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.

speak to him directly. Alexander leaned in and murmured something in Mr.

couldn't help but remark, "No wonder Mr. Sterling speaks so highly of Ms. Thorne. I must admit, I failed to

"It's an honor to finally meet

two of them chatted, Jarrod and his group took notice. Sylvie cast several curious glances their

Elodie possibly have to talk about

understand policy, knows nothing about tech, and couldn't care less about the core of VistaLink Technologies. Yet here she is, chatting away with Mr. Patrick like she

She understood Maurice's implication—he was accusing Elodie of imitating her,

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

smile.

understood his meaning, and

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

traced his finger along the rim of

didn't come

cooking

barely called or

phase would last. Some people act

been sensible. In the end, she'd come back as if nothing

matter?" he replied

aback, then

staff began distributing pamphlets introducing the various companies' core technology

with Elodie when someone turned to her

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