“bSorry/b…” Ariel’s eyes suddenly burned with heat.

Chad’s irritation red, but seeing her like this made it impossible for him to stay mad. “What are byou /bapologizing for? If anything, you should be apologizing to the maids. You stole their job for three years.”

Ariel bdidn’t /bbknow /bwhether tough or bcry/b.

Chad actually already bknew /bshe would show up.

Janice and her big mouth couldn’t keep a secret to save her lifeb. /bShe had already told him everything.

“It’s not btoo /bte.” Chad sighed dramatically. b“/bAs long as byou’ve /bfigured things out, it’s never toote to start over. With your talent, what bpany /bwouldn’t want you? Having you at Faye Tech would be an honor.”

Back then, Ariel had been specially recruited into the research institute. She was never meant to be buried in obscurity.

The U.N2 drone, which had amazed the industry for years, was widely believed to be Chad’s creation. Because of it, people had been beating down Faye Technologies‘ doors.

bBut /bin reality, Ariel had already reached that level at the age of 20. Even nowb, /bno one surpassed her.

She had given the world years to catch up, but no one had yet to match the vision and technology she had achieved back then.

“You’re okay with me joining Faye Tech?” Ariel’s emotions wereplicated.

Chad scoffed. b“/bJanice already unterally agreed to you taking an equity stake with your expertise. Now, I’m just waiting to see what groundbreaking innovations you’ll bring to Faye Tech. See you on Monday.”

He talked tough, but Ariel knew he was soft–hearted.

She broke into a genuine smile–the first one she had in a long time. “Thank youb, /bChad.”

Chad huffed and turned awayb, /bgoing back to chat with his colleagues.

Ariel felt the weight in her heart finally lift. It was like she could breathe again. Even her body, which had been feeling weak earlier, seemed to regain its energy.

She got up and went bto /bexamine the drones on disy.

Suddenlyb, /bba /bmotion erupted bat /bthe front of the event.

When she blooked /bbover/b, she bsaw /bJayson and Nancy arriving, apanied by Matt and Perry.

bJayson’s /bpresence alone bwas /bbenough /bbto /bcause a stir. Many people were excitedly trying to get close, hoping to make an bimpression/b.

Ariel bsaw /bhow Jayson instinctively shielded Nancy. She looked awayb, /buninterested.

bInstead/b, she focused entirely on the uniquely designed drone in front of her.

bMatt /bband /bbPerry/bb, /bbhowever/bb, /bhad already bspotted /bbher /bSeeing that Jayson didn’t beven /bspare her ba /bnceb, /bthey finally rxed.

bAriel /bwas breally /bsomething. She beven /bmanaged to bget /ban invitation here. bShe /breally bwent /ball bout /bbto /bbe seen bby /bbJayson/b.

Completely babsorbed /bin the design, Ariel didn’t bnotice /bbMatt /bband /bbPerry /bapproaching until she looked bup /band bfound /bbthem /bstanding in bfront /bof bher/bb. /b

Jayson and bNancy /bbwere /balso making btheir /bbway /bover.

Matt smeered vore bjust /bba /bhousewife who only knows how to cook and doundry. What are you doing messing around with this? Do you have any idea how expensive these things are? If you break something, do you think your meager bsry /b

could cover for

Uzbeherable

A country bumpin like her was trying to act like some industry elite?

Perry smirked as well

Even if the pool club incident had been a misunderstanding, what about bthis /btime?

There was no way Ariel actually understood drones. If she wanted to put on an act, she could’ve at least picked something

more believable

“Ms. Walker, you think getting an invitation here is going to change anything?” Matt pped his forehead. “Nancy is the real deal. She’s an Arcadia Tech Pro Why don’t you copy that too?”

Did she really think pretending to be interested in drones would get Jayson’s attention?

At this moment, Jayson and Nancy walked up and overheard Matt’s words.

Nancy’s expression remained calm

. She understood Matt’s implication–that Ariel was trying to copy her.

Jayson cast a brief nce at Ariel and said, “What a coincidence. His tone was indifferent, almost detached

But Anel could hear something else in it

Did he think the same as Matt and bPerry/b?

Clearly, Jayson had no intention of interacting with her in public. He didn’t want anyone misunderstanding their rtionship

After fra one sentence, he led Nancy toward thepetition area, not giving her a chance to exin.

As Matt passed by, be added, “Come watch Nancy operate the drone. You should at least know what you lost to, right?”

Perry stuffed one hand into his pocket, looking like he couldn’t be bothered to waste more words on her.

On the other side, Nancy stepped onto the stage

The audience erupted into apuse

She smirked and raised an eyebrow at Jayson from the stage. He responded with a faint smile.

Their subtle exchange made the atmosphere even more electric.