Seeing that Freya and Johnny were seated in the middle of the row towards the front, Lauren had initially felt a bit unhappy, but now, seeing Raven sitting in front of her, she felt instantly delighted.
Raven also noticed Freya and Johnny.
As she followed Matteo, when she passed by Freya, she pretended not to see her and walked forward without glancing at her.
Freya and Johnny naturally saw them.
However, Freya didn’t care.
Neither did Johnny.
But people around them began whispering with envy, saying, “I heard Mr. Nolan is sitting in the front row. Sitting in the front rowY means you’ll get a chance to speak to him. How lucky!”
“Indeed, how lucky.”
Freya and Johnny exchanged a glance.
Johnny leaned closer and whispered, “Don’t worry, even if she has the chance to talk to Mr. Nolan, she’ll never catch his eye.”
He had already sized up Raven’s professional capabilities when they first met.
Freya understood what Johnny meant, and she said, “What if she’s hiding her true abilities?”
Johnny: “…”
Well, that was certainly a possibility.
He had considered it, but…
Could it really be the case?
As he was pondering this, the host stepped onto the stage to give a speech.
A while later, after a lengthy introduction, the host said, “Next, let’s welcome Mr. Nolan to the stage for his speech!”
Nolan was famous worldwide, but in fact, he was still quite young, barely in his early forties.
He was tall and slim, wearing frameless glasses. As the host finished speaking, there was thunderous applause as he slowly walked
onto the stage.
Standing at the center of the podium, he glanced at the audience with an indifferent expression, and the entire room fell silent
He slowly began, “I would like to thank the organizers for their sincere invitation…”
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, he gave a simple summary and affirmation of the exhibition’s items and then answered questions from the audience.
Many people had questions, but time was limited. About half an hour later, Nolan stepped down from the stage.
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With other parts of the conference still to come, Nolan walked toward the center of the front row, where the organizers had prepared
a seat for him.
As he passed by, all the big shots sitting in the front row stood up to greet him with handshakes, making those sitting in the hark, especially some of the tech personnel, feel envious.
One of the people next to Nolan was Matteo.
When Nolan approached, Matteo stood up.
Raven, who was sitting beside him, also stood up
Matteo took the initiative to extend his hand to Nolan. “Mr. Nolan, it’s been a long time.”
Indeed, Matteo and Nolan had met before.
It had been many years ago.
Nolan extended his hand with a cold expression. “It’s been a long time.”
If they counted, it had been more than ten years.
Nolan’s coldness wasn’t directed at Matteo; that was just his usual demeanor with everyone, even his own students.
Raven also extended her hand. “Hello, Mr. Nolan, I’m Raven Brown. It’s a pleasure to meet you”
Nolan glanced at her, nodded, and after shaking her hand, he shook hands with several others who were behind her. Then, he sat
down.
Matteo sat on Nolan’s right side, and the person sitting to Nolan’s left side immediately struck up a conversation with him.
Nolan responded with a few words, but it was mostly a one–sided conversation.
Matteo just sat there, listening to the speakers.
Raven wanted to talk to Nolan but was blocked by Matteo, who was sitting between them.
She was a bit surprised when she noticed that Matteo didn’t take the initiative to speak with Nolan. She leaned over asked, “Did you and Mr. Nolan have a falling out?”
Matteo smiled. “No.”
“Then why…?”
Seeing the rare opportunity to talk to Nolan, who wouldn’t want to take the chance to speak with him?
But now Nolan was sitting right next to him, and yet…
Raven hadn’t asked Matteo to swap seats.
She’d thought about it, but since Nolan was engaging in conversation with a prominent business figure, she didn’t want to interrupt
their conversation.
If she approached and disrupted it, it could potentially offend the person.
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Realizing this, she decided against asking Matteo to switch seats
“He doesn’t think highly of me.”
“What?”
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