Chapter 537

They were bound to discover a few dark horses.

Now, all that was left was to wait for further notice.

That afternoon, Elodie received a message from Patricia.

[It's my birthday this Saturday! I've booked a yacht for the day. Come join us for the party—and feel free to bring Esmeralda. If Mr. Sterling is free, he's welcome too.]

Elodie thought about her plans for Saturday.

Nothing special was on her calendar.

She figured Patricia's invitation was something she couldn't easily turn down- after all, they'd been "comrades-in-arms" of sorts.

After a moment, Elodie replied: [Sounds great. I'll let them know.]

Just then, Alexander came by with a revised tech proposal. Elodie took the chance to ask, "Want to come along?"

Alexander didn't even look up. "You girls go ahead. I'd just be out of place." "Besides, I barely know her."

Elodie gave him an amused look. "You'd know her better if you actually showed up. She invited you, you know."

If she really wanted me there, she'd have told me directly. Anyway, you all

a breezy wave, he turned and disappeared back into

Elodie could only shrug.

to deal with

they needed to sign some

Sylvie personally. She organized the files in her office, planning to swing by the Nexus Analytics plant to check up on the project

Nexus Analytics. With Nexus handling manufacturing, things had been running both smoothly

Except-

was about to step into the elevator, she found Sylvie already inside, apparently

air seemed

lashes slightly, but

knew perfectly well that Sylvie now saw

probably wished she could tear her apart-but outwardly,

numbers

broke the silence. "Let me give you

an eyebrow, catching Sylvie's reflection in

her gaze in

icy. "Watch

great lengths to get to this point with me-ldon't need to spell out what you're after. But Patricia isn't like you or me. She's the

a moment, Elodie wondered if

filled

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