Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 1120

Wesley shot him a glare. "So what if I call her Boss Mercer?

She's got the skills and made us a fortune. She earned the title."

His implication was clear: anyone who didn't address her with respect had no conscience.

The rest of the group was left speechless.

At that moment, James chimed in, "I don't bow to anyone, but I'll gladly follow Boss Mercer."

He didn't fully grasp the cultural nuances of the title, but hearing Wesley use it made it roll off the tongue naturally.

Wesley looked at Hank. "See? Even the foreigner is calling her that. What's your excuse?"

Hank glared at Wesley and fell silent.

Truth be told, he wanted to punch the kid.

He was a powerful executive feared by many. How did he suddenly become the lowest on the totem pole here? Despite Hank's refined, almost gentle appearance, his subordinates were usually too intimidated to even meet his eyes.

Furthermore, he was over a decade older than Mira. He just couldn't bring himself to call her Boss.

Looking around at the others, it made sense for them. Ethan was Mira's biological brother, so he certainly wouldn't use the title. Owen was her partner and senior in martial arts; if he started using it, it would be downright comical.

Harvey Rivers had grown up with Mira as a classmate and close friend. He was too used to calling her by her first name to change now. Honestly, if Mira wasn't so extraordinarily brilliant and Owen hadn't already won her heart, Harvey might have ended up with her.

The mission was a resounding success, achieving exactly what they had set out to do. Across their three rounds of investment, their total return was roughly seventy times their initial capital.

He single-handedly propelled them to the top of the four major families.

Before Owen's return, the Lance Group hadn't even been on par with the Quinn family.

At the same time, he built his own real estate empire. Managed by professional CEO Julian Vance, it continued to yield staggering profits to this day.

Later, he fell victim to Jocelyn's scheming regarding his marriage. She had tried to force him to wed her niece, Quinn Montgomery. Truthfully, if it had only been about the setup, Owen could have easily handled it.

What truly broke his heart—and ultimately pushed him to sever ties with the Lance Group—was his grandfather's attitude. The old man actually agreed to the alliance with Quinn.

Who was Quinn? She was the blood niece of his stepmother, Jocelyn—the very woman who had orchestrated the death of Owen's biological mother.

And Quinn herself? She was beautiful, yes, a famous star in the entertainment industry. But she was also one of Lawrence's secret lovers, an actress whose reputation had already been dragged through the mud by Lawrence's reckless games.