Chapter 436

Reginald paused to consider it for a moment but finally shook his head, frowning. "I've considered this before, but the Hughes are far too powerful for us to risk offending. Trevyn is about to be promoted to general soon, and we can't possibly put ourselves at such a disadvantage just to protect Liam when he's done nothing to us. I don't want to hear any of this anymore. Get out of here, both of you!"

Cheryl knew that there was no point trying to convince him otherwise. She glanced at Celena, who was still kneeling on the ground, and finally stomped away.

Celena had no choice but to get to her feet. She stared at Reginald pleadingly, but Reginald had already turned away, refusing to even look at her. Celena finally slunk out of the room, defeated.

She had just taken a few steps when Cheryl caught up to her. She slung her arm around Celena's shoulder and said in a sugary tone, "Celena, you said that you'd hand over the Max Group project to me as long as I help you and Liam out, righ