Chapter 466

Sylvie emerged from the building, her gaze icy as she swept a glance over Elodie. With an air of haughty indifference, she strode straight to the waiting car.

Elodie recognized the vehicle immediately.

One of Jarrod's cars.

Clearly, Sylvie had no intention of catching a ride back with the Neural Intelligence team. Jarrod had sent a car just for her.

Alexander's brow tightened.

A personal driver sent just to pick her up for a date? Even after their affair had been publicly exposed, Jarrod was still going out of his way for Sylvie?

He kept his thoughts to himself.

Elodie, unfazed by the little scene, climbed into the car and immediately began strategizing about what kind of proposal would give them the edge in the next round.

Just as she settled in, she noticed a missed call from Watts.

It had come in a couple of hours earlier.

She'd silenced her phone and hadn't noticed it.

Watts hadn't tried again after that.

Elodie reasoned that if it had been a work emergency, he could have reached Alexander or Esmeralda. If it was just personal-

She decided not to call back.

you had to maintain a certain distance, so as not to give the other party the wrong

back at VistaLink

Esmeralda brought news.

Barnes-you remember her,

up, a little puzzled.

handed her a

public art exhibition-apparently,

a little outing." Esmeralda clung

probably because her mother was in the field. The

When the weekend arrived,

and Esmeralda found themselves at

they walked, Esmeralda explained, “This museum was

Normally, it exhibits

from renowned artists-both local

Today, though, the Barnes family

family was old money-the kind that could afford a lavish museum. On regular

was genuinely impressed by the artwork on display. She wandered the halls, taking it all

were intensely realistic, and the

the artist's spirit had pierced through the

at the signature:

A powerful, distinctive style.

in her-she

Thorne?" A woman's warm,

offering a faint smile. "We meet again. I've been hearing quite

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