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.

business leaders started filing in. As Sasha took out her notebook, the man in

what these few people are saying later on,” Sebastian told her, pointing at several profiles who were due to give talks during the

“Why them?”

are in manufacturing,” he said by way of explanation. “If you want to get into the business of plastics, you should know that the market has already reached saturation.

the point of speechlessness. Internally, she was awash in a turmoil

lacked the hands-on experience and understanding of conducting an actual business. Though she wanted to rebuild the Wand family business, she had been undecided about the best approach

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.

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

few minutes before the start of the conference,

an involuntary gasp the moment she saw who it was. “Solomon!

direction. Their eyes met. There was a warm smile

from the person in front of her that she jolted out of her stupor. In the next instant,

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

he must be angry, judging by

not turn around, nor

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