Bianca clutched the strap of her handbag, suppressing her temper. "Then when will Ms. Gilmore be free? I have a business proposal I''d like to discuss with her in
person."
"Sorry, Ms. Gilmore is extremely busy. She has no avability in the near future," Sophia replied, her tone still dismissive and condescending.
Finally, Bianca left, her face etched with humiliation.
Back in the car, Lillian immediately asked, "How did it go?"
Bianca''s expression was even darker than before. "Noreen refused to see me."
Lillian was furious. "How pretentious! Who does she think she is!"
But cursing wouldn''t solve the problem, and Bianca truly had no other options.
"So what now? Are you giving up?" Lillian asked.
Bianca''s jaw was tight, her eyes zing. "I can''t give up!" she bit out.
Giving up was a dead end!
No matter how much Noreen tried to humiliate her, she had to swallow her pride.
"The problem is, she won''t even give you a chance to meet. How are you supposed to talk to her?"
Bianca''s thoughts turned to the mentorship dinner that weekend. She paused, then said, "I know where to find her."
ire had just finished a scene when she saw Noreen''s message about Bianca showing up to beg for help.
But she''d turned her away.
ire sent back another sixty-second voice note.
This time, Noreen was wiser and used the voice-to-text feature instead of ying it.
As expected, it was sixty seconds of "Hahahahaha..."
Then came a second voice note from ire.
This one was short, only a second long.
Noreen yed it and heard her say, "So satisfying!"
After getting that out of her system, ire remembered to ask Noreen, "Why was Bianca begging you for help?"
"It must have been about Ascendancy Group. The bankruptcy filing will hit her hard. She probably wants Centribo to acquire thepany."
"No wonder she''s so desperate."
This situation was certainly enough to drive Bianca to her wit''s end.
Otherwise, she would never havee begging her for help.
But Noreen had no intention of giving Bianca that opportunity.
Centribo had already secured its resources and made new technological breakthroughs. would it acquire a failingpany on the verge of delisting
"Has that jerk Seth contacted you?" ire asked, curious.
"Not yet."
Whether he wouldter, she couldn''t be sure.
...
In the penthouse of The Gilded Sands Hotel.
No one was happier today than Halley.
After all, he was finally weing the protégé he had hoped for for years.
As a result, this mentorship dinner was grander than any he had hosted before.
It was a rare asion for all five of Halley''s protégés to be gathered in one ce. With the exception of Henry, the other four had all achieved great sess in their respective fields.
The eldest, Marcus Selwyn, and the second, Eason yton, both worked at Voyage Capital, the firm Halley had founded.
The third, Wilbur, managed the affairs of Voyage Group, a subsidiary of Voyage Capital.
Together, the three of them had built the entire Voyage business empire and held considerable sway in the business world.
Dn hadn''t joined Voyage Capital because he had a family business to inherit.
As for Henry, he had just returned from his studies abroad and, at his father Sanford''s request, had joined Brooke Group.
Marcus wasposed.
Eason was witty.
Wilbur was yfully arrogant.
Of the three, only Marcus was married, and he was the only one who had brought his spouse.
"Norwood, you''re looking even more beautiful thanst time!" Wilbur joked with Marcus''s wife, Norwood Selwyn.
Norwood, used to Wilbur''s teasing, quipped back, "That''s because my husband takes very good care of me."
"Tsk." Wilbur winced theatrically.
Easonughed at him. "You always do this to yourself. How have you not died from third-wheeling yet?"
Wilbur turned away. "Where''s the
leadingdy of the evening? She''s
our mentor''s only female protége wonder if she''s pretty."
Marcus
fered a piece of friendly advice. If you don''t want to get
* out by our mentor, donel
funny ideas."