Lady Melary looked at her husband's face, alight with enthusiasm and brimming with positivity at all times, and felt like laughing.
Marrying a man like him meant, if nothing else, that life would never be dull.
The chairman continued, "Actually, I'd hoped to have Marshal Paris retire outright and take over as defense chairman. But it seems the old gentleman still isn't willing to take off his uniform. Still, this works out too. I can invite Admiral Maxwell to take over."
Lady Melina thought it over. "Oh, the former headmaster of the Lunar Military Academy. Right, I remember he retired and was elected to parliament last year. But wasn't he with the Co-Prosperity Party?"
"Anyone who served in the old Empire was naturally part of the Co-Prosperity Party camp. But all in all, the old gentleman's a decent fellow, and he gets along well with all the military factions. In fact, he's more suited to the post than I am." The chairman seemed quite satisfied with his personnel arrangements.
His wife, however, immediately brightened. "That's right. Darling, the only job you're suited for is president."
"My wife understands me!" The chairman gave her a thumbs-up and flashed a broad, easygoing smile. His row of teeth seemed to sparkle.
His wife added, "But, as we agreed, the chairmanship of the International Trade Development and Coordination Committee has to go to Josh."
The Josh in question was Joachim Haye, a college classmate and close friend of Chairman Nihita and Lady Melary. He was now a well-known economist and financial investor, and one of the directors at Libra International Bank. His résumé alone made it clear that he was one of the Nihita couple's "own people."
Like the chairman, he had also married into one of the Alliance's elite families, making him something