Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 932

They were all here for the eye candy, and with a man of such stunning caliber sitting right there, the actual escorts completely lost their appeal.

A few bold women walked right up to ask for his number.

Seth rejected every single one of them.

Once Noreen noticed this, she found herself glancing over at him more frequently.

Every time she looked, she ended up catching his eye.

Guiltily, she would immediately snap her gaze away.

But play with fire long enough, and you get burned.

She didn't know which time it was, but when she finally looked up again, she wasn't meeting his eyes—she was staring straight at Claire.

Claire had aggressively inserted herself into Noreen's line of sight, leaning her head far across the table.

Thank god she had a long neck, or pulling off such an unnatural angle would have been impossible.

She squinted at Noreen, her expression practically screaming, 'Caught you.'

Noreen quickly looked away, picking up her water glass to hide her nervous guilt.

But Claire wasn't easily fooled. She sat up straight and crossed her arms. "Spill it. What is going on? Why did that jerk Seth walk in barely ten minutes after we got here?"

"And don't you dare tell me it has nothing to do with you!"

Noreen cleared her throat. "...It might just be a coincidence."

Claire scoffed, her lips twisting into a smirk. "Since when are there that many coincidences? Do you honestly expect me to buy that nonsense?"

"Rivercrest City is massive. There are thirty million people living here. The odds of a random encounter are practically zero. That excuse is ridiculous."

Was it ridiculous?

Back in the day, she used to run into Seth and Bianca all the time.

Whether it was at networking events, summits, pitching to investors, or even working on the same type of startup incubators.

It didn't just happen in the city; they would even cross paths when traveling out of town.

She used to think it was ridiculous back then, too.

But it was the truth.

He asked if she still remembered it.

Noreen actually did. "I was the head secretary at Aurelion Group at the time, in charge of organizing the company's celebration gala. You were one of our invited guests. I didn't have a gown on that night—I was just wearing my business suit. I accidentally left an impression on you, so the second time I approached you for funding, you remembered me and gave me a chance."

The truth of that night was that the gorgeous gown she had so carefully prepared had been taken by Seth and given to Bianca.

He had taken the one thing she cared about most just to coax another woman.

It was a thorn buried deep in her heart.

And there were countless other thorns just like it.

Since they had reconnected, she had managed to pull a few of them out.

But she still hadn't completely cleared them away.

She didn't even know if there would ever be a day when all those thorns were gone.

That was why she had stayed silent when Seth asked her for an official title.

Mr. Naylor waited for her to finish before chuckling and shaking his head. "That wasn't the only reason. There was another layer to it."