<b>Chapter </b><b>324 </b>


    But today, Henry was willing to wait. He wanted to warn Healy in person–not to let himself get yed


    for a fool.


    “Mr. Brooke, I’m so sorry to keep you waiting,” Healy apologized the moment he entered.


    Henry waved it off. “Not at all. I heard your self–driving car is about tounch?”


    Healy’s face lit up with pride. “Yes, it’s right around the corner. If you’re free, Mr. Brooke<i>, </i>we’d love to have you at ourunch event.” <fnf6f3> For original chapters go to ?ovelFind</fnf6f3>


    “I just visited your test site. That Noreen… she’s quite a piece of work.”


    The easy smile on Healy’s face faded as soon as he heard the name. He frowned. “Mr. <i>Brooke</i><i>, </i><i>do </i>you have some kind of misunderstanding about Ms. Gilmore?”


    “No. I don’t even know her,” Henry replied tly.


    “Then maybe you just don’t know her well enough. She’s extremely capable.”


    Henry simply gave a dismissive smirk. He was only trying to give Healy a friendly warning, but since Healy clearly didn’t want to hear it, there was no need to press further.


    People blinded by love never listen to advice, anyway.


    “I’m not interested in her,” Henry stated, making his stance clear.


    Healy, unaware of Henry’s bias against Noreen, still tried to pitch her. “Your insurancepany could really benefit from integrating InnoCore. It would streamline a lot of your processes.’


    The moment InnoCore was mentioned, Henry’s mind went straight to how Noreen had snatched that project from Bianca. His dislike deepened.


    “I won’t be working with her. I n to develop this project with my mentor.”


    “Your mentor?”


    “Bianca, the investment director at Aurelion Group.”


    Henry’s pride was obvious when he spoke of Bianca.


    “She’s great, but… well, she did lose quite a bit on an Al venture before. Mr. Brooke, maybe you should do more research before making a decision.”


    Henry hated when <i>people </i><i>spoke </i>poorly of Bianca, so he dropped the subject. After a few work–rted pleasantries, he excused himself and left.


    Outside Naylor Automotive <i>Group</i>, he texted Bianca, asking her if she had any issues with Mr. Healy. He mentioned Healy seemed to have some prejudice against her.


    Bianca took a while to reply: “It’s fine. I’ll prove myself and change his mind.”


    Henry admired her poise and confidence. Compared to Noreen’s underhanded tricks… there was no


    contest.


    He went on to ask when she’d be back in the country.


    20:16


    Bianca said she was flying back today, but not to Rivercrest City. She was headed to Glenhaven for the Game Developers Conference.


    “Is TechVenture’s projectunching soon?”


    “Yep.”


    After a moment’s thought, Henry decided to go to Glenhaven, too. He wanted to witness every highlight of Bianca’s career–including her engagement ceremony,


    Noreen had registered her indie game studio just in time to make the cutoff for the Game Developers Conference.


    She was here purely to learn.


    The gaming industry had exploded over the past two years–ording to official stats, there were now over 674 million users. The market was massive, too vast for any one person orpany to dominate. True growth came from diversity andpetition.


    As soon as Noreen and Scott entered the expo hall, they were greeted with a flood of flyers and freebies.


    The most extravagant by far came from TechVenture.


    The scene felt oddly familiar to Noreen. Earlier that year, at the Al Summit, Bianca had also made a ssh with avish promotion for SkyMind,


    Now, the same ybook was being used for TechVenture’s new game.


    She wondered how deep Seth’s pockets really were–how long could he keep burning through cash like this?


    As the thought crossed her mind, she spotted Seth in the crowd.


    No surprise–he was glued to Bianca’s side, as always, practically joined at the hip.