From today''s meeting, Byron had gleaned something he was delighted to see: Eleanor might just be the future Mrs. Goodwin of Meridian Dynamics.


    So, wasn''t it perfectly normal for thepany''s patents to bepletely open to her?


    Eleanor smiled at Byron. "Thank you, VP Chase."


    "Don''t thank me. You should thank Mr. Goodwin. After all, he was the one who authorized this level of ess," Byron said with an awkwardugh, feeling he couldn''t take credit for it.


    Slightly taken aback, Eleanor turned towardn and said again, "Thank you."


    His words finally clued in the other engineers, and their eyes began to dart between the two.


    Eleanor''s cheeks grew warm. She avoidedn''s overly direct gaze andposed herself. "Thank you for Meridian Dynamics'' trust and support. However, my team and I will follow all the proper procedures and pay any required fees ording to the rules."


    Clearly, Eleanor preferred to keep things professional. She didn''t want to owe him such a huge favor, especially since this was her personal research project. An excessive allocation of resources fromn wouldn''t be conducive to her team''s independent development.


    "Then we''ll be on our way," Byron said, leaving with his team.


    Diaz Archer finally snapped back to reality. He nced at the time and said to Eleanor, "Ellie, I have to get back to theb."


    Eleanor nodded at him. "Drive safe."


    "Will do." Diaz smiled atn. "Mr. Goodwin, I''ll be going now."


    Soon, only two people were left in the conference room.


    Eleanor looked at the man at the head of the table. "You don''t need to make time for meetings like this in the future."


    "I don''t want to waste your time," Eleanor said, closing herptop and casually packing her documents into her bag.


    "I''ve booked a restaurant. Let''s go,"n said in a low voice. He had really juste to have lunch with her.


    Just as Eleanor was about to pick up herptop bag, arge hand got to it first.


    She paused, trying to take it back, but he wouldn''t let her.


    Her hand closed on empty air, so she gave up and let him carry it.


    The two walked out of the conference room side by side, seemingly unfazed by the sideways nces from employees they passed.


    Since Eleanor had driven,n didn''t take his car. He got into hers and entered the address of a nearby restaurant into the navigation.


    The restaurant was elegant and private. After they ordered, Eleanor suddenly had something she wanted to discuss withn.


    "Evelyn starts elementary school in September. I''ve chosen a school for her that''s rtively close to theb," Eleanor said, naming one of the top international private elementary schools in Ashford City.


    convenient for her to get to and from school."


    Eleanor had indeed been thinking


    about moving. Their current


    neighborhood was quite far from the school, and for the sake of her work and her daughter''s education, she wanted to shorten themute.


    "I''ll check with a real estate agent," Eleanor said, not wanting to trouble him with it.


    "The listings for houses and vis in


    that area are very tigh


    Without


    connections, it''s hard to get one, stated in a low voice. "I''ll handle it."