Seeing a shareholder endorse her project, Natalie offered a faint smile.


    In this country, theirpany would be the first to develop a smart medical system.


    She smiled confidently, her voice calm and steady. "I do. My team has been working on it for nearly two years, and we''ve now entered the clinical trial phase, in cooperation with regtory authorities."


    "Now that I am the president of the Griffith Group, I will integrate our efforts to develop it further. I hope all the shareholders will oversee the process. In another six months, we should be ready for a formalunch."


    Mr. Hayes was excited. If it was sessfully developed and widely adopted nationwide, the returns would be incalcble. "Excellent! Ms. Scott, I fully support you. But first, we need to meet your team."


    He now saw Natalie in apletely new light. The proposal was beautifully written, but he needed to know if the project itself was just as perfect.


    Natalie raised an eyebrow, her smile confident and bright. "Of course. There''s still a lot to handle at thepany today. Tomorrow morning, I''ll take you to theboratory. You can experience it up close."


    Her old colleague had been preparing for this, and he spent every spare moment in theb.


    Herbert was a good doctor who truly cared about his patients.


    The shareholders were all satisfied. They didn''t really care who was president; they only cared about how much profit their leader could bring them.


    In their pragmatic world, everything was measured by profit.


    Mr. Hayes stood up, his eyes filled with admiration for Natalie. "Ms. Scott, tomorrow night, I''m hosting a banquet in your honor. You muste. I''ll introduce you to some of my friends. If you need investors for the uing projects, I can help you with that as well."


    Natalie''s lips curved into a bright, dazzling smile. "Thank you, Mr. Hayes. I appreciate that."


    Mr. Hayes gave a slight nod and led the others out.


    Timothy quickly blocked his path. "Mr. Hayes, you can''t go! You promisedst night you''d support me! How can you leave at a time like this?"


    Mr. Hayes looked at him with a cold smile. "Chairman Griffith, it looks like you just rolled out of some woman''s bed, doesn''t it? You''rete for a meeting this important? You expect me to entrust thepany to someone who can''t even be on time?"


    Timothy''s face paled as he stammered, "Mr. Hayes, you''ve got it all wrong. The traffic was... an absolute nightmare."


    A strange glint appeared in Natalie''s


    eyes.


    a druwasn''t traffic. He was loste


    a drunken stupor in some woman''s bed


    Of course, she had a hand in that.


    SWI


    If Timothy had arrived with Mr. Wilson, who knew how long their drama would have dragged on? That''s why she''d had them separated.


    What did surprise her was what happened with Mr. Wilson. Who had done that?


    Someone had helped her at a critical moment.


    Could it be Sebastian?


    A sharp pang went through Natalie''s heart.


    The subconscious pain that rose from deep within her left her withplicated feelings.


    She thought she was past feeling heartache for Sebastian, but her heart still instinctively ached.


    The sensation made her whole body ufortable.


    Mr. Hayes merely nced at Timothy before leaving.


    Timothy was left speechless.


    "Mr. Wilson, Mr. Stanton..."


    But no one was willing to pay him any attention.


    Joanna gave Natalie a long, deep look, then turned and left the office.


    She was too ashamed to stay. Natalie had hidden her true abilities all along, making


    her look like aplete fool.


    "Natalie, just you wait!" Maxwell Griffith warned her coldly.


    Natalie raised an eyebrow and


    smirked. Mr. Griffith, if you can''t et


    afford to lose, maybe you shouldn''t sign random agreements in th? future!"