Chapter 63

The young man paused and slowly adjusted his camera lens. The camera settled on Brielle’s face, and the chat erupted once again.

“Yep, that’s Brielle. Man, you gotta ask her what she’s doing at the gala.”

“Could she have been, you know, taken under the wing by someone influential? There were always whispers about her being a bit of a wild card.”

“I’ve always been curious, where do all these rumors come from? I was in class with Brielle, and she always kept to herself.”

“Must be someone close to her spreading the gossip. I remember some forum posts about her supposedly being harsh to her sister, or was it a foster child? Anyway, she’s crafty.”

The

young man frowned slightly at the relentless stream of comments.

Anyone who graduated from Beaconsfield College in the last couple of years would recognize Brielle, but Brielle was so discreet, turning down all extracurriculars, that her classmates hardly ever saw her.

Her looks were too striking, voted the belle of the campus on her first day, but soon after she vanished, only to be seen occasionally in lectures.

The rumors about her grew wilder, with photos of her in luxury cars surfacing and forum insiders spilling an abundance of details, making it hard for people to warm up to her.

is chatting with Brielle? What could they be

about?”

bit closer, see if there’s some shady deal

had no choice but

Hartley Group, Flynn, who had approached her first. He was the epitome of a gentleman,

figured everyone knew about Max’s rumored

lot, Salvator Mundi,

Jacques-Louis David.

He believed in the nobility of failure over success, viewing victory often as

gaze, instantly finding a way in, as

philosophical edge.

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framework. Take Taleb’s books, for instance.

cleverly shifted from personal interests to business, toasting Flynn with a smile.

at her approvingly, his eyes

cleverly

leader.”

sipping his wine, “I’m pleased. You must’ve seen my graduation speech when I

then about the potential impact of a Black Swan on his corporation; a theory that, when broken down into

down Hartley

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