Sasha did not have it in her to disobey. She muttered a quick apology to the other secretary and went to Sebastian’s side.

The two of them parted ways with their acquaintances. “Why did you stop me? Don’t you need some documents for the summit?” she asked uncomprehendingly.

Sebastian scoffed like she just asked something stupid but deigned to explain. “Use your brain for a second. If the documents are so important, the organizers would’ve emailed us in advance already.” He spared a glance at the girl beside him. “Which they have, by the way.”

Oh. Sasha clamped her mouth shut and meekly followed him into the conference hall.

The grandeur of the hall and its setup immediately awed her. Despite having a background in finance and experiencing her fair share of formal business events, the summit was certainly something else.

“Are you sure this is a summit for business leaders?” she muttered incredulously.

 

“What else would it be?”

She shrugged and found her seat behind Sebastian. “The way it’s arranged… It’s like a summit for the heads of governments.”

 

The latter’s eye twitched, but he said nothing.

filing in. As Sasha took out her notebook,

are saying later on,” Sebastian told her, pointing at

“Why them?”

the market has already reached saturation. The only way to stand out

speechlessness. Internally, she was awash in a

be gifted in financial acumen, but she lacked the hands-on experience and understanding of conducting an actual business. Though she wanted to rebuild the Wand

That’s why he brought me here to this top-level summit to learn the strategic vision and business wisdom from those who are at the top in their fields… Sasha could feel her throat tighten. Tears

her head to avoid being seen by Sebastian, she pretended to scrutinize the programme booklet and busied herself with getting the

conference hall, just a few minutes before the start of the conference,

involuntary gasp the moment she saw

Solomon cast a glance in her direction. Their eyes met. There was a warm smile lurking in the depths of the man’s hazel

that she jolted out of her stupor. In the

to appease the man. “Don’t be mad. I was just surprised to see

judging by the

nor did

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