Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 324

But today, Henry was willing to wait. He wanted to warn Healy in person—not to let himself get played for a fool.

“Mr. Brooke, I’m so sorry to keep you waiting,” Healy apologized the moment he entered.

Henry waved it off. “Not at all. I heard your self-driving car is about to launch?”

Healy’s face lit up with pride. “Yes, it’s right around the corner. If you’re free, Mr. Brooke, we’d love to have you at our launch event.”

“I just visited your test site. That Noreen… she’s quite a piece of work.”

The easy smile on Healy’s face faded as soon as he heard the name. He frowned. “Mr. Brooke, do you have some kind of misunderstanding about Ms. Gilmore?”

“No. I don’t even know her,” Henry replied flatly.

“Then maybe you just don’t know her well enough. She’s extremely capable.”

Henry simply gave a dismissive smirk. He was only trying to give Healy a friendly warning, but since Healy clearly didn’t want to hear it, there was no need to press further.

People blinded by love never listen to advice, anyway.

“I’m not interested in her,” Henry stated, making his stance clear.

Healy, unaware of Henry’s bias against Noreen, still tried to pitch her. “Your insurance company could really benefit from integrating InnoCore. It would streamline a lot of your processes.”

The moment InnoCore was mentioned, Henry’s mind went straight to how Noreen had snatched that project from Bianca. His dislike deepened.

“I won’t be working with her. I plan to develop this project with my mentor.”

“Your mentor?”

“Bianca, the investment director at Aurelion Group.”

Henry’s pride was obvious when he spoke of Bianca.

“She’s great, but… well, she did lose quite a bit on an AI venture before. Mr. Brooke, maybe you should do more research before making a decision.”

Henry hated when people spoke poorly of Bianca, so he dropped the subject. After a few work-related pleasantries, he excused himself and left.

She was here purely to learn.

The gaming industry had exploded over the past two years—according to official stats, there were now over 674 million users. The market was massive, too vast for any one person or company to dominate. True growth came from diversity and competition.

As soon as Noreen and Scott entered the expo hall, they were greeted with a flood of flyers and freebies.

The most extravagant by far came from TechVenture.

The scene felt oddly familiar to Noreen. Earlier that year, at the AI Summit, Bianca had also made a splash with a lavish promotion for SkyMind.

Now, the same playbook was being used for TechVenture’s new game.

She wondered how deep Seth’s pockets really were—how long could he keep burning through cash like this?

As the thought crossed her mind, she spotted Seth in the crowd.

No surprise—he was glued to Bianca’s side, as always, practically joined at the hip.