The board doesn't take it well, it is needless to say that they don't like feeling like they have no control and when the two most powerful people on the board, the CEO, and COO are living together, and in a relationship. It makes them more than a little nervous. Especially the old white men who dislike the idea of two women on a board let alone two women in a relationship. They launch an injunction to fire Kara and Lena immediately on the grounds of a conflict of interest.
They fail spectacularly when Legal and HR both produce the paperwork for Kara's degrees and tell them that it was a predeclared ongoing relationship. All in all, it gives Lena the capital she needs to finally dismiss several of the board members and replace them with people actually capable of doing their jobs.
By the end of the day, Lena and Kara become even more legendary than they were before. Amongst the LGBTQ+ communities, they were famous for both being highly placed women in love, who took shit from no one. The media saw them as the newest power couple on the scenes, many of them already taking to calling them Karlena.
But amongst the business world, their legend was even greater, already stories were beginning to circulate about how they had orchestrated a purge of their own board. And amongst those in the departments below them, there were already rumours about how crazy skilled and smart Kara must be considering she had managed to straighten out half a dozen departments by the end of business day one.
And how on day two she managed to save a half a billion dollars while giving the employees better healthcare. Already people were touting her as the next up and coming businesswoman and wondering where in hell Lena found her.
Day three was met by Cat Grant sweeping into the office, glasses perched on her face she sweeps right past Jess, and Kara`s own assistant (which I don't need Lena) Mike (whom yes, you do need Kara). She manages to sweep right past both assistants and walk in on Kara and Lena half in the others lap as they sit on the loveseat in Kara`s office. Both are working on their tablets, but even then it is clear to everyone just how much they value the other`s being beside them. Cat manages to snap a quick picture her flash attracting the attention of the pair. Kara moves to get up, but Lena firmly refuses to move, staying planted in Kara`s lap, stopping the blonde dead in her tracks.
"ahh… Catherine, so good to see you" Lena says with a smirk
"you too Morgana." Cat says a challenging lilt to her voice
"ok fine… good to see you Cat."
"you too Lena."