Chapter 87 - 88
Someone from across the table laughed, looking at Professor Liam. "Old Liam, you really can’t help yourself, can you? We’re supposed to be eating and you’re still going on about work."
Another person chimed in, grinning. "He was doing the same thing at the exhibition. Spent forever talking Miss Brown’s ear off about encryption protocols or something."
The attention shifted toward their end of the table.
Professor Liam smiled but didn’t take the bait. "You all usually shove me off to your engineers the second I start talking technical details. Now I’m having a conversation with someone who actually understands, and suddenly you care?"
A few people chuckled.
One of the older alphas, someone from the French delegation, glanced between Sienna and Elodie. "I have to say, it’s refreshing to see young women so interested in AI and programming these days. Times really are changing."
"They absolutely are," someone else agreed. "Old Liam was just saying earlier how impressed he’s been with the new generation of talent. Said he’s optimistic about the future of the industry."
Another person jumped in, a smile directed at Sienna. "Well, Miss Brown here is a talented graduate from a world-class university. She’s definitely part of that rising talent everyone’s talking about."
The compliments kept coming. Genuine-sounding.
Sienna smiled, modest but pleased. "You’re all too kind."
It made sense that people would focus on her. She was sitting next to Dante, and Dante’s status carried weight. People naturally paid more attention to whoever he brought along.
Elodie was just... there. Beautiful, sure... several people had noticed that but she was Johnny’s employee. No notable family background. No pack connections worth mentioning.