He coaxed Phoenix in a gentle voice, “After tonight, you can leave with the 8 million dollars, and no one will be able to trace you.

Phoenix clenched his jaw.

Now was not the time to give up.

He gave a slight nod and followed the two men inside.

The waiter escorted them to a private room.

As they entered the room and caught sight of Maloney, the two swindlers quickly put on courteous smiles.

“This is Dr.

Shaw, who has been deeply involved in biomedicine for years.

He led this project.

Upon spotting Phoenix, Maloney nodded cordially.

“Have a seat, please.

There’s no rush to dive into business.

This place serves excellent food.

We can order something and discuss the details over the meal.

Dotson, who had been sitting silently next to Maloney all along, kept a stealthy watch on Phoenix from across the table.

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Once they had ordered, one of the swindlers inquired, “Isn’t your advisor joining us?”

a bit late,

like to hear about your

a glance and

“Let’s have Dr.

Shaw fill you in.

“Sure.

his chair, Maloney smiled at Phoenix

quite a while

about biomedicine, posed numerous questions, which began to

finally snapped, not

down on the table, his

you talk to my boss like that?” he snapped

people seated across from him were too frightened to utter

Maloney’s face remained stoic.

patted Dotson on the shoulder

Dr.

makes a

genuinely don’t know

clueless about this, I’ll end the

Let’s go.

he rose from his seat,

two swindlers quickly got up, eager to

they

first attempt at negotiating a deal, and

hope you’ll overlook

of

promptly stood and said,

not end our collaboration over

eloquence isn’t my strong

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