Chapter 431

• Many tables hadn’t been cleared yet. Folks were laughing, chatting, making small talk. Everyone here had enough status to show their face, and people like that loved to expand their network. It’s easiest to talk business over drinks, so the whole ritual of toasts and swapping glasses kicked in.
• Lily Williams hated these scenes. She felt like every word, every move came with a hidden agenda. So she nodded. “Let’s go. I’m full anyway.”
• Robert Taylor rose first.