The Lamont Group had the market cornered when it came to AI technology. It was the untouchable giant in the industry. Anyone who hoped to get a slice of that lucrative pie had no choice but to play by its rules.

Jonathan let a half-smile play on his lips, while his face gave nothing away. “There’s always a chance,” he said, cool as a cucumber.

While the group was chatting away, Robin often found himself on the outskirts of the conversation. Seizing an opportunity, he excused himself and slipped out the side door into the garden.

Sophia was deep in conversation with Estelle until she noticed Robin’s departure. With a sly glint in her eye, she scooped up his jacket and followed him out.

Magdalen watched their retreat, while deftly shelling melon seeds with her delicate fingers; a teasing smirk showed on her lips. “That Robin, he’s not good enough for Sophia.”

“Hm?” Estelle, picking through a bowl of jelly beans, glanced up. “What do you mean?”

She hadn’t seen much of Robin, but on the surface, he seemed like a young man on the rise, both ambitious and competent.

And, to build a business from scratch at his age? That was no small feat!

bowl. “Try the jelly beans with the melon seeds

into her mouth and nodded in

on a jelly bean. “So, what

Sophia,” Magdalen

can you be sure?” Estelle asked

continued her nut-cracking, “The guy’s too focused on his goals. Call it ambition or call it opportunism, but either way, he’s not in the right place for a relationship.

worry. “But

She’s too into him to see the warning signs,”

bit of a stereotype, isn’t

“How so?”

you

guy, and you waited three years

City, Estelle hardly

for her, Jonathan lived up to her expectations. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have

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