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.

hadn't warmed in

after

"Mr. Henderson, Mr. Hawkins."

and smiled. "Mr. Ramirez,

looked at her. "It has.

of a business conversation, refrained from interrupting further. After exchanging

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 themselves. The evening kept them busier than

could be

the past, whenever Vesta accompanied Thorne to these sorts of gatherings, her role had been little more than decorative. The industry bigwigs in

truly paid

things were

Neural Nexus Tech had been a gift from Thorne or Vesta's own accomplishment, it was indisputably her company. Her ascension to billionaire status was no

business heavyweights who'd once overlooked

downright eager to

and so did everyone

whole scene unfold, nudged

front, you really have to

with barely a second thought. In that regard, Dalton couldn't possibly

Dalton said nothing.

considered Thorne a rival, he couldn't argue when it came to how Thorne

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