavy responsibility of collecting debts fell on one of Miss Henderson''s


    confidants, the eloquent and resourceful Irene Garcia from the PR department.


    "Hopefully everything will go smoothly..."


    Rachel muttered to herself. After that, she walked towards Lydia''s office, reporting the results of the


    negotiation with the Ford Family.


    Irene stood alone downstairs of Cleo Entertainment, her pretty face looking awkward.


    Although she was the Chief Communications Officer of As Beauty and one of the three VPs in the


    There was no other reason. Just the fact that Cleo Entertainment had dealings with the underworld was


    enough to make things difficult for her.


    Yes, she was good at diplomatic affairs, but the creditor was an unreasonable ck-hearted


    businessman. Pit a schr against a gangster, and reasoning went out the window.


    However, since it was a task assigned by Miss Henderson, she had to try her best toplete it.


    "Pull yourself together, Irene!"


    Irene took a deep breath to calm herself down, and then slowly walked into the building.


    Two men and a woman brushed past her.


    Of the three, the man in the middle was obviously the leader.


    Irene didn''t care at first, but after a few steps, she seemed to have sensed something and turned


    around subconsciously.


    The man had long since disappeared.


    Irene''s expression changed slightly. There was a hint of doubt, as well as... mncholy.


    Was that a person from her past?


    They looked very simr.


    Irene shook her head and quickly found Neil''s office. She knocked on the door and said, "Mr. O''Brien,


    I''m Irene Garcia, COO of As Beauty. I am here to talk about the 100 million that is owed to us."


    "Plop!"


    The sound of someone falling came from the office when Irene introduced herself.


    Very soon, she heard the sound of the door being locked; as if she was some terrifying monster.


    Then, she heard Neil scream angrily.


    "As Beauty has gone too far. I''ve already agreed to return the money, but you still sent people over to


    intimidate me. Do you really think we''ll just lie down and take this?"


    Irene was confused. This was her first time visiting here.


    If it was not her, then who could he be referring to?