Mellory Financial was the company Marcus used to work for, a Fortune 500 giant specializing in women's skincare. According to their glossy marketing materials, their formulas were supposedly derived from secret beauty recipes passed down from royal mistresses and court favorites five hundred years ago, the kind of stuff once reserved for royal courts and inner chambers.
Naturally, that was just the story the R&D department fed to marketing. Whether any of it had real historical roots was anyone's guess. But one thing couldn't be denied: Mellory's products actually worked, and they worked extremely well. In less than ten years, the company had gone from obscurity to a nationally recognized brand. Last year alone, its net profit surpassed ten billion dollars, placing it among the top fifteen skincare companies in the country.
