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    She knew in her heart that all this courtesy was mostly for

    Ellsworth’s sake.

    While everyone was chatting, Reginald arrived.

    Seeing Ellsworth sitting with Harriet by the door and the main

    seat still empty as everyone deferred to each other, Reginald

    simply took the main seat himself. He then said that Gxy

    Innovations was a techpany and there was no need for so

    much formality–everyone should just sit wherever.

    With Reginald’s words, everyone quickly took their seats.

    At that moment, Grayson returned after ordering the food.

    Soon, the waiter began serving the dishes. Reginald was the

    first to thank the investors for their support of the project.

    Usually straightforward, Reginald was actually being rather

    polite.

    But that was about as much politeness as he could muster; he couldn’t say much more.

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    With the opening remarks over, everyone continued to discuss

    work, talking aboutunching the product before the end of the

    year.

    That way, they could catch the Spring Festival sales wave.

    The investors all agreed, saying they’d follow Reginald’s and the

    project team’s lead.

    As for Ellsworth, he didn’t express any opinions. He had

    invested in the project mainly for Harriet, to let her join the team

    with her own capital.

    While chatting with everyone, Ellsworth was quite attentive to

    Harriet, asionally serving her food and looking after her.

    Harriet noticed but didn’t react much.

    As the conversation grew livelier, Ellsworth’s phone rang again

    on the dining table.

    The phone was ced between him and Harriet. As Ellsworth

    looked down to check it, Harriet instinctively nced at it too.

    It was just a casual nce, and she quickly looked away.

    But… she still saw the contact name: Kelsey.

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    Seeing that the call was from Kelsey, Ellsworth hung up.

    But before long, Kelsey called again.

    Ventura Tech was hosting a tech exhibition, and Kelsey wanted

    to invite Ellsworth to attend. At the moment, she was with the

    owner of Ventura Tech and wanted to give them a prompt reply.

    Seeing Kelsey call again, Ellsworth remained expressionless

    and hung up once more.

    As Ellsworth picked up his phone again, he identally brushed

    against Harriet. Harriet naturally nced at him, noticing that

    Ellsworth seemed to be replying to a message.

    She didn’t think much of it and stopped paying attention to

    Ellsworth, lowering her head to continue eating as if nothing

    had happened.

    However, in the past, if she had called Ellsworth twice in a row,

    she would most likely have been blocked by now.

    Since Ellsworth didn’t answer the calls, soon after, Kelsey sent a

    WhatsApp message, saying that Ventura Tech was holding a

    tech exhibition on Saturday and inviting him to attend.

    Ellsworth didn’t check the message right away and instead

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    thoughtfully served Harriet her favorite beef.

    Lowering her head to eat, Harriet noticed a piece of beef had

    suddenly appeared in her bowl. She quietly picked it out and set

    it aside without a word.

    At one o’clock, the meal finally ended.

    As everyone gathered at the restaurant entrance to say their goodbyes, Harriet looked at Ellsworth and said gently, “I’ll go. back to thepany with Jonas and the others.”

    Hearing her, Ellsworth reached up to tuck a stray lock of hair

    behind her ear and replied softly, “Alright.”

    He added, “Let’s have dinner together at the Townsend’s

    mansion this weekend.”

    Harriet said, “I have to work overtime this weekend.”

    Ellsworth replied, “Then let’s talk again over the weekend.”

    Harriet said calmly, “Let’s talk about it then.”

    With that, everyone finished their farewells and went to their

    respective cars, each busy with their own affairs.

    Back at thepany, it wasn’t long before Harriet drove with

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    two other colleagues to theb.

    ***

    When Saturday arrived, Harriet didn’t work overtime.

    After more than a month of nonstop work and house–hunting,

    she finally indulged herself today–turned off her rm, drew the

    curtains tightly, and slept alone in her new home,pletely

    oblivious to the world.

    At ten in the morning, she was still asleep when her phone,

    ced by her pillow, started vibrating.

    Half–awake and thinking it was a call from Kathie, she grabbed

    her phone and answered with a sleepy ‘hello.’

    On the other end, a man’s deep, maic voice came through:

    “Ms. Chavez, are you still resting and haven’t gotten up yet?”

    Vicente!

    Realizing it was Vicente calling, Harriet forced herself awake,

    sat up in bed, and instantly switched to work mode: “Hello, Mr.

    Leach. I’m avable to work now. You can give me any product

    feedback or ask any questions you have.”

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    On the other end, Vicente heard the sudden shift in Harriet’s

    tone andughed, then said warmly, “Ms. Chavez, I was just

    looking into the Gxy Innovations robot, but I’m still not very

    familiar with its functions and usage.”