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.

to maintain a certain distance, so as not to

back at VistaLink

Esmeralda brought news.

Barnes-President Barnes-you remember

little puzzled.

her a

Barnes family was hosting a public art exhibition-apparently, someone in the family was an

could treat it like a little outing." Esmeralda clung

interested her, probably because her mother was in the

When the weekend arrived,

Esmeralda found

they walked, Esmeralda explained, “This museum was

it

from renowned artists-both local

international. Today, though, the Barnes family is showcasing their own

afford a lavish museum. On regular days, the place rented out space for all

artwork on display. She

paintings were intensely realistic,

part of the artist's spirit had pierced through the canvas, reaching

at

A powerful, distinctive style.

sudden urge welled up in her-she wanted

Thorne?" A woman's warm,

turned to see Louisa standing nearby, appraising her with a keen gaze before offering a faint smile. "We meet

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