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    Amid the crowd’s banter, Grayson, sitting next to Harriet,

    chuckled and said disdainfully, “She’s fit to be the

    spokesperson for a high–tech symposium? What a joke.”

    Harriet said nothing, simply continuing to flip through the

    meeting materials as if nothing had happened.

    Beside her, Jonas whispered, “Let it go, it’s just for show. No

    need to take it seriously.”

    Many hands make light work–this kind of thing wasmon.

    But if you really wanted to make money in this industry, or

    achieve something, you needed real skills.

    You needed real technology.

    Jonas and Grayson whispered to each other, while Harriet didn’t

    get itoo /iinvolved.

    The key was, she just wasn’t that interested in Kelsey.

    Soon, the meeting officially began.

    Besides the entrepreneurs, some city officials also attended.

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    Several important leaders gave speeches, and Kelsey delivered

    a brief opening speech on behalf of thepanies.

    However… Vicente did not attend today.

    ***

    A little after eleven, nearly three hourster, the meeting finally

    ended.

    Everyone started chatting lively, and when someone reminded

    them it was lunchtime, they began discussing where to eat.

    At that moment, people enthusiastically called out to Kelsey,

    “Ms. Graham, don’t leave yet. You must join us for lunch.”

    Holding her phone, Kelsey smiled and said, “I have ns with

    Ells for lunch. Let me call him and see if he’ll join us.”

    As soon as Kelsey finished speaking, the boss of Ventura Tech

    joked with a smile, “Ms. Graham and Mr. Townsend are

    inseparable, huh? But with such a good match, of course they

    have plenty to talk about.”

    “That’s right. Ms. Graham and Mr. Townsend are a perfect

    couple–talented and beautiful. Edgar is truly blessed.”

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    In reality, the two weren’t exactly a perfect match.

    Amid thepliments, Kelsey smiled and said, “Thank you all

    for your kindness. I’ll call Ells now.”

    After calling Ellsworth, she stopped Harriet, who was about to

    leave, and said, “Hara, everyone wants to have lunch together.

    Why don’t you join us?”

    Harriet looked over and replied, “I still have work at the

    Before Kelsey could say anything else, Grayson cut in, “Mr.

    Zuniga and I need to go to theb, so we won’t join Ms.

    Graham’s gathering.”

    With that, the three from Gxy Innovations left first, not

    joining the others.

    Grayson and Jonas really did have business in theb, so they

    parted ways with Harriet downstairs.

    Harriet took a taxi back to thepany by herself.

    With her bag slung over her shoulder and her phone in hand,

    Harriet stood by the roadside waiting for a ride.

    It was hard to get a car at noon, so she moved under the shade of a tree, using a folder to shield her head from the sun.

    After waiting several minutes, a car suddenly pulled up in front

    of her.

    Harriet looked over–it wasn’t a rideshare car.

    Then the car door opened, and Vicente’s face appeared. He said softly, “Ms. Chavez, are you waiting for a ride? Get in, I’ll

    give you a lift.”

    Lowering her gaze to look at Vicente in the back seat of the car,

    Harriet said, “Thank you, Mr. Leach, but I’ve already called a

    cab.”

    Vicente replied, “It’s not easy to get a cab here. Get in.”

    With the files blocking the space above her head, Harriet

    nced around and saw that indeed no other cars were

    After speaking, she opened the front passenger door, only to

    see several neatly stacked documents on the seat.

    At that moment, Vicente’s gentle voice came again: “Sit in the

    back.”

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    Workce documents shouldn’t be touched casually, let alone

    Vicente’s files.

    So Harriet had to close the passenger door and bend down to

    sit in the back seat.

    The back door had been left open the whole time, and it was

    only after Harriet got in that she closed it herself.

    It seemed as if the open door had been left for her.

    As the car started smoothly, Harriet nced at Vicente and

    said, “Sorry to take up your time, Mr. Leach.”

    Vicente smiled, “It’s fine. I don’t have anything else at the

    moment.”

    The straight road was lined with lush camphor trees on both

    sides. The bright sunlight filtered through the gaps in the

    branches, or shone directly between the trees, making the

    summer seem not so hot.

    There was even a rare sense of leisure.

    Seeing that Harriet was sitting quietly without speaking, Vicente took the initiative to chat with her: “Ms. Chavez, are you here for

    a meeting?”

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    Harriet turned her head to look at Vicente and nodded at him.

    “There’s a high–tech seminar.”