Elodie wasn't feeling well.

Her condition had already been unstable, and she'd pushed herself to prepare for this evening's gala-only for Jarrod to show up with Sylvie and throw her completely off balance.

A feverish heat crept through her body. She fumbled in her purse for her

medication and swallowed two pills without thinking, hoping to stifle the pain twisting in her abdomen.

She wasn't sure how much time had passed when she finally noticed Alexander's second call lighting up her phone.

"Alex?"

"Where are you?"

Elodie glanced at her reflection in the mirror; she looked pale, almost sickly. "Outside. I'll be back in a minute."

"There's a discussion panel starting can you join us here?"

"Sure, I'm coming now."

She dabbed on a bit more makeup, making sure she looked presentable before stepping out.

Mr. Patrick, the central figure of tonight's discussion, was already there when Elodie arrived. Jarrod and Sylvie were deep in conversation with him, laughing as if they'd known each other for years.

Elodie made her way to Alexander's side. As soon as there was an opening, Alexander led her over to Mr. Patrick.

him directly. Alexander

the moment he looked at Elodie. "So you're " He quickly reined in his surprise, remembering discretion, and couldn't help but remark, "No wonder Mr. Sterling speaks so highly of Ms.

"It's an honor to finally meet you, Mr.

chatted, Jarrod and his group took notice. Sylvie cast several

Elodie possibly have

smirk, glancing at Sylvie. "She doesn't understand policy, knows nothing about tech, and couldn't care less about the core of VistaLink Technologies. Yet here she is, chatting away with

Maurice's implication—he was accusing Elodie of imitating her, trying to emulate her easy rapport

a low voice, she said to Jarrod, "It's a shame Mr.

knowing smile. "If you want

meaning, and

Joseph felt a strange sense of unease. He gave Elodie a long, searching look, then

traced his finger along the rim of

didn't come home as

cooking for

called

doubted this phase would last. Some people act

In the end, she'd come back as if nothing had ever

matter?" he

taken aback,

distributing pamphlets introducing the various companies' core technology projects-including The

speaking quietly with Elodie when someone turned to her and asked, "Ivan-Mr. Harcourt is your brother,

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