Crossroads

Chapter 271

Chapter 271

-East side of downtown, top floor of the Innovate Group building.

On the 65th floor of the towering skyu ver, Vincent stond before the special idar wall, peering though a telescope at the beastling city stree below. The people looked like ants from up here, their heads time specks against the sprawlingcityscape

In the spacious CEO’s office, two others were deep in discussion about fallion dollar projects Vincent stepped away from the telescope, glancing at Dominick, a thought crossing his mind. In the face of capital, fairiess wava myth. Human lives, umetinies, were as Doignific and Berting R

“Are we going public with all these projects?” Vincent askeil, curiosity prejurd

“Dominick’s already signed off on it. We got some samples Hown in from Nova Valley Lot work. Fyr alin lined up the material and factories here at home, ready to pump out the first bunch. Next month, I’m headed to the Nivalas Al New Product Conference“:

Vincent excitedly patted Scott’s shoulder, smirking slyly “Gurs [better double down on my Innovate Group stuck then. That price i gonna skyrocket when these new products drop”

g nangrech or quantum computing here:

Scon couldn’t help but throw a wet blanket on Vincent’s excitement. “Hold your horses. We’re not talking i This is just your everyday Al assistant robot.”

Ignoring Scott Vincent partied his attention to Dominick, who was poring over documents at lavalesk. With his usual playful demeanor, Vincent quipped, “What do you say. Dominick! You wouldn’t let me go broke, would your

Ever since Dominick returned from surgery in Serenburg, he had become colder and more difficult to read than ever before

Dominick didn’t look up but unexpectedly teased. “If you go broke, you can finally crawl back to the Hayes family”

Scott chuckled. Vincent was a unique case. He refused to help with the family business. Every time they saw his father at some kind of meeting, they would hear him scolding Vincent for being ungrateful.

Vincent sighed deeply. “My mom is always telling me to get married. I don’t even dare to go home anymore

“Dude, you’ve dated so many girls. Why haven’t you accidently knocked someone up by now? Just marry her then Everyone will be happy? Scon said, his darker side emerging in private.

Vincent quickly defended himself. “Hey, 1 have morals, okay! I don’t sleep with all of them. And even if there was an accidental pregnancy, why should I be forced to marry her?”

At this point, both Vincent and Scout’s expressions turned a bit awkward. They y knew that

pregnant.

Dominick had marned Stephanie because she got

In their world, the usual solution to such situations was simple – either pay the woman off to have an abortion and avoid the mess, or let her have the kid and send her away.

Vincent knew that Dominick and Stephanie had been having a rough patch lately. He could also tell that Dominick wasn’t keen on hearing anything about Stephanie, so he and Scout tactfully avoided mentioning her in front of him.

Vincent scrutinized the man across from him for a while. “Dominick,” he cautiously asked, “you still don’t remember Stephanie?

Scott was concerned as well and looked over.

pausing mid–air. He looked up at them, his thin lips parting as if to say something Just then, the

of the chief secretary came through. “Mr. Wellington, Ms.

been promoted to Product Director. Domnick, had entrusted her with the group’s confidential Al project,

to move Hayley to Paente. The idea was to keep Stephanie from getting jealous. Well, that didn’t exactly pan out.

said flatly into

good to weer you both. This we jisjert

problem” Vincent replied coldly, barely bothering with her

dular waver. “Scott will handle the product quality, but for promotion. I need

company had mi

and extensive comments

Chapter 271

“I’m a hat bany lately, he

Vincent’s sour expression. He knew Vincent was close to Stephanie, and working with Hayley might be awkward for him. However, Vincent

help Int gloat. “We’ve got a Mi–second commercial to shoot for the Nivalis E. next month. The spokesperson needs to be fluent in Eldranian and have the right look for the product. The people there love their

like he’d picked the

way out, so he lostened to them talk abour produrt positioning with a poker face. Occasionally, he

seem very interested

he stood

with a high–powered telescope. Normally, he wouldn’t bother with it, but suddenly, feeling as restless as Vincent, he went over and nudged it slightly, aiming it at a neighborhood a couple of miles away

him, a mix of surprise and urinsity flickering in his

the time they were done, it was almost hunchtime. They thought about grabbing a bite together, but Vincent, feeling a linte down und he wanted to spend time with his girlfriend and left

the factory with his team that afternoon to check out some new materials, so he had to take off early, leaving Dominick alone with Hayley. Before Hayley could say anything, he quickly said. Tm good

someone to grab lunch with. People

end, Hayley called her bestie, Chloe, to join

other at a renowned fine–dining restaurant. The dishes were pre–ordered, and the waitress quickly served them. It was very

looked at the table, unimpressed. “You don’t know me at all, do you! What

gave her a wry smile. “I booked two seats, but Dominick bailed, so you got dragged into this. I know the manager here, and

at this. “This soup

sleeping well. When the company gets busy, he forgets to eat. I’m worried his

stomach problems. Scott’s stomach troubles were actually much worse. When he had an episode, his whole face would turn pale.

The i

of her ex–husband darkened Chloe’s expression. She looked across the table and teased, “Hayley, you really

doesn’t appreciate n. Hayley quietly filled a bowl with soups and

died. Chloe suddenly

strange, and she fell silent.

They only need to sign the divorce papers. Dominick has always been cold by nature. If you stay by

unattainable, Hayley sundled helplessly, wondering

been interested in dating. She seemed to have grown up a lot. Looking at her friend, she said in a serious tone “Marriage

he won’t be able to easily discard you Look, Mary invited you to stay with the Wellingtons, you get along with Wanne, and even George accepts you If you sleep with

Wellingtons wealth, they don’t need a marriage for business

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