She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 808

"The company pays you to work, not to hit on women."

"Everett..."

Melanie could easily tell that Everett was going out of his way to target Preston. She was just about to defend him, but Preston beat her to the punch.

"I am working."

Seeing Preston casually dismiss the accusation, Everett planted his hands on his hips, puffing out his chest to look authoritative.

"Do you think I'm blind or something?"

"I'm Ms. Royce's assistant. Keeping my boss in a good mood to boost her efficiency is part of my job description, isn't it?"

Preston's counter left Everett standing there with his mouth hanging open, utterly speechless.

"Alright, alright, we're all doing our jobs, let's not argue... By the way, Everett, go get things ready for tomorrow's Botanical & Pharmaceutical Trade Expo."

"The Trade Expo..."

Everett's face twisted into an uneasy grimace as he hesitated.

"I've already suggested to Mr. Royce that we skip tomorrow's trade expo..."

"What?"

Melanie stared at him in disbelief.

Everett hastily explained.

"Because I think... our top priority right now should be finding a replacement for the Type-L Bio-Fertilizer and securing the quality of the Arctic Burdock Root. As for the expo..."

He nervously scratched the back of his neck.

"The industry's opinion of us is terrible right now. If we go, we'll just be humiliating ourselves. We won't secure any big contracts, and we'll probably just get cornered and mocked. It's only going to make things worse. We should wait until the fertilizer crisis is handled before releasing a public statement..."

Before Everett could even finish, Melanie turned to look at Preston.

"Do you agree with that?"

Meeting her gaze, Preston's dark eyes remained as calm as deep water.

"No, quite the opposite. When the outside world is filled with doubt, that's exactly when we shouldn't retreat. We absolutely have to attend tomorrow's trade expo."

Originally, Leila had planned to leverage Dominic and the Lockridge Group to rebrand herself as an elite, original high-end jewelry designer.

By using malachite as her primary material, she could keep costs low.

She assumed that if she just hyped up her designs enough, the fashion world would naturally embrace her.

However...

Whether she had inadvertently offended the matriarch of the Whitmore family, or if her luck had just run out, everything fell apart.

Her jewelry designs were too expensive for everyday buyers, and the elite class found them incredibly tacky.

Her brand was basically dead in the water.

Which meant Leila suddenly had a lot of free time on her hands.

And because she was so bored, she deliberately crashed this Botanical & Pharmaceutical Trade Expo.

Through Dominic, she knew the Royce Group was in hot water.

Since she had a perfect opportunity to kick Melanie while she was down, there was no way she was going to miss it.