Chapter 356
Seraphina thought that Leandro was going to be super busy after dealing with the temporary issues
created by Vivian Smith.
She knew that Bowen had already started to make his move against Leandro, and Leandro had been
aware of this. There was no way he wouldn’t have a
counter-strategy.
Especially after he had attended a social event despite having a stomach-ache the night before. And
Keen had said that the social event was important, which meant he must be busy dealing with stuff.
However, to Seraphina’s surprise, Leandro didn’t go to work the next day.
Instead, he spent the whole day with her, taking Valerio to school and swimming. The entire day was
consumed by family time.
This was a rare urrence, even on weekends. Valerio was naturally over the moon, and suggested
going to the zoo in the afternoon, which Leandro agreed to.
Seraphina was a bit puzzled and finally asked him, “You were so busy yesterday, howe you’re so
free today?”
“I just finished a busy phase, naturally there’s time for me to chill.” Leandro replied casually, “Didn’t you
want me to be obedient? I let you watch me all day, isn’t that obedient enough?”
Seraphina moved a bit closer to him and sniffed, “I suspect you’re drunk.”
Then Leandro reached out his hand, gently held the back of her head, and pulled her towards him.
As Seraphina was forced to get closer to him, she suddenly heard a “click”. Turning her head, she saw
Valerio snapping photos of them with a camera!
“You little rascal!” Seraphina was immediately angry, “Where did you learn that?”
Valerio justughed silently and ran away with the camera.
Leandro couldn’t help but smile at the sight of Seraphina chasing after him.
He knew she was always shy in front of Valerio.
After a day of family time, Valerio fell asleep in Leandro’s arms in the car on the way back. Seraphina
kept checking the trending topics on her phone.
She nced through many posts, but didn’t see anything rted to herself. She had no idea what
Leandro was up to, so she stopped thinking about it.
Meanwhile, at the Martin Group headquarters, the lights were still on in the high-level office on the
42nd floor.
When Bowen entered Simon Martin’s office, it was bustling. Simon sat behind his desk with Lionel and
Teague sitting across from him, and several senior managers standing by. Everyone was frowning and
deep in thought.
Everyone looked at him as he entered, and their gazes stayed on him.
Bowen remained calm, just smiling lightly, “Mr. Martin, what’s up?”
Simon slowly said, “I believe you’ve heard about what happened with thepany’s projects these
past couple days?”
Bowen replied with a light smile, “The Martin Group took some big deals from the Reynolds Group. The
Reynolds Group is bound to react, I think it’s all normal.” “What do you mean, ‘normal’?” Teague,
looking at his troublesome future son-inw, couldn’t help but be angry. “Do you know how much bad
news we received today? The construction project in Europe had to be suspended due to government
policy issues, a real estate project was exposed for safety hazards, even our dock containers have
been detained-”
“Those are all small issues.” Bowen said, “They can be solved at any time.”
Simon slowly said, “Indeed, these are all small issues. But if small issues keep popping up, they
be big issues. Also, I need to remind you, several cooperation projects that thepany was
negotiating, have now either disappeared or are asking to terminate the contract. You’re in charge of
these projects, you owe the board an exnation.”
Bowen was silent for a moment, then started to chuckle, “If they breach the contract, they’ll have to pay
a huge price.”
Lionel coldly said, “Now they’re willing to pay any price to terminate the contract.”
One of the senior managers chimed in, “They couldn’t afford the penalty for breach of contract, but if
they have the Reynolds Group backing them up, it’s a different story. After all, the Reynolds Group has
deep pockets and Leandro has a widework. Just the families that have good rtions with the
Reynolds family alone can influence the economy of the entire Sunburst City. We, the Martin Group,
may be growing fast, but in these respects, we’re still somewhat isted.”
“I told you not to go head-to-head with the Reynolds Group.” Teague reprimanded Bowen.again, “You
just wouldn’t listen! What good does going head-to-head do?”
Bowen replied lightly, “Why the rush, Messrs. Martin? The Reynolds Group hasn’t won yet.”
Simon stared at Bowen and slowly said, “Good, if you can find a chance to turn the tables, we can
discuss other issues.”
As Bowen was about to reply, Simon’s phone on the desk suddenly rang. Simon pressed the call
button, the secretary’s anxious voice came through, “Mr. Martin, two police officers are here. They’re
looking for Mr. Smith-”
Everyone’s gaze fell on Bowen. Bowen’s eyes darkened slightly, but the next moment, he chuckled.
Seraphina didn’t find out that Bowen had been taken away by the police until the next day.
The next day, Leandro was still chilling at home. Keen brought over some paperwork from the office for
him to look over, and while he was there, he filled him in on thetest scoop about Bowen.
Seraphina, pretending to be bored out of her mind, just happened to be strolling past the study door
when she heard this juicy tidbit, and she barged right in.
“What’s the deal?” She excitedly grabbed Keen, “What did Bowen do?”
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Leandro sat in his chair, quietly watching her and letting her probe away.
“A couple days ago, the Reynolds Group’s server got hacked, and some important stuff was stolen,”
Keen replied, “Yesterday, we traced the hacking back to the tech department of the Smith Group.”
So, Bowen had his IT teamunch a malicious attack on the Reynolds Group?
Seraphina blinked at him, “Would Bowen really do that?”
“In the business world, anything can happen,” Keen said seriously.
Seraphina nced at him, then at Leandro, and she started to put things together.
The Reynolds Group had been in Riverside Haven for years, how could their server just get hacked by
someone so easily?
There had to be more to this story.
But regardless, the thought of Bowen getting someeuppance brought a smile to Seraphina’s face.
But there was one thing that worried her-
“He won’t just take this lying down, will he?” Seraphina said, “He’ll definitely retaliate somehow-
Leandro, your back might not be as covered as you think.”