Chapter 444

The next morning, after dropping Jasmine off at school, Charlene drove back to PrimeStar.

In the days leading up to this, she'd already met with two heads of autonomous vehicle start-ups alongside Stewart, but after each meeting, she'd felt that neither was quite the right fit.

Determined to find more suitable partners, she and Stewart attended a cocktail party that evening.

They arrived early, mingled briefly, and soon spotted Thorne and Vesta across the

room.

Both Charlene and Stewart quickly averted their eyes.

Perhaps their disinterest was a bit too obvious, because Thorne and Vesta made no move to greet them either.

A little while later, Dalton Ramirez and Kelvin Scott showed up.

When Dalton caught sight of Thorne, Vesta, Charlene, and Stewart, he headed over to Charlene and Stewart first to say hello.

"Mr. Ferguson, Ms. Ross. It's been a while."

It had, in fact, been some time since they'd last seen Dalton.

Charlene and Stewart acknowledged him with polite but expressionless nods.

feelings toward Dalton hadn't

welcome, Dalton excused himself after the brief greeting

"Mr. Henderson, Mr. Hawkins."

Vesta turned, recognized him, and smiled.

at her. "It has. Good to see

were in the middle of a business conversation, refrained from interrupting further.

and Stewart had come with a clear objective, but at these kinds of events, it was impossible to avoid the steady flow of people eager to introduce

same could be said for

sorts of gatherings, her role had been little more than decorative. The

truly paid

were different

gift from Thorne or Vesta's own accomplishment, it was indisputably her company. Her ascension to billionaire status was no

heavyweights who'd once overlooked her were

downright eager to win

noticed the change, and so did everyone

watching the whole scene unfold, nudged Dalton

you really have to admit

handed it over with barely a second thought. In that regard,

Dalton said nothing.

a rival, he couldn't argue when

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