Supreme Mars

Meanwhile, Marie as waiting anxiously inside the car. Even though the Reyes family was nothing compared to her own, they were now in Emerdale, not Valenham. In other words, they were in the Reyes family's territory, and the Henderson family had very little influence here.

Dejection filled Marie's heart. How she wished they were back in Valenham now. At the moment, she felt like a lioness in the ocean. No matter how powerful a lioness was on land, it could never defeat a shark in water. In Valenham, nobody would mess with her; but in Emerdale, she was a nobody, a sitting duck. She was completely out of her element.

When Leo didn't return after ten full minutes, Marie began to panic. If something were to happen to him, how was she ever supposed to tell Lydia? Lydia would never forgive her.

Two figures stepped out of the Royale Clubhouse just then. A man and a woman. A couple. It wasn't until the couple was a few feet away from the car that Marie realized who they were. Leo and Nadine had returned.

Relief coursed through Marie. The Rolls-Royce was unlocked and its door yanked open. "Oh, thank God you're back, Leo... I thought... I thought you were..."

Leo gave her an amused look. "What?"

From Marie's stuttering and stammering, Leo knew Marie had been panicking.

"Oh, shut up," Marie mumbled. "I was just worried."

Marie felt her cheeks grow warm. This was her first time voicing concern for Leo.

When the car began to move, Marie cleared her throat. "Anyway. What about Cedric?"

"It's all settled," Leo said. "You don't have to worry about him anymore."

Marie frowned in confusion. "Settled? Just like that?"

Leo nodded, the look of amusement never leaving his face. "Just like that."

Marie stared at her brother-in-law, stunned at the revelation. Cedric Reyes was one of the most powerful men in all of Emerdale, and Leo had dealt with him in all of ten minutes? How on earth did he manage to pull it off? Marie stole a glance at Leo, who appeared to be engrossed in the passing scenery outside the car window. "Leo?"

"Yes?" Leo answered while still staring out the window.

"How..." Marie cleared her throat again. "I mean, what did you do?"

"You don't have to concern yourself with that." Leo paused to give Marie a reassuring smile. "Although I do recommend checking out the headlines tomorrow."

Marie's eyes. "Headlines?" Marie

flying past them outside the window. The Reyes family

to Violet Residences in record time. At 8.30 p.m. sharp, the vehicle pulled up in front of the

at the paleness in his sister-in-law's face. The poor girl looked green around the gills, and Leo couldn't blame her. Nadine had truly outdone herself in trying to follow Leo's directive of making sure that they all make it back home

calling herself the "Goddess of Racing." But after witnessing Nadine's skills tonight, Marie realized that she didn't know a damn thing about driving. After what she saw, Marie would never boast about

stepped out of the car. "Oh

watched her in

to the car. "Oh...

the side and hurled

Marie, a voice sounded behind him, a voice he

a cloud of happiness. Before he knew it, he was crouching down and holding his arms wide open. Seconds later, Emilia's tiny figure crashed into his chest. And at that moment, he knew. He

on Emilia's features. "I couldn't sleep

patted his daughter's head. "I had something

away and lifted her chin haughtily. "I won't speak to

Leo gave Emilia a helpless look. Admittedly, he was totally out of

Emilia Cohen was used to getting her own way. Leo decided right then that Emilia's personality obviously took after

hips, much to Leo's amusement. It looked as though she was about to give Leo an epic dressing-down. "In the past, when you were away, I'd always hear Mommy crying alone in her room," Emilia said in a serious tone. "Now that you're back, would you please spend more

words hit Leo like a ton of bricks. Even Lydia, who came out shortly after Emilia ran into his arms, was stunned

like a thousand swords. It was all his fault. He'd let Lydia carry the burden of raising a child alone. And

will," Leo said

almost instantaneous. Her tiny hands left her hips as she began clapping happily. "Yay!" Emilia beamed. "Did you hear that, Mommy? Daddy said he's going to spend

and Lydia heaved

Emilia's clapping stopped. "Daddy?" Emilia gave Leo a hopeful

he stole a cautious glance at Lydia, he

though the eye contact lasted only for a

detail didn't go unnoticed by Marie,

kind of high-tech radar. If it weren't for Emilia's tactless remark, Marie never would've found out

Marie thought