CHAPTER 450 A HUMAN TRAFFICKER

Meanwhile, Leo and the others remained in the box, while Michelle, Lydia and Music Maestro stared at

him in astonishment.

"Are you really going to do it?" Lydia asked worriedly. "The Grant family isn’t like any other family that

has yielded to you. They are strong, powerful and ambitious. Aren’t you afraid that the plan backfires?"

Music Maestro nodded approval. She knew nothing about business, but she understood the simple

truth.

Leo, however, gave a smile. "Of course I know what they are thinking about, but whatever they can

think of I can think of. The Grant family will definitely develop themselves secretly before they finally

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"Then why do you have to…" Lydia was confused.

Leo replied faintly, "The plan is sure to backfire, but what matters is on whom."

As a smart woman, Lydia pondered for a moment and caught on immediately.

"So you want to…"

"Exactly," Leo said with a confident smile. "There doesn’t have to be so many powerful families in each

city. One or two are enough. In that case, even if they betray me, it will only hasten their collapse," Leo

said in an arrogant tone. He didn’t take the Grant family seriously at all.

Lydia cast a look at Leo, saying nothing. He was so confident that he even thought nothing of the royal

families in Valenham. Therefore, even if the Grant family betrayed him, they could barely cause a

ripple.

"The Hopkins will be our next battlefield…" Lydia mumbled to herself, meditating.

Now Hopkins was dominated by three families, the Grant family, the Palmer family and the Watts

family. Before long, the Northernland Conference would also be held here. It wasn’t hard to see that a

storm was brewing up in Hopkins. Understandably, it wasn’t a wise choice for the L Group to open up

the Hopkins market at this point. However, what came along with danger was money. The more chaotic

the situation was, the more heroes would emerge. That was also the way of doing business.

Leo and Lydia went home after they sent Michelle and Music Maestro back to the hotel.

On the way, Lydia suddenly said to Leo, "I may be busy in the next few days, so you have to pick up

Emilia."

Leo agreed at once since he knew Lydia was busy with her business.

Music Maestro was quite influential. She had only given one concert at the L Group, and now giants of

all industries were scrambling to work with Lydia. With that, the L Group’s market value doubled and

surpassed the Lawson Group’s, and it had become the top corporation of Emerdale.

In addition, all this happened before the L Group was floated on the stock market. Once it went public,

it would result in a geometric increase in its market value.

The next morning, Leo was feeding breakfast to Emilia carefully.

Emilia looked around, but failed to see Lydia, pouting.

"Dad, where’s mom?"

Now that she was used to Leo’s existence, Emilia didn’t cling to him so much as before, but paid equal

attention to them.

"Mom is busy working." Leo put a spoonful of oatmeal into Emilia’s mouth with a smile.

Emilia swallowed and suddenly jerked her head up proudly. "Dad, I’ve mastered what you taught me

the other day."

After that, she jumped off the chair and played the Lightning Boxing in front of Leo.

Leo watched her, smiling, but after some time, he could no longer smile.

Emilia was doing it very seriously, and her movements were standard and quite professional.

Even if she was no match for the real fighters, Emilia was so much better than her peers, even children

three or four years older than her. At least, Leo didn’t have to worry if she got bullied.

When she finished practicing, Emilia panted slightly, sweat glistening on her forehead.

Leo stared at her in surprise. "Emilia, did you do you on your own?"

"Of course!" Emilia nodded earnestly. "I practice every day in the kindergarten. When the others are

taking a nap, I’m practicing."

Leo was moved to hear that.

If one wanted to have a breakthrough in martial arts, he had to be talented and hardworking at the

same time, and it would be better if one started practicing since childhood.

"My good girl, Emilia. Come here! Let me give you a kiss."

Leo leaned forward and kissed Emilia on the cheek before he drove her to kindergarten.

"Goodbye dad!" Emilia waved at Leo at the entrance of the kindergarten.

Meanwhile, a woman with long hair in white clothing was watching everything with a smile not far away.

At this moment, Leo looked back instinctively and met her gaze.

The woman beamed a gentle smile at Leo, no hostility discernible in her eyes, while Leo smiled back at

her.

Irene was waiting at the entrance of International Commerce Center when Leo arrived.

"Morning, Mr. Cohen."

"Morning, Miss Garcia." Leo smiled and asked, "Are you waiting for me?"

Irene’s lips curved into a faint smile as she nodded noncommittally. "Of course. After all, you’re my

future colleague."

Leo was surprised to hear that. "What do you mean by that? Weren’t we in the past?"

Apparently, Irene was in a good mood. She took out a piece of paper and handed it to him. "Take a look

at this."

Leo took the piece of paper. It was a personnel transfer list of Hopkins branch. He saw his and Irene’s

names at a glance. It turned out that he would be the head of the branch, while she would be the

second-in-command.

"This is…" Leo muttered in puzzlement.

Irene replied, "Ms. Henderson drew up the list this morning. Originally, Ms. Henderson and you were

supposed to go to the Hopkins branch, but since she has been busy with the cooperation projects

recently, she has no choice but to send me to work with you."

Irene looked as if her dream had come true as she spoke.

Leo, nonetheless, smiled awkwardly.

"I hope we can work happily together in Hopkins, Mr. Cohen." Irene gave a tender smile and entered

the building.

Leo shook his head helplessly and thought to himself. Lydia had so much confidence in him.

But as a couple, they did have so much confidence in each other.

After work, Leo went to the kindergarten to pick up Emilia.

However, the moment he arrived, he saw that woman in white again. Crouching in front of Emilia, she

was passing a rainbow lollipop to her with a smile, while Emilia took it defenselessly with a grin.

Leo got tense immediately. She must be a human trafficker.

He rushed up to Emilia and snatched the lollipop from the woman’s hand. "Don’t take it!"

Startled, the woman drew back at once.

Emilia had a silly grin on her face once he saw it was Leo. "Dad, this lady is so kind to me. She has

bought so many gifts for me."

Leo heard that and his face darkened immediately. Then he said to Emilia with a scowl, "I told you not

to take anything from anyone you meet in kindergarten."

Pouting, Emilia nodded and gave the lollipop back to the woman. "I’m sorry, but I can’t take it."

The woman took the lollipop, but there was no trace of frustration seen on her face. She still stared at

Emilia with a smile. Judging from the look on her face, she seemed to be waiting for her own daughter.

And that made Leo even more alert. He told Emilia to play on the slide not far away, while he came up

to the woman and said slowly, "I don’t care who you are, but stay away from my daughter."