Chapter 262

"I've got something to take care of. Excuse me for a moment."

With that, Nathaniel hurried after someone and disappeared from the room.

Giselle looked after him, puzzled. She followed Nathaniel's departure with her eyes but saw nothing unusual, so she didn't dwell on it. Instead, her attention drifted to Leonard, who had stuck by her side all evening. Worry crept onto her face.

"That deal with the Forest Team fell through before we even had a chance to discuss it. I thought maybe Lysander and Mr. Whitmore had some kind of misunderstanding. I was hoping to help smooth things over at tonight's party, but I didn't expect Mr. Whitmore to be so... difficult."

Her voice was tinged with concern.

"Falcon Technologies and The FM Group are in the same industry. The two companies are bound to cross paths again and again, so if there's any bad blood, it's best to clear the air sooner rather than later."

She glanced sideways at Leonard, still silent as ever, and gently probed, "You've been with Lysander for years. You must know what happened between them, right...?"

She didn't get to finish before Leonard cut in coldly, "You'll have to ask Mr. Montgomery, Ms. Harvey."

He shut her down with a single sentence.

what happened seven years ago, and asking him always put him in a

own.

know something. She'd made several attempts to sound him out during hospital visits, but he was a

think of

cozy up, others were fishing for

wraps, so no one was aware. With his recent absence from public events and Leonard-famously tight- lipped-handling all business matters, everyone now

at her side and her shareholding

were even

you and Chairman Montgomery tying the

to each person with grace. The earlier unease had long since vanished in the glow of

the Forest Team backing her, no one paid her any mind-clearly, she'd made a quick exit. At least she knew when to

was elegantly

long, pale fingers under the running water. His hands looked almost artistic in the

been hiding! No wonder I couldn't find

Forrest ignored the man.

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