Chapter 126

Naylor, ever the easygoing one, simply grinned. "Long time no see."

His grandfather had held a cabinet-level post, and his father was high up in the military, so these sorts of social gatherings were nothing new to him. He was on familiar ground here.

After greeting everyone, his gaze drifted back to Elodie. An intrigued eyebrow arched he found her presence entertaining.

For Elodie to show up at a place like this... just how many of Alexander's resources were funneled her way?

Sylvie, meanwhile, nodded with practiced elegance. "I'm Sylvie, here on behalf of Mr. Silverstein of The Silverstein Group. Jarrod got caught up with something and might be late-my apologies."

Representing The Silverstein Group?

Elodie turned that phrase over in her mind.

authorized to represent him. Was this their way

met Mr. Silverstein, he spoke of you. He seems

modest smile, but the warmth in her eyes spoke volumes. Anyone

be bothered to analyze Sylvie's expression. She angled her body and quietly asked Alexander how many exhibits

surrounded by some of the world's most advanced defense tech, and

short laugh. "Here, we value expertise. Out in the real world, maybe looks get you somewhere,

shy of calling Elodie nothing

glanced at Elodie, half- expecting to see a flicker of hurt, but her face remained utterly

a dismissive chuckle. "VistaLink Technologies has its own way of doing things. Are

air of concern. "Advice? Hardly. It's just a shame, Mr. Sterling. You could have brought your engineers here to learn something-opportunities like this

found himself agreeing with Grady. If a company leader let personal attachments cloud his judgment, it could easily breed resentment and division within the team. It was only natural to wonder what made Elodie

just Alexander-Patrick could sense the dismissive tone everyone took toward Elodie. He frowned, frustrated that he couldn't

moment's thought, Patrick said, "Anyone working alongside Mr. Sterling is here on merit. Let's not get sidetracked. If you'll

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