Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 277

Jude, standing nearby, chimed in, “Naylor Automotive Group recently struck a strategic partnership with InnoCore. Healy’s probably talking business with Noreen—they’ve been at it for a while.”

Bianca withdrew her gaze, no longer concerned.

She’d been overthinking it.

Healy, just like Jude, couldn’t stand Noreen.

Besides, in their circles, Noreen’s background wasn’t nearly impressive enough to matter.

No matter how pretty Noreen was, there was no way Healy would ever be interested in her.

He was polite to her on the surface, but that was only for the sake of their collaboration—a matter of courtesy, nothing more.

In private, he wouldn’t spare her a second glance.

Lillian occasionally got a little jealous, but Bianca always reassured her not to take it seriously.

Just then, Healy returned.

He’d have liked to chat with Noreen a bit longer, but she was clearly busy—people kept pulling her away.

He’d only have been in the way if he’d lingered, so he wisely excused himself.

Spotting Bianca, he greeted her. “Is Seth feeling any better?”

“He was doing fine, but then he relapsed. He’s still in the hospital on an IV—couldn’t even make it to the conference. Asked me to fill in for him,” Bianca replied.

Healy frowned. “What happened? He just got caught in the rain—how’s he still sick?”

Before Bianca could answer, someone else approached to say hello.

“Bianca.”

It was Henry.

She looked up, surprised. “What are you doing here?”

“I’m here for the conference too,” Henry explained.

“Does Brooke Group have holdings in Rivercrest?” Bianca asked.

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